Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client • Hacker News Board

Re: Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client

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Post by levidos » Tue, May 23, 2023, 8:47 PM UTC

wantguns wrote: post #15

I usually refrain from installing apps from Aurora Store instead of F-Droid, but Harmonic is the one app for which I oblige. Thanks a lot for open-sourcing it. I wait for the day, where I can finally get a good HN client at F-Droid :)

Glider is quite nice

Re: Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client

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Post by dlojudice » Tue, May 23, 2023, 8:48 PM UTC

Thank you for building Harmonic. It's been my HN client for years. I will definitely take a look on the code and try to contribute.

Re: Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client

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Post by Reubend » Tue, May 23, 2023, 8:49 PM UTC

Hey there Simon, thanks for writing this great app. Although you said that you wouldn't call the architecture of the app a beauty, I think the UI really stands out as a pretty app that provides only the features that are really needed without delving into anything unnecessary. Really well done and congratulations on the OSS release.

Re: Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client

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Post by ugh123 » Tue, May 23, 2023, 8:50 PM UTC

Great project! Would be nice to have screenshots in the README.md.

Re: Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client

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Post by mcdonje » Tue, May 23, 2023, 8:55 PM UTC

This is my daily driver. It's great! Thanks for your work on it.

Re: Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client

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Post by gcanyon » Tue, May 23, 2023, 8:56 PM UTC

Silly question perhaps, but (iOS user here, I can't install it) what are the primary advantages of this over just using the web site?

Re: Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client

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Post by swesnow » Tue, May 23, 2023, 9:06 PM UTC

tanduv wrote: post #4

oo I've been using this on my daily commute. Thanks for building it!

You're very welcome, it's great to hear you're enjoying it!

Re: Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client

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Post by swesnow » Tue, May 23, 2023, 9:07 PM UTC

rounakdatta wrote: post #3

Thank you, can't express how beautiful the Harmonic client is.

Thanks! I don't have any design background but have spent a lot of time zooming into pixels and comparing alternatives so it's nice to hear that the choices resonate with others

Re: Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client

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Post by swesnow » Tue, May 23, 2023, 9:09 PM UTC

kretaceous wrote: post #6

Harmonic has been my favourite, but only as an HN client but as an overall app. Have been using it for ~2 years now. Huge thank you for building this and thank you for open sourcing it!

Wow that is very kind of you to say! Maybe it's because I've spent so much time with it that I see the cracks but it makes me glad that you view it so fondly :)

Re: Show HN: Open sourcing Harmonic, my Android Hacker News client

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Post by j_french » Tue, May 23, 2023, 9:10 PM UTC

Another daily Harmonic user of a few years standing here. I tried a good few HN clients until I clicked with Harmonic and never looked back. I find it to be one of those rare apps that works so well and unobtrusively that you hardly notice it until it dawns on you how good it is. Great work, thanks for making and open-sourcing it!