/hatchet

A fast, modern, and simple web client for Hacker News.

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A fast, modern, and simple web client for Hacker News.

Two screenshot of the home page with light mode on the left and dark mode on the right.

Why

I've always enjoyed browsing Hacker News but personally found the web client's UI/UX lacking (it's pretty much the same since launching in 2007). Although I do like the nostalgic "old web" feeling, UI/UX and design patterns have grown a lot since then.

My goal was to create a web client that aims to "remaster" the Hacker News experience by maintaining its minimalistic nature while bringing in best practices in UI/UX and performance.

Also, I know the "redesign Hacker News" idea has been done a million times already, but I wanted to give my own try at it! Plus, it was a great opportunity for me to get familiar with the newer Next.js App Router and other packages.

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License

hatchet is licensed under MIT.