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by busymom0 1111 days ago
I am the developer of HACK, hacker news app for iOS, android and MacOS. I have been working on a decentralized link + text sharing site called AvocadoReader for last few weeks. I am hoping to have an extremely early beta next week. I shared some implementation details here if people want to read more:

https://old.reddit.com/r/apolloapp/comments/13x0hzo/been_wor...
4 comments
alwayslikethis 1111 days ago
Not commenting on your app, but I think the real reason mobile clients are needed for Reddit is that they intentionally try to break the mobile web experience to force their app down your throat. In contrast, HN.. doesn't. The mobile website is pleasant to use, if you are okay with the rather small text buttons.
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busymom0 1111 days ago
That's a perfectly fair point. I personally think HN is one of the best designed sites out there. Being extremely minimal is one of the best designs. I hope that never changes.

I built HACK specifically to be able to be notified when people reply to me. That's one of my selling points.

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_thisdot 1110 days ago
Commenting this from HACK. The default HN interface does have problems. The buttons are indeed too small. The comments indentation is a little too small. Lack of notifications. A separate page on clicking reply, etc.

I was spoiled by Apollo for Reddit and HACK has done the same thing for HN. Thank you!

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the_gipsy 1110 days ago
iOS has "unblocked" browser notifications now, hasn't it?
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busymom0 1110 days ago
That’s only if hacker news decides to implement it. And based on their motto, I doubt they will.
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the_gipsy 1110 days ago
What I mean is that you don't have to build an iOS app anymore just for notifications.
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CoolestCat 1110 days ago
Hey I’ve never been on HN before but have seen good articles pop up on Reddit. A few minutes ago I searched for hacker news in the App Store, scrolled a bit, and downloaded HACK because it looked the most promising :)

And now I’m posting my first HN comment on this app to the dev hahah.

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busymom0 1110 days ago
Haha thanks! Glad you could find my app easily!
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HaZeust 1111 days ago
message me at (my username) at gmail dot com. I'm the creator of Touchbase (www.touchbase.id) that lets users share all their online platforms in 1 profile, and I want to speak on possibly integrating HACK as a platform that users can share their account of.
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pokerface_86 1108 days ago
commenting from HACK rn!! it reminds me of apollo in a good way :)
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