Hacker News Explorer – Chrome extension to personalize HN stories
The HN frontpage can feature stories that aren't that relevant to me, and some good ones don't get enough traction on the new submissions page. So I thought of building something that personalizes the stories you see. This is done by getting the 500 newest and top stories and comparing them against your likes, building your own personalized homepage. Also, when I find something I like, I usually want to explore similar stuff. So I created embeddings for 500k historical stories (all above 20 points) and added a 'similar' button that shows you the closest stories. I thought of making this a…
Hacker News Explorer – Chrome extension to personalize HN stories launched on November 1, 2024 with 10 votes, #1,832 of 4,990 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches.
In plain words
Hacker News Explorer is a Chrome extension that personalizes the Hacker News homepage by comparing new and top stories against a user's reading history to show more relevant content. It also includes a "similar" feature that uses embeddings from 500,000 historical stories to help users discover related articles. The tool integrates directly with HN rather than requiring a separate web application.
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In the maker’s words, at launch
The HN frontpage can feature stories that aren't that relevant to me, and some good ones don't get enough traction on the new submissions page. So I thought of building something that personalizes the stories you see. This is done by getting the 500 newest and top stories and comparing them against your likes…
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