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Show HN: Defuddle, an HTML-to-Markdown alternative to Readability (Score: 154+ in 6 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uW83
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uW83

Defuddle is an open-source JS library I built to parse and extract the main content and metadata from web pages. It can also return the content as Markdown.
I built Defuddle while working on Obsidian Web Clipper[1] (also MIT-licensed) because Mozilla's Readability[2] appears to be mostly abandoned, and didn't work well for many sites.
It's still very much a work in progress, but I thought I'd share it today, in light of the announcement that Mozilla is shutting down Pocket. This library could be helpful to anyone building a read-it-later app.
Defuddle is also available as a CLI:
https://github.com/kepano/defuddle-cli
[1] https://github.com/obsidianmd/obsidian-clipper
[2] https://github.com/mozilla/readability
GitHub
GitHub - kepano/defuddle: Extract the main content from web pages.
Extract the main content from web pages. Contribute to kepano/defuddle development by creating an account on GitHub.
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The Future of Flatpak (🔥 Score: 151+ in 3 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uWrJ
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LWN.net
The future of Flatpak
At the Linux Application Summit (LAS) in April, Sebastian Wick said that, by many metrics, Flat [...]
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Does Earth have two high-tide bulges on opposite sides? (2014) (Score: 151+ in 9 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uVvc
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Physics Stack Exchange
Does Earth really have two high-tide bulges on opposite sides?
The bit that makes sense – tidal forces
My physics teacher explained that most tidal effect is caused by the Moon rotating around the Earth, and some also by the Sun.
They said that in the Earth - ...
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Show HN: SQLite JavaScript - extend your database with JavaScript (Score: 151+ in 15 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uUkw
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uUkw
GitHub
GitHub - sqliteai/sqlite-js: Create custom SQLite functions in JavaScript. Extend your database with scalars, aggregates, window…
Create custom SQLite functions in JavaScript. Extend your database with scalars, aggregates, window functions, and collations directly in JavaScript. - sqliteai/sqlite-js
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A South Korean grand master on the art of the perfect soy sauce (Score: 151+ in 1 day)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uQDX
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the Guardian
‘Without time, there is no flavour’: a South Korean grand master on the art of the perfect soy sauce
Ki Soon-do’s soy sauce has been served to Donald Trump and gained Unesco heritage protection. It is recognition that is 370 years in the making
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John Carmack talk at Upper Bound 2025 – slides and notes (🔥 Score: 151+ in 3 hours)

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X (formerly Twitter)
John Carmack (@ID_AA_Carmack) on X
The full video of my Upper Bound 2025 talk about our research directions should be available at some point, but here are my slides:
https://t.co/KPM6NtSaug

And here are the notes I made while preparing, which are more extensive than what I had time to say:
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We’ll be ending web hosting for your apps on Glitch (Score: 152+ in 21 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uV7g
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Glitch
Important changes are coming to Glitch
We’ve got an important update for the Glitch community today: We’ll be ending web hosting for your apps on Glitch.
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MCP explained without hype or fluff (Score: 150+ in 23 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uUKP
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Nilenso
MCP explained without hype or fluff - nilenso blog
Atharva Raykar
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OpenAI: Scaling PostgreSQL to the Next Level (Score: 153+ in 6 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uXpC
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www.pixelstech.net
OpenAI: Scaling PostgreSQL to the Next Level
At the PGConf.dev 2025 Global Developer Conference, Bohan Zhang from OpenAI shared OpenAI’s best practices with PostgreSQL, offering a glimpse into the database usage of one of the most prominen
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Four years of sight reading practice (❄️ Score: 150+ in 4 days)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uH36
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PostgreSQL IDE in VS Code (🔥 Score: 159+ in 1 hour)

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TECHCOMMUNITY.MICROSOFT.COM
Announcing a new IDE for PostgreSQL in VS Code from Microsoft | Microsoft Community Hub
We are excited to announce the public preview of the brand-new PostgreSQL extension for Visual Studio Code (VS Code), designed to simplify PostgreSQL...
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Why I no longer have an old-school cert on my HTTPS site (Score: 153+ in 8 hours)

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Find Your People (🔥 Score: 150+ in 3 hours)

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Jessica Livingston
Find Your People
Thank you to Bucknell University for inviting me to be this year's commencement speaker. And congratulations to the Class of 2025! 











Watch the speech on YouTube.

Thirty-two...
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Tallest Wooden Wind Turbine (❄️ Score: 151+ in 4 days)

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Modvion - We build wind turbine towers. In wood
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MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0 (Score: 152+ in 5 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uY9T
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Anildash
MCP is the coming of Web 2.0 2.0 - Anil Dash
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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How I ended up flying for Yemen's national airline – and survived (Score: 150+ in 8 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uXTm
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PPRuNe Forums
Yemenia Expat Contract: Full Info - PPRuNe Forums
Terms and Endearment - Yemenia Expat Contract: Full Info - A carrier which is very rarely mentioned on here, I’m going to give you an insight into what it is like to work for them under one of those famous expat contracts that have floated about here and…
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How to live on $432 a month in America (Score: 156+ in 7 hours)

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Substack
How to Live on $432 a Month in America
(For All Expenses)
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Modification of acetaminophen to reduce liver toxicity and enhance drug efficacy (Score: 152+ in 6 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uZsu
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Society for Science
Chloe Yehwon Lee
2025 Science Talent Search Project Showcase: Chloe Yehwon Lee, 17, of Murphy, explored a way to lower the toxic effects of acetaminophen (Tylenol) on the liver for her Regeneron Science Talent Search chemistry project.
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Root for your friends (Score: 150+ in 7 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uZkP
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Show HN: hcker.news – an ergonomic, timeline-based Hacker News front page (Score: 150+ in 13 hours)

Link: https://readhacker.news/s/6uYDT
Comments: https://readhacker.news/c/6uYDT

Hi folks,
I've built an alternative Hacker News front page. It is inspired by and meant to be a replacement for hckrnews.com.
I built this because HN is woefully underfeatured, but most sites that try to improve it seem to assume that the visual design is the problem. hcker.news tries to maintain HN's familiarity while adding useful enhancements.
There are three primary views:
  - Timeline View: Browse top stories by votes or comments grouped by day, week, or month (e.g., top 20 per day, top 100 per week).  
  - Aggregate View: See top stories by votes or comments over custom time ranges.  
  - Front Page View: The original HN front page, untouched.

Feed Filtering:
  - Kagi Small Web: View only stories from websites that are a part of Kagi's Small Web, which is a curated list of non-commercial blogs
  - Custom Keyword Filters: Include/exclude keywords (e.g., include "Rust," exclude "DOGE") or set a minimum score threshold.
  - No HN Algorithm: Timeline and Aggregate Views show stories usually downranked by the HN algo (e.g., flagged posts or those with too many comments).

UI:
  - Unread Flags: Quickly spot new stories or ones you haven't seen.
  - Two Layouts: Classic HN style or a compact story view inspired by hckrnews.com.
  - Multi-column & High-density Modes: Fit more content on screen.
  - Themes: Light, Dark, and Manila.

I'd love your feedback and suggestions. Cheers!
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