Show HN: An HN client that summarises long threads and lets you chat with them

13•kamranahmedse•2d ago

I often find interesting things in Hacker News posts and comments, but threads are often long and take a lot of time to go through.

I built Rundown for this. It's a cross-platform desktop app with Claude Code and Codex integration that gives me a rundown of the post and comments, with links back to the comments it pulled each bit from. I can also chat with the post or the entire thread.

Comments

baggachipz•50m ago

"Your scientists were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn't stop to think if they should."

kareemheshaam•45m ago

This is a really nice idea. HN threads can be a rabbit hole, so being able to get the gist without losing the original comment context is pretty compelling

adrianbooth17•14m ago

I use this little ruby script to help me digest some of the long threads. It breaks down a discussion into points of consensus and disagreement and fleshes out the most interesting bits and then I copy that into any random LLM service https://github.com/Adrian1707/hacker_news_helper/blob/main/h...

throwitaway222•43m ago

Nice job!

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