Hacker News but for independent blogs

Very cool but I would like to be able to create an account with my mail address instead of using a Mastodon account because I am trying to avoid social media.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

#5

Post by solid_fuel » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 9:16 AM UTC

exitnode wrote: post #4

Very cool but I would like to be able to create an account with my mail address instead of using a Mastodon account because I am trying to avoid social media.

It looks like there's an RSS feed at the bottom. If you don't want to use the social aspects of the site, maybe just use that in an RSS reader?

*Link: https://bubbles.town/rss

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

#6

Post by janaagaard » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 9:18 AM UTC

I think the links should open in the same window (like they do here on HN) instead of in a new tab/window. If I want a separate tab, I can Cmd+click and Browsers don't have the reverse option for opening in the same window.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by stakhanov » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 9:19 AM UTC

viermalbe wrote: post #3

Bubbles dev here, thanks for the mention

I'm curious: What software is driving this? Is it a re-skin of the lobste.rs or HN open source software, or is it its own thing?

EDIT: ...just realized that's in the FAQ.

> Is it open source?

> Not yet. Maybe someday.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by holtwick » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 9:21 AM UTC

solid_fuel wrote: post #5

exitnode wrote: post #4

Very cool but I would like to be able to create an account with my mail address instead of using a Mastodon account because I am trying to avoid social media.

It looks like there's an RSS feed at the bottom. If you don't want to use the social aspects of the site, maybe just use that in an RSS reader? *Link: https://bubbles.town/rss

The briefing pages also have RSS, this way you see the most relevant stuff https://bubbles.town/editions

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by viermalbe » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 9:22 AM UTC

stakhanov wrote: post #7

viermalbe wrote: post #3

Bubbles dev here, thanks for the mention

I'm curious: What software is driving this? Is it a re-skin of the lobste.rs or HN open source software, or is it its own thing? EDIT: ...just realized that's in the FAQ. > Is it open source? > Not yet. Maybe someday.

It runs on Go + sqlite on a Hetzner machine, built from scratch, not a re-skin.

Re: Hacker News but for independent blogs

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Post by AbuAssar » Wed, Jun 17, 2026, 9:26 AM UTC

janaagaard wrote: post #6

I think the links should open in the same window (like they do here on HN) instead of in a new tab/window. If I want a separate tab, I can Cmd+click and Browsers don't have the reverse option for opening in the same window.

nope, I prefer open in new tab by default