It took me an embarrassingly long time to realize that the thread link in the header shows all your recent comment threads: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=caminanteblanco
That's plenty enough to capture the 80/20 of my use case
That's plenty enough to capture the 80/20 of my use case
I’m amazed it still works. Imagine having a page showing every single new Reddit comment site-wide.
Should I update the instructions so something is more clear?
Also what is the other 20%?
I believe they are referring to the "threads" link in the header of HN pages for an authenticated request. Can't say what the 20% is, of course. As for the 80%, it's a pull instead of a push but that page shows logged-in users their recent comments and the reply threads for them.
But the nature of the 80/20 analogy is that oftentimes the 80 is good enough for most