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New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 18:24:38 +0000

Interesting take. Fair enough.

How about you saw the comment number go up and you open and now have to scroll entire thread to find where the new comment is at.

New comment by kranirudha in "Ask HN: Should we collectively stop spell checking and fixing grammar"

kranirudha — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:27:26 +0000

AI or not, I'd like to read something that makes sense.

You can very well use AI to just fix your spells and grammars instead of asking it to generate something entirely from scratch.

On the contrary, someone can still ask AI to make a few grammatical errors or spelling mistakes so it "looks like" it's human written? I don't think we should go there.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:05:45 +0000

Fair enough. But it's easy to miss replies or not know unless I re-open old posts to see if there's new replies to it, and so on.

The experience drops there for me. I once forgot to check back on a post and saw it had relevant questions about a year later.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:03:40 +0000

That's actually the question. I'd not want to use a third party app if there's an official one available. Hence I'm still on browser.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:02:50 +0000

Hack is also brilliant. Thanks for your work and continued maintaining it. But would you know why they never made an official mobile app?

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:01:36 +0000

Octal is brilliant. But it's third party. My question was why there's no official app.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 08:01:01 +0000

Yes octal is one of best the third party apps available and quite popular. My question was why there's no official app.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:59:22 +0000

Probably not. It's the same experience as the website. I've tried adding it to home screen so it opens immediately like a bookmark.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 07:58:10 +0000

Yea, notifications can be considered annoying. but I sometimes miss replies to some posts, cause HN right now doesn't even track these.

Maybe a design decision to reduce infra load.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:10:25 +0000

as PWA. That's fair actually. I forgot about that.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 17:09:44 +0000

That's fair. I guess incentive is the key.

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kranirudha — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:54:53 +0000

I'm not solving anything. Was just wondering why it doesn't exist. Cause I find it more convenient on mobile.

Mostly from discoverability and experience wise.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:17:46 +0000

I'd argue in favor of it though. I understand that most folks here might not prefer it, but it does make it more accessible and convenient.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:16:34 +0000

Fair enough.

New comment by kranirudha in "Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?"

kranirudha — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:15:49 +0000

That's a good point. Bad for me I guess but should be good for product, no?

I was thinking from a product standpoint, why wouldn't they want one if it increases usage.

Why doesn't HN have a mobile app?

kranirudha — Sun, 05 Apr 2026 12:58:44 +0000

I think its much more convenient to access from a mobile app. My reddit usage grew massively when the reddit mobile came upto on par with other third party apps over last couple of years.

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