/nextjs-hackernews

A Hacker News viewer that look like Reddit.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Hacker News Viewer

Vercel Deployment Status

The project is hosted on Vercel can be viewed live here or at news.knkd.app.

This web app is my second attempt at a Hacker News Viewer viewer. Coincidentally, this is also my second Next.js project. The old version is still live at Netlify and archived repository can be viewed here.

Changes

Improvements

  • React Query for server-side data cache
  • Recoil + Recoil Persist for state management and data persistence
  • Radix for unstyled commonly used UI components
  • Dark mode switch
  • Comment permalinks
  • Separate UI and UX suited for mobile usage
  • Page and component loaders
  • Overall more in line with Reddit's design and layout
  • Better file/component organization

Known Issues

  • Performance is horrid on Firefox. DO NOT use on Firefox.