Hacker News: xeo84

New comment by xeo84 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

xeo84 — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 04:37:54 +0000

I'm working on version 3.0 of my feed reader app NewsNinja: https://ainews.ninja

Version 3 will add more feed types: Podcasts, Mastodon, Twitter/X, Calendar, Reminders, Weather, Finance tickers and more.

It will have a new UI, new features like notifications and local transcripts and summaries and many quality of life improvements.

New comment by xeo84 in "Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?"

xeo84 — Sun, 25 Aug 2024 01:36:00 +0000

I'm currently working on NewsNinja[0] in my spare time, a RSS reader app that groups articles talking about the same story and optimizes reading time.

I started it a couple of months ago, I was tired of reading the same story posted across different news outlets.

Over time I added new features like summarization, the ability to hide articles that have specific words in titles, etc.

Currently working on adding custom themes and fonts for the reader mode and various customization options.

It's a fun little side project, still much to do to improve it, I'll be busy for a while!

[0]https://newsninja.timelabs.io

You shouldn’t use iCloud Keychain for all your passwords

xeo84 — Sun, 22 Jan 2023 05:27:55 +0000

Article URL: https://timefrancesco.medium.com/why-you-shouldnt-use-icloud-keychain-for-all-your-passwords-d6da6a7ec7df

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34474621

Points: 4

# Comments: 2

New comment by xeo84 in "Fastmail – 20 Years Old"

xeo84 — Thu, 21 Nov 2019 22:03:05 +0000

You can send email from your alias with the Mail app, I do it every day. You need to set it up manually (not use the certificate from fastmail). After you set up the email address, go to Settings -> Password and accounts -> Tap your account -> Tap you email -> tap the "Email" field and then you can add your aliases tapping the button "Add Another Email"

New comment by xeo84 in "Deprecation of .safariextz (Safari extensions)"

xeo84 — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 04:01:51 +0000

From Safari 12, only Safari App extensions will be allowed, installed from the Mac App Store. No more self signed extension or Safari Extension Gallery.

Deprecation of .safariextz (Safari extensions)

xeo84 — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 04:00:42 +0000

Article URL: https://developer.apple.com/safari/whats-new/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17234886

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

New comment by xeo84 in "Show HN: Bitfolio, a simple crypto currency ticker and portfolio tracker for iOS"

xeo84 — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 21:14:57 +0000

Hi HN, I've released Bitfolio, a simple app to track your crypto currencies investments and coin values.

It's very very simple and I'm planning to add more coins and exchanges in the near future.

Main features:

- Tickers with historic granularity

- Portfolio with Forex support

- iCloud Sync

- Themes

- Forex

Supported exchanges are Kraken, Coinbase, Bitfinex and Cryptopia NZ.

Supported crypto currencies: BTC, BCH, ETH, ETC, LTC, XMR, XRP, XEM, DASH, MIOTA, NEO.

Hope someone will find it useful, if you have any questions or feedback, I'm happy to answer.

Show HN: Bitfolio, a simple crypto currency ticker and portfolio tracker for iOS

xeo84 — Tue, 05 Sep 2017 21:14:09 +0000

Article URL: http://www.timelabs.io/bitfolio/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15179174

Points: 1

# Comments: 1

Ask HN: How can you trust non open source, third party email clients?

xeo84 — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 21:23:38 +0000

I might be over paranoid and correct me if wrong but as far as I understand, almost all the email clients out there either store your credentials or the access token to be able to send you push notifications for new emails.

Once they have the credentials/token, they have full control over your emails, what happen if they get compromised or they leak your data? Even 2FA will not protect you in this case since you already give them the auth token after a successful 2FA auth, or a specific app password.

Considering the email is used to reset almost all other accounts passwords, how can you trust a third party email clients? Am I missing something? Thanks.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15094182

Points: 17

# Comments: 17

New comment by xeo84 in "Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy"

xeo84 — Sun, 20 Aug 2017 05:39:24 +0000

Have you tried Bear Notes? I switched from Evernote last year and made my life easier.

New comment by xeo84 in "Developer accidentally deletes 3 months of work with Visual Studio Code"

xeo84 — Fri, 18 Aug 2017 08:00:50 +0000

No source control, no backups and you "play" with a new software to see how it handles 5000 files? Well... not sure what to say here..

New comment by xeo84 in "Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?"

xeo84 — Fri, 11 Aug 2017 03:39:05 +0000

Touchboard: http://www.timelabs.io/touchboard Open source app for iPad to send keys to your pc / mac. I use it for gaming, I really find it useful, here is a video of it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1KOUj9SK_c

I've also made CbrConverter: https://github.com/timefrancesco/cbr-converter

Coverts pdf to cbr and vice versa.

And then there are a bunch of other small projects like:

- Ebay Search Scheduler (schedule Ebay searches with custom parameters)

- Twitter Time Machine (download and browse your twitter timeline) https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tweet-time-machine-2/id83212... - windows version also available

- Autosleep (put the windows down for good) https://github.com/timefrancesco/autosleep

And many others I really enjoyed making and using.

New comment by xeo84 in "Ten Years of Worthless Side Projects"

xeo84 — Wed, 26 Jul 2017 03:36:34 +0000

Depends what you consider for "opportunity", would you do it for free and just have a cut at the end of a month based on the profit?

Free services for a broken mobile startup

xeo84 — Tue, 17 Jan 2017 08:00:02 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@xeo_it/free-services-for-a-broken-mobile-startup-1c011863d10#.4wnry7s4d

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13415812

Points: 3

# Comments: 1

Introducing Merlo 4 and how to work on your projects with a full time job

xeo84 — Thu, 22 Oct 2015 19:50:05 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@xeo_it/introducing-merlo-4-ee492e4f089#.ommv588s5

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10434573

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

Introducing a new Twitter app for iOS for history and statistics

xeo84 — Fri, 04 Apr 2014 23:01:24 +0000

Article URL: http://www.reddit.com/r/IPhoneApps/comments/228bhb/introducing_a_new_twitter_app_for_ios_to_browse/

Hacker News: xeo84

New comment by xeo84 in "Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (March 2026)"

New comment by xeo84 in "Ask HN: What are you working on (August 2024)?"

You shouldn’t use iCloud Keychain for all your passwords

New comment by xeo84 in "Fastmail – 20 Years Old"

New comment by xeo84 in "Deprecation of .safariextz (Safari extensions)"

Deprecation of .safariextz (Safari extensions)

New comment by xeo84 in "Show HN: Bitfolio, a simple crypto currency ticker and portfolio tracker for iOS"

Show HN: Bitfolio, a simple crypto currency ticker and portfolio tracker for iOS

Ask HN: How can you trust non open source, third party email clients?

New comment by xeo84 in "Laverna – A Markdown note-taking app focused on privacy"

New comment by xeo84 in "Developer accidentally deletes 3 months of work with Visual Studio Code"

New comment by xeo84 in "Ask HN: Projects that don't make you money but you're doing it out of sheer joy?"

New comment by xeo84 in "Ten Years of Worthless Side Projects"

Free services for a broken mobile startup

Introducing Merlo 4 and how to work on your projects with a full time job

Introducing a new Twitter app for iOS for history and statistics

Ten predictions for 2064