Hacolyte – a Hacker News reader built with NextJS
Long time Hacker News lurker, first time Hacker News poster : ) I built a Hacker News reader app with NextJS and TailwindCSS that pulls item and user data from the hacker news api (https://github.com/HackerNews/API). This is my first time really building and launching something for users so I'd love any and all feedback. The roughest spots at the moment are the threading of comments and the fetching of posts on a user's page (lots of individual calls (async) for individual items rather than getting them in bulk from an endpoint like /v0/beststories). Let me know…
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Hacolyte is a Hacker News reader application built with NextJS and TailwindCSS that retrieves item and user data from the official Hacker News API. Designed for Hacker News users who want an alternative interface to browse stories and comments, the app provides a different way to access Hacker News content. The creator acknowledges current limitations in comment threading and user page loading performance, where individual API calls are made instead of bulk fetching.
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Long time Hacker News lurker, first time Hacker News poster : ) I built a Hacker News reader app with NextJS and TailwindCSS that pulls item and user data from the hacker news api (https://github.com/HackerNews/API). This is my first time really building and launching something for users so I'd love any and all feedback. The roughest spots at the moment are the threading of comments and the fetching of posts on a user's page (lots of individual calls (async) for individual items rather than getting them in bulk from an endpoint like /v0/beststories). Let me know what parts of it are Not Good and where I can improve things!
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