hn-enhancer

Hacker News Companion - Browser extension

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Hacker News Companion - Browser extension

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Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 3:56:07 PM UTC.

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Observed mentions: 2024-12-28 17:00:05 UTC to 2025-04-06 00:05:18 UTC. Weeks start Monday, UTC.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
Dec 23	2024-12-23 00:00:00 UTC	2024-12-30 00:00:00 UTC	1	1	0
Dec 30	2024-12-30 00:00:00 UTC	2025-01-06 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jan 6	2025-01-06 00:00:00 UTC	2025-01-13 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jan 13	2025-01-13 00:00:00 UTC	2025-01-20 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jan 20	2025-01-20 00:00:00 UTC	2025-01-27 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Jan 27	2025-01-27 00:00:00 UTC	2025-02-03 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Feb 3	2025-02-03 00:00:00 UTC	2025-02-10 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Feb 10	2025-02-10 00:00:00 UTC	2025-02-17 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Feb 17	2025-02-17 00:00:00 UTC	2025-02-24 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Feb 24	2025-02-24 00:00:00 UTC	2025-03-03 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 3	2025-03-03 00:00:00 UTC	2025-03-10 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 10	2025-03-10 00:00:00 UTC	2025-03-17 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 17	2025-03-17 00:00:00 UTC	2025-03-24 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 24	2025-03-24 00:00:00 UTC	2025-03-31 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
Mar 31	2025-03-31 00:00:00 UTC	2025-04-07 00:00:00 UTC	2	0	2

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annjose·Apr 6, 2025

This is the script that assembles the structured comments and generates the summary - https://github.com/levelup-apps/hn-enhancer/blob/main/script... You can run it as: node summarize-comments.js <post_id> Example: node summarize-comments.js 43597782 And the summary will be put in the "output" folder. You need to set the environment variable (in this case OPENROUTER_API_KEY because LLama4 is currently available at OpenRouter).

In The Llama 4 herd

georgeck·Apr 5, 2025

I tried summarizing the thread so far (339 comments) with a custom system prompt [0] and a user-prompt that captures the structure (hierarchy and upvotes) of the thread [1]. This is the output that we got (based on the HN-Companion project) [2]: LLama 4 Scout - https://gist.github.com/annjose/9303af60a38acd5454732e915e33... Llama 4 Maverick - https://gist.github.com/annjose/4d8425ea3410adab2de4fe9a5785... Claude 3.7 - https://gist.github.com/annjose/5f838f5c8d105fbbd815c5359f20... The summary from Scout and Maverick both look good (comparable to Claude), and with this structure, Scout seems to follow the prompt slightly better. In this case, we used the models 'meta-llama/llama-4-maverick' and 'meta-llama/llama-4-scout' from OpenRouter. -- [0] - https://gist.github.com/annjose/5145ad3b7e2e400162f4fe784a14... [1] - https://gist.github.com/

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annjose/d30386aa5ce81c628a88bd86111a... [2] - https://github.com/levelup-apps/hn-enhancer edited: To add OpenRouter model details.

In The Llama 4 herd

georgeck·Dec 28, 2024Submission

Show HN: Browser extension to summarize HN comments – bring your own AI models

We’re George and Ann, and want to share a Hacker News specific browser extension that we have been working on. We all love the rich discussions in HN, but navigating long posts with multiple threads can sometimes be challenging. You get lost in the depth and breadth of the discussion. There are a few AI-based summarization tools, but they typically focus on summarizing the article rather than the comments, and thus miss the essence of threaded discussions. So, we built Hacker News Companion, a browser extension that makes it easy to navigate discussions and understand diverse viewpoints using AI tools of your choice. The goal is simple - make the comments the true hero in HN. AI summaries for discussions - Summarize any thread or full post - See the key points, takeaways and notable quotes in summary panel - Jump to specific threads from

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the summary with auto-generated backlinks - allowing you to re-engage in the discussion - Bring your own AI models - local or cloud-based: —- Local: Ollama with any local model (privacy-focused, runs locally) —- Cloud: OpenAI/Claude - use your API key —- Browser: Chrome's built-in AI powered by Gemini Nano Vim-inspired keyboard navigation: - Home row keys to move through posts and comments (home pages and comments page) - j/k for next/previous, h/l for parent/child comments - o to open posts, c for comments - ? or / for all shortcuts, s to toggle the summary panel - Navigate author comments: use [ and ] keys or arrow buttons next to username - Hover usernames to see karma and profile info Demo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPRh7UKYd8E You can try it immediately by installing from Chrome Web Store https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/hacker-news-compani... No signup needed. The extension preserves privacy (no analytics/tracking) and the code is open source - https://github.com/levelup-apps/hn-enhancer Technical details - our learnings about summarizing threaded discussions and comparing the performance of various models are detailed in the project wiki [0]. Related HN discussions on this topic - A recent Show HN post on 'Bring-your-own-key browser extension for summarizing HN posts with LLMs' [1]. Try it out and let us know how it works for you. Would love your feedback and contributions! [0] https://github.com/levelup-apps/hn-enhancer/wiki/HN-Companio... [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42401227

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