About tl;dr HN
tl;dr HN provides AI-powered summaries of top Hacker News stories (200+ points). For each story, we provide:
- tl;dr: A 2-3 sentence summary of the article
- HN Discussion: Key perspectives from the top comments
Comment Sentiment Legend
Each discussion point includes a sentiment indicator showing the overall tone:
| ↑ | Positive Supportive, enthusiastic, or agreeing with the article/topic |
| ↓ | Negative Critical, skeptical, or disagreeing with the article/topic |
| ~ | Mixed Contains both positive and negative aspects, nuanced take |
| • | Neutral Informational, factual, or asking questions without strong opinion |
How It Works
- We fetch the top stories from Hacker News with 200+ points
- For each story, we extract the article content from the source URL
- We fetch the top 10 comments from the HN discussion
- Claude AI generates a concise tl;dr of the article
- Claude AI analyzes the comments to identify 3-5 key perspectives
Limitations
- PDFs and videos cannot be summarized
- Paywalled articles may not be accessible
- Summaries are AI-generated and may occasionally miss nuance
- Data refreshes every hour
Credits
- Data from Hacker News via the official API
- Summaries powered by Anthropic Claude
- Built with Next.js