I'd love it if it could summarize the HN comments as well.
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#12Related: to save on cost, Hacker News is already summarized and available in feed form which I find better than the default front page where you have to read the same headlines repeatedly because the order of the headlines changes on the front page.
https://hackernews.betacat.io/
I also dislike how the titles on hacker news are so short that often they dont give enough information. e.g. headline: "Amazon Penterhorse". What is that?? that doesn't exist but the point is I have to click through to see it and its annoying. And on some posts when I click on some links the person's blog post is just way longer than my interest level so it doesn't get the point across. These summaries are just the right length.
Re: Show HN: Bring-your-own-key browser extension for summarizing HN posts with LLMs
#13Finally!
I tried to build something like this a few years back [0], I thought it was a great idea, but LLMs were not available yet, and I was busy with a hundred other things.
You can see an example of the summary there.
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#14Related: to save on cost, Hacker News is already summarized and available in feed form which I find better than the default front page where you have to read the same headlines repeatedly because the order of the headlines changes on the front page. https://hackernews.betacat.io/ I also dislike how the titles on hacker news are so short that often they dont give enough information. e.g. headline: "Amazon Penterhorse"…
I just read the summary for "Fermat's Last Theorem – how it's going" on that page and it completely missed the point of the article
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#15I've been pretty happy lately with my setup.
Arc browser lets you hover over a link to show a card that summarizes the article.
With Claude Projects, I'm able to quickly build an Arc "Boost" User Script for any site, so I have one to export the HN homepage to JSON to import into an LLM. And I have one on comment pages to do the same. I have a userscript to remove pagination so I can infinitely scroll and then export.
Ad I have a Claude Project specifically for identifying/categorizing comment threads by the patterns of knowledge crystallization etc. It's been fascinating so far.
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#16Brilliant, Love it. Excellent execution.
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#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
That would be a pretty killer feature IMHO. Ollama's API is pretty straightforward: https://github.com/ollama/ollama/blob/main/docs/api.md There is also (or at least used to be?) an OpenAI compatible API layer for Ollama so that may be an option as well, though my understanding is there are some downsides to using that. Note: This comment and the link are just meant as references/conveniences, not intended as a reque…
Forget ollama, just changing the URL from openai to your local server is enough, llama.cpp has a compatible endpoint. Most people just don't bother giving the option since you get a CORS error if it doesn't have a valid cert.
Neat, I didn't know that! Thanks for the tip!
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#18This is so weird, why does every user has to use their LLM subscriptions/keys instead of just storing the summarization of the HN posts as a static website somewhere? (e.g. summarize once for all users)
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#19This is so weird, why does every user has to use their LLM subscriptions/keys instead of just storing the summarization of the HN posts as a static website somewhere? (e.g. summarize once for all users)
That costs money to host a server, summarize yourself, etc.
While it is possible, such a service would require advertisements, a (probably monthly) fee, or a benevolent patron to pay for the costs.
With this, the only necessary benevolence is the creator of the extension.
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