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Stop scrolling HN — get a personalized digest instead

Stop scrolling HN — get a personalized digest instead

by big_big_data·Apr 6, 2026·1 point·2 comments

AI Analysis

MidShip ItCozy

HN email digest with topic filters when RSS feeds already exist.

Strengths
  • Magic-link onboarding removes password friction for immediate email access.
  • Twelve topic categories allow granular filtering without manual curation.
  • Transparent subscriber count builds trust in early-stage product.
Weaknesses
  • RSS readers handle filtering without handing over email addresses.
  • Several established HN newsletters already solve this exact problem.
Category
Target Audience

HN readers wanting filtered content

Similar To

The Daily Hacker · Hacker News Digest · Feedly

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Snapbyte – personalized email digests from HN/Reddit/Lobsters

Pick sources, select from 135+ topics, and get a short, Gemini-powered summary delivered on your schedule — the workflow is exactly what you'd expect from a focused digest. The implementation choices (trafilatura scraping, small services on k8s, gemini-3 for summaries) are pragmatic and show real engineering; what I'd like to see next is clearer scoring/ranking methodology and more source coverage before it unseats Mailbrew or daily.dev.

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