For the past 8 years, I've been an avid user of HN, yet it never occurred to me to publish a post until recently. During my time on the platform, I frequently toggled between the Home and Show HN tabs to keep up with the latest discussions.
However, I noticed that some posts were generating a significant number of responses, making it nearly impossible to keep up with them all. In my quest to find tools that could help me increase readability and highlight important responses, I scoured the internet, but unfortunately, I couldn't find anything that met my needs.
So I decided to take matters into my own hands and created a codebase that utilizes Tailwind typography and Hugging Face models to help me make sense of the sentiments expressed in the comments.
By the way, I was wondering if you have any recommended tools or extensions that you use on HN?
I am working on a smart RSS reader that uses transformers and other models to cluster and classify feed items. One feed item I incorporate is high-ranking comments from the HN API. I did try feeding all comments into the system for a short time and felt it was way too much.
I haven't put a lot of effort into quantifying it, but my system seems to do OK with HN comments mixed in with other content. I think the possibility of a comment-only feed looks promising.
absolutely love the simplicity of Modern: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32768590