Show HN: Hackerznews – Yet Another HN Client

A developer who cannot write code in any programming language used agentic coding tools to create Hackerznews, a personal Hacker News client, and shared it on Hacker News. The app features an updated UI, dark mode, responsive design, desktop split view, and local save functionality, with no account required. The developer notes the main nav color does not pass WCAG AA accessibility standards.

Around a little more than a year ago, thanks to the advancements in agentic coding, I created my personal ideal HN reading app. There are oh so many of those, but this one is mine. I couldn’t write syntax in any programming language if my life depended on it, so I was glad to have different models help me in that regard. I’m transparent about it, because a lot of HN users might view this negatively and I don’t want to mislead anyone. The updated feature set includes: Updated UI for everything, including the story view with a favicon and simplified actions. Dark mode switching based on device settings as a default, but optional setting Responsive design for hopefully easier reading on mobile On Desktop split view: the comment section opening up with the story list as a sidebar for easier story switching. Updated thread design Added Save functionality As I’m only an avid reader, not really contributor, I don’t really care about any account management or reply features. Nothing in here requires an account. Saving a story is simply locally done. I know there are some controversial things in this app, like the use of a JS framework for something as simple as this, or the color of the main nav which doesn’t pass AA . I tried to appeal to some of the audiences whims, like making the general comment UI relatively dense I feel this crowd appreciates it , but I want to make one thing very clear: I built this for me and not necessarily anyone else. I didn’t really anticipate to share this, I just wanted to make something nice and proper for myself. I’d love some feedback, but I guess I can make my life easy and just say: “I like it this way”. If you find this useful, great - let me know in a comment. If you find this dreadful, feel free to tell me why. PS: as for the name, I misremembered the movie “Hackers” to be called “Hackerz” for whatever reason and based it off this. I’m going to go to sleep now - bye Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49381124 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49381124 Points: 1 Comments: 0