Punkbit – a slick Hacker News reader

hackernewsreader.punkbit.com

10 points·ayabee··5 comments

This is a brand new name obviously made just to post this with the original title of 'wow this is a cool hacked news reader'. This is some side project and it is somewhere between a demo and total nonsense.

It had a title that seems to assume people can't tell when someone didn't 'just find' a page and are trying to pretend they aren't trying to promote their own stuff.

It's also equally likely this is someone who has lurked on HN for a long time and after making this decided to finally make an account so they could share it, and didn't know the etiquette around using "Show HN" versus just posting the site.

Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by [ignorance].

Wheaton's Law: Don't be a dick.

If that were true, it wouldn't make any sense to write a 'wow this is a cool hacker news reader' title.

Just found out that my sister posted this. This wasn't supposed to be shared and no, I didn't in any form or shape tried to promote any work, etc. Or pretend to be somebody else. The project was an experiment and was created as a code challenge after an interview. and design or whatsoever was not a requirement. So decided to take the time to experiment and in any way was my decision to use the hacker news api. Also just worked on it for a few hours to have something to show to the company and no other intention than that. Thanks for insulting me, nice of you!

I see a big Y, a small (scroll?) animation, the rest is WSOD

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