To shill my own use of the API:
I did an animated "replay" view for historical threads like Rust 1.0 launch: https://hn.unlurker.com/replay?item=9551937
And a (static, refreshable) view of recent activity grouped by topic: https://hn.unlurker.com
But anyways, just as a headsup for a moment I was confused that I wasn't getting the verification mail and I was literally going to comment it but then I got the mail just in time, so maybe to anyone out there, maybe be a bit patient as its worth it (or it could totally just be an issue from my side as I spammed it twice or maybe it got congested I am not sure)
EDIT: It wasn't that they sent me 2 mails but rather that they sent me 1 mail and I clicked on it and then got another and I thought it was because of me spamming verification twice but it turns out that they sent me a mail because someone had responded to me :)
Neato. I really like this.