Ask HN: When should I read HN?

3 points by ian_lotinsky 13 years ago | 4 comments

I'm trying to get into the habit of batching my nerd reading (HN and reddit.com/r/programming). I want to be efficient, but I don't want to miss-out on important information. Has anyone analyzed submission popularity trending over time on HN to recommend a reading interval?

efferifick 13 years ago |

If you want to be truly efficient, read it on your own time through RSS. Here is a link to RSS feeds sorted out by points or the front page stories.

http://ashleyw.co.uk/project/hacker-news-feeds

Hope this helps!

nhm 13 years ago |

No matter what time you choose you won't miss out much. If it's "important" it'll still be on the front page 24 hours later, and even if it isn't you'll hopefully hear about it through other channels.

thekingshorses 13 years ago |

I wrote a webapp so that I can read it on my phone, and a browser. You can filter top 10 stories of the day/week, ask/show hn stories.

http://premii.com/hn

_august 13 years ago | |

This is very nice. Thanks for making this.