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New comment by viermalbe in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

viermalbe — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:58:52 +0000

The briefing rss feed contains one entry per day with a link to that days briefing page. The briefing itself cannot be customized, it's the same for everybody.

For the list views you can use the filter menu to filter by min votes or subscribe to any of the min vote rss feeds.

New comment by viermalbe in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

viermalbe — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 16:03:16 +0000

Sign-in is only needed to interact with the site, like voting or hiding entries. If you want to suggest your own blog, just send a mail to suggest@bubbles.town as described in the FAQ.

New comment by viermalbe in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

viermalbe — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:17:50 +0000

Independent does not mean self-hosted. Blog platforms are ok if the content is not monetized, no adverts, no paywalls, no self-marketing. For full criteria see the FAQs.

New comment by viermalbe in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

viermalbe — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:45:02 +0000

Bubbles dev here, I've heard you loud and clear and follow the discussion closely.

I will change the default behaviour to open links in the same tab like on HN or Lobsters soon. But first the HN visitor wave needs to calm down.

New comment by viermalbe in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

viermalbe — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 13:40:24 +0000

I currently work on a feature to show excerpts (and read time) in the list views as well. But I will wait with the deployment until the Hacker News visitor wave has calmed down.

New comment by viermalbe in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

viermalbe — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:41:02 +0000

Not really, I just picked it up from the initial question from stakhanov.

New comment by viermalbe in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

viermalbe — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:32:41 +0000

You can find the criteria in the FAQ: https://bubbles.town/faq#sources

New comment by viermalbe in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

viermalbe — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 09:22:23 +0000

It runs on Go + sqlite on a Hetzner machine, built from scratch, not a re-skin.

New comment by viermalbe in "Hacker News but for independent blogs"

viermalbe — Wed, 17 Jun 2026 08:29:20 +0000

Bubbles dev here, thanks for the mention

Show HN: I made a clicker game about the PKM rabbit hole

viermalbe — Fri, 10 Apr 2026 15:33:02 +0000

I'm guilty of falling deep into the PKM rabbit hole and spending hours in stupid clicker games. This is the logical consequence.

Takes about 3 hours to finish. Add it to your favorite notes app and never look at it again.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47719667

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by viermalbe in "Ask HN: What are you building that's not AI related?"

viermalbe — Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:28:36 +0000

I've built Bubbles, a reader-curated frontpage for discovering articles from thousands of personal indie blogs. No AI, no algorithm, no signup. Auth and comments are handled via Fediverse handles. https://bubbles.town

New comment by viermalbe in "Show HN: I built a frontpage for personal blogs"

viermalbe — Fri, 03 Apr 2026 17:36:54 +0000

Bubbles is different, because the front page is created by real people voting. It also supports comments, blogs in EN and DE, as well as following blogs.

The First Bullshit

viermalbe — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:47:15 +0000

Article URL: https://www.joanwestenberg.com/the-worlds-first-bullshit/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47584441

Points: 2

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The Reed and Pickup – The early internet was a feeling

viermalbe — Tue, 31 Mar 2026 08:38:32 +0000

Article URL: https://reedandpickup.com/2026/03/30/the-early-internet-was-a.html

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47584365

Points: 1

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