Newser, utility written in go to generate a pdf with news content

Hacker News

I've gotten myself a Supernote A5X (awesome device btw) and since it doesn't have a web browser or anything I've wanted to have a way to read news on it. I've hacked together this utility in a couple of days and it works wonders for me personally so I thought it might be interesting to others. It can also be used as a noise free newspaper generator as it removes images/ads/links and other noisy stuff. https://github.com/lnenad/newser (there is a screenshot of the first page of the generated pdf) It scrapes (news) websites for content and puts it into a pdf. For me the pdf location is my dropbox supernote directory so my setup is to run this thing daily and have a fresh pdf with news whenever I want it. It's rough around the edges probably (currently added crawl support for verge, ars, engadget) but I think it's a good base so if anyone wants to contribute feel free. Some of the stuff I want to add is pictures (maybe), maybe parse the text html to include font styling and other stuff. I've tried to generalize it as much as possible so the crawling is pretty much automatic and is controlled by a config file where you define "rules" on how to parse the website.

Visit product View on Hacker NewsFeb 20, 2022

Share card

Actual performance

47points

18comments

Made the leaderboard

Launch Intel predictions

Analyze your own launch →

Indie HackersFits the IH revenue-focused audience · Missing: supports, reddit linkedin, podcasting

69%69% predicted probability of success on Indie Hackers, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

best fitHighest predicted score across all platforms for this description.

Hacker NewsStrong engagement from HN community · Strong signals: io · Missing: https docs, excited, just released

61%61% predicted probability of success on Hacker News, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

nativeThis product was originally launched on this platform.

Product HuntUnlikely to reach the leaderboard · Strong signals: new · Missing: mac, agents, macos

42%42% predicted probability of success on Product Hunt, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

TrustMRRLess likely to generate early MRR · Strong signals: personal, way · Missing: mobile apps, ios, entrepreneurs

39%39% predicted probability of success on TrustMRR, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

AppSumoMay struggle as an AppSumo deal · Missing: plus, platform, intuitive

35%35% predicted probability of success on AppSumo, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

Acquire.comPre-revenue stage for this audience · Missing: arr, mrr, revenue

14%14% predicted probability of success on Acquire.com, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

BetaListMay not resonate with beta-testers · Missing: web3, chat, crypto

0%0% predicted probability of success on BetaList, based on ML models trained on real launch data.

Correct prediction on native model

Similar products

Migr8 – A Concurrent Redis Migration Utility Written in Go59%Launch Intel prediction score: how likely this product is to succeed on its source platform, based on its name, tagline, and description.

Migr8 – A Concurrent Redis Migration Utility Written in Go

Hacker News13

Charlie31%Launch Intel prediction score: how likely this product is to succeed on its source platform, based on its name, tagline, and description.

What if the news was written just for you?

Indie Hackers2ai

Mif_gen Matlab utility for Altera mems init34%Launch Intel prediction score: how likely this product is to succeed on its source platform, based on its name, tagline, and description.

Mif_gen Matlab utility for Altera mems init

Hacker News1

Orthrus (Fuzzing utility)47%Launch Intel prediction score: how likely this product is to succeed on its source platform, based on its name, tagline, and description.

Orthrus (Fuzzing utility)

Hacker News1

Mif_gen Matlab utility for Altera mems init34%Launch Intel prediction score: how likely this product is to succeed on its source platform, based on its name, tagline, and description.

Mif_gen Matlab utility for Altera mems init

Hacker News2

Mif_gen Matlab utility for Altera mems init34%Launch Intel prediction score: how likely this product is to succeed on its source platform, based on its name, tagline, and description.

Mif_gen Matlab utility for Altera mems init

Hacker News2

Hexana – hexdump utility in x86-64 assembly65%Launch Intel prediction score: how likely this product is to succeed on its source platform, based on its name, tagline, and description.

Hexana – hexdump utility in x86-64 assembly

Hacker News1

ELF Dump Utility in Nim43%Launch Intel prediction score: how likely this product is to succeed on its source platform, based on its name, tagline, and description.

ELF Dump Utility in Nim

Hacker News5

Dotenv, if it is a Unix utility56%Launch Intel prediction score: how likely this product is to succeed on its source platform, based on its name, tagline, and description.

Dotenv, if it is a Unix utility

Hacker News225

Ztick – tiny desktop utility to keep notes written in Zig75%Launch Intel prediction score: how likely this product is to succeed on its source platform, based on its name, tagline, and description.

Ztick – tiny desktop utility to keep notes written in Zig

Hacker News4

Browse all products Analyze your launch