So I built HN Debrief (https://hndebrief.com) to solve my problem. At the end of each day (UTC) it: - fetches the previous day's front page - picks the threads that generated a discussion worth reading and tries to surface comments (or group of comments) with the most insight - finds comments that cut against the threads majority opinion as a balance lever - pulls out the links people shared into a reference section and summarizes the rest Every insight is attributed to its author with a link back to the original comment
Feedback I'd especially value: thread and comment selection (am I picking the right discussions and comments?) and whether the "against the grain" comments are actually insightful or just contrarian. There's a daily email also if you want it.