HN Update

AI Generated News Broadcast

This new version includes the top 10 stories of the last 24h, with a new episode every 4h. Stories that were in a previous episode won't be included again.
I'm also posting updates about hnupdate on the buymeacoffee link below (not paywalled), so have a look!

Intro
Volume

Sassy Version

Since you scrolled this far, enjoy this sassed up version ;)

What's next?

After receiving lots of valuable feedback from HN users, here are my main takeaways:

  • There seems to be a preference for longer form content -> trying a longer format
  • Add transcript -> Done (not perfect)
  • Add chapters -> Basic function done
  • Handle pages that rely on JS rendering -> Done
  • Volume/speed controls -> Done
  • Don't repeat stories across episodes -> Done
  • Add links to HN discussions (synced to audio?) -> Done
  • Some users really dislike having music in the background -> use sounds just in the intro/outro and between segments
  • Some users want an archive of past episodes -> WIP
  • RSS feed -> To do
  • Probably rewrite the whole frontend using a framework, as the complexity is hard to manage with just HTML, CSS and JS

For more feedback, you can post in the HN thread or comment under the buymeacoffee link. I will check both periodically.

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