Discussion
Isolated_Routes: This is helpful! Thank you
ipsum2: It looks pretty good! I'm using it now and its a meaningful improvement to the existing site.Out of curiosity, why did you make a new Github account for the extension instead of developing it on your own account?
latchkey: Thanks!Because I see this becoming bigger than me and a separate organization made sense. There is a super thin backend component right now too. There is the potential to also add in some extra features that require a server/db. I'm kind of inspired by the atuin model of things.I've got a LONG list of features I'd like to implement over time.
cobbman: I want hacker news UX to stay as it is, mostly, but these are features I'd welcome.
latchkey: Thanks. My feeling as well.
Novosell: Did you ai generate the Chrome and Firefox logo? That isn't what they look like, or have ever looked like, from what I know.
latchkey: Yes. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
xydac: its funny how us developers build varied UX, but nothing beats the simplicity of HN's default experience. quick and bloat free.
DrBenCarson: …why?
latchkey: I'd rather focus on building features vs. caring about logos.Update: I'm having AI fix this since you guys want to focus so hard on it. Of all things... lol.
59nadir: Why not just use the actual logos? It's not as if you *have* to generate them.
greenpizza13: I can't figure out how to toggle to Light Mode (maybe it uses the system setting?). HN is something I prefer to be in Light Mode but everything else in dark. Gonna remove until this is configurable.
latchkey: Defaults to system. The toggle is in the top right corner of the navbar next to your karma.
Klonoar: What on earth is that Firefox logo...?
altairprime: Latchkey, would you be comfortable with HN adopting your dark mode styling as a user choice someday, if they came around to liking it? I really like it and I think it’s in the spirit of the site.
latchkey: Thanks! A lot of it is AI with my own input, but I think it did a great job.The code is all open source and people can do with it what they want. It is GPLv3, but I'd special license it to them as MIT without question.
wesz: The improvements are nice, that's for sure. But i checked out github and it looks like overengineered ai slop, you could implement all the features with 1/10 of the code. But again, nobody cares nowadays which makes me sad. You even generated chrome/firefox logos using ai...
latchkey: How is it over-engineered slop? Happy to improve things, but I thought it was pretty clean.
altairprime: [delayed]
ramon156: > Why Install Orange Juice?> Because Hacker News is great, but repetitive UI friction adds up. Orange Juice keeps the original feel while removing the things that cost you time every day.That does not convince me to use your app? This is like calling someone's Kia shit and instead telling them to buy a Tesla, but just stating that it's better.I'll stick to HN, thanks.
latchkey: Sure. What language would convince you?
satvikpendem: "Tested, not vibe coded" yet you mention the AI has written all the tests. This extension may not be vibe coded but it's close to that, it seems. Regardless it seems to work well, I replaced the older Refined Hacker News extension with this, which seems like where you initially sourced the code from as the features are very similar, 1:1 even for some.I also use this extension HNRelevant (https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/hnrelevant) which shows a list of similar posts, you might want to add that as an optional feature as well.What's the tech stack, pure TS? You also might want to migrate from Biome to oxc, I did recently and it plays well with Vite+ (or just move to Vite+) directly.
