HackYourNews

What is HackYourNews?

Who created HackYourNews?

HackYourNews was created by the Qwen team. It is an AI tool that provides summaries of the top Hacker News stories, focusing on concise overviews for users. The tool was launched on September 7, 2023, and it is designed specifically for mobile devices. The Qwen team is dedicated to developing large language models specialized for mathematical reasoning, as seen in their Qwen2-Math project, which demonstrates superior performance on various math benchmarks.

What is HackYourNews used for?

• Provides summaries of the top Hacker News stories
• Focusing on delivering concise overviews of the content to users
• Specifically designed for mobile devices
• Gathers information from various Hacker News threads and presents it in a summary format
• Summarizes diverse topics such as Touch Pianist, NYPD's spending on surveillance firms, ancient ceramic water pipes in China, book on query engines, and discussions on Robin Sloan's novel
• Addresses ethical and legal concerns, highlights ancient engineering feats without centralized authority, and explores technical topics like query engines
• Incorporates a range of user comments on various featured topics
• Includes detailed breakdowns of different subjects covered and user opinions on functionality and features of the summarized content
• Engages users in discussions regarding product appeal, brand perception, pricing, availability, and technical details
• Offers AI-generated overviews with a focus on user engagement and interaction
• Provide summaries of the top Hacker News stories
• Deliver concise overviews of content to users
• Focus on mobile-friendly design
• Gather information from Hacker News threads
• Present information in a summary format
• Cover various topics from Hacker News such as Touch Pianist, NYPD spending on surveillance firms, ancient engineering, query engines, and Robin Sloan's novel
• Summarize discussions and opinions on different tech-related topics like employee responsibility, job market dynamics, tech industry influence on children, addiction parallels, need for regulation, and impact on mental health
• Address concerns over ethical implications of tech practices and their impact on vulnerable populations
• Explore mathematical reasoning and problem-solving with large language models (LLMs)
• Demonstrate superior performance on math benchmarks

Who is HackYourNews for?

• Mathematicians
• Data scientists
• Computer Programmers
• AI researchers
• Software developers
• Educators
• Researchers
• Journalists

How to use HackYourNews?

To use HackYourNews, follow these steps:

1. Creating a Survey Instance:

   • Start by creating a Survey object and assign a unique participant ID.

2. Defining Questions:

   • Utilize question types like SingleSelect, MultipleChoice, etc., to craft your survey content. Each question should have properties like id, text, and options.

3. Structuring Pages:

   • Organize your questions into pages using the showPage method. This enables you to control the flow of the survey.

4. Handling Responses:

   • Employ asynchronous functions (e.g., await) to pause execution until a page is completed. This allows you to process responses and dynamically adjust the survey flow.

5. Documentation and Community:

   • Explore comprehensive documentation and engage with an active community on platforms like Slack, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the official blog for support and insights.

6. Licensing:

   • Note that RoundtableJS, the core of HackYourNews, is open-source software licensed under the Apache 2.0 license.

7. AI Integration and Getting Started:

   • For AI features, consider using the cloud offering. To begin, install RoundtableJS through npm, Git, or a CDN link following the detailed instructions provided.

HackYourNews simplifies accessing and summarizing Hacker News threads efficiently, offering mobile-friendly summaries of diverse content ranging from website reviews to societal reflections without compromising on details.