A year and a half after I published <a href="https://HackYourNews.com" rel="nofollow">https://HackYourNews.com</a>, I've rewritten it to be neater and added support for more news sources.<p>HackYourNews.com v1 had a great response on HN [1] and consistently sees ~2k weekly unique visitors.<p>There were many long-standing requests that I wanted to fulfill (thanks for your patience!): a proper dark mode, correct rendering on mobile devices, and more cogent summaries.<p>This rewrite is the result. gpt-4o-mini reduces the cost of summarization to an absurd degree, so it's now sustainable to keep this free service going!<p>Someday, I hope to use the Batch API [2] to drive down costs even further.<p>Enjoy.<p>[1] <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37427127">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37427127</a><p>[2] <a href="https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9197833-batch-api-faq" rel="nofollow">https://help.openai.com/en/articles/9197833-batch-api-faq</a>
I love this.<p>I found fonts too small for my liking and wanted to filter sources quickly so I created an alternative site using yours as backend just now.<p><a href="https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/" rel="nofollow">https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/</a><p>Source code: <a href="https://github.com/cloudycotton/news_digest">https://github.com/cloudycotton/news_digest</a><p>REST API: <a href="https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/hn" rel="nofollow">https://news-digest-nine.vercel.app/hn</a><p>If you need help with making the site more pretty, and optimise your backend calls, email is in the profile.
I love the idea and what it provides but the UX is kinda rough. The line spacing and font makes it hard to focus (I dont know what it is). Also, Mistral Small would drive your cost even lower (<a href="https://mistral.ai/en/products/la-plateforme#pricing" rel="nofollow">https://mistral.ai/en/products/la-plateforme#pricing</a>)
The last link in the "Hacker news" section somehow points to a Reddit thread:<p>> Vince Gilligan calls for more aspirational heroes in TV amid rise of real-life bad actors<p>There's no corresponding HN article (see <a href="https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&query=%20Vince%20Gilligan&sort=byDate&type=story" rel="nofollow">https://hn.algolia.com/?dateRange=all&page=0&prefix=true&que...</a>), and the "Comments" link points to <a href="https://old.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/comments/1iqvqfn/breaking_bad_creator_vince_gilligan_urges_more/" rel="nofollow">https://old.reddit.com/r/UpliftingNews/comments/1iqvqfn/brea...</a>.
>Lobste.rs<p>>Mastodon web app requires JavaScript or native apps for access<p>Now that's hilarious (that's a link to <a href="https://chaos.social/@hexa/114009069746212598" rel="nofollow">https://chaos.social/@hexa/114009069746212598</a> )