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Re: Show HN: An alternative RSS reader and search engine for news and content

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Post by zeras »

Fiveplus wrote: post #5

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I think it was caused by the alpha test geo-blocking filters I had in place that should have been removed.

The servers are well structured for scaling and right now they all show very low load usage despite the surge in traffic from HN.

I have removed all geo-filters so hopefully that will allow you access the site now if you care to try again.

I do appreciate you letting me know about it!

Re: Show HN: An alternative RSS reader and search engine for news and content

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Post by Fiveplus »

zeras wrote: post #12
Fiveplus wrote: post #5

[redacted]

I think it was caused by the alpha test geo-blocking filters I had in place that should have been removed. The servers are well structured for scaling and right now they all show very low load usage despite the surge in traffic from HN. I have removed all geo-filters so hopefully that will allow you access the site now if you care to try again. I do appreciate you letting me know about it!

[redacted]

Re: Show HN: An alternative RSS reader and search engine for news and content

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Post by ms123 »

Congratulations! It's been a while since I got excited for a news application, yet what you've built is very intriguing and makes me want to learn even more. I really like how the app feels fast, loads well, and the search is fast. Will keep an eye on it!

Re: Show HN: An alternative RSS reader and search engine for news and content

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Post by benrbray »

zeras wrote: post #2

Developer here .. I am excited to announce the beta launch of NEWS and RUMORS .. https://newsandrumors.com/ I have been solo developing NEWS and RUMORS for the last year with the goal of improving and simplifying content discovery and providing a way for lesser known bloggers and content publishers to reach a much larger audience. There is so much great content on the internet that gets lost or never found because th…

Any suggestions for dealing with this problem?

https://newsandrumors.com/?q=haskell

Most of the results seem to be about horse racing rather than functional programming!

Re: Show HN: An alternative RSS reader and search engine for news and content

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Post by zeras »

benrbray wrote: post #16
zeras wrote: post #2

Developer here .. I am excited to announce the beta launch of NEWS and RUMORS .. https://newsandrumors.com/ I have been solo developing NEWS and RUMORS for the last year with the goal of improving and simplifying content discovery and providing a way for lesser known bloggers and content publishers to reach a much larger audience. There is so much great content on the internet that gets lost or never found because th…

Any suggestions for dealing with this problem? https://newsandrumors.com/?q=haskell Most of the results seem to be about horse racing rather than functional programming!

A quick solution would be ..

https://newsandrumors.com/?q=%23creative+_haskell

There does not seem to be a lot of haskell content though in the search engine so if you have some sources you can recommend, let me know and I will add them.

I will also setup a search topic (#haskell) for it to make it easier.

As you can tell, I have a lot more sites to add to the index and search topics to create .. :)

Re: Show HN: An alternative RSS reader and search engine for news and content

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Post by usrlocal1023 »

Congratulations on the launch. Site looks nice and fast as well.

Just some comments.

1. At the moment you are forced to login if you want to change site theme or font size. It would be nice if you could without logging in. I am fine it with the settings persisting as long as I don't clear the cookies.

2. Are there any plans to support prefers-color-scheme so you don't have to manually set the color to dark?

3. Also, the links to news article aren't direct. Goes via " rel="nofollow">https://newsandrumors.com/nar/go/. Is it possible to opt out of this?

Re: Show HN: An alternative RSS reader and search engine for news and content

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Post by zeras »

ms123 wrote: post #15

Congratulations! It's been a while since I got excited for a news application, yet what you've built is very intriguing and makes me want to learn even more. I really like how the app feels fast, loads well, and the search is fast. Will keep an eye on it!

Thank you for the kind words! I have always loved news readers and aggregators, but many of them seem to follow the same approach. I wanted something different for myself and it just kept evolving.
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