<story><title>Show HN: Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac</title><url>http://www.hackyapp.com</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>eliaskg</author><text>Hi, app developer here. I hope some of you may like my little app. To prevent too much ranting here are some quick answers to possible questions:&lt;p&gt;Q: The Hacker News website provides much more functionality than your app.&lt;p&gt;A: That&apos;s right. The app isn&apos;t made to replace the Hacker News website. It&apos;s made for frequent readers like me who want a quick and friendly-on-the-eye way to access the stories.&lt;p&gt;Q: I want your app but I don&apos;t want to pay for it.&lt;p&gt;A: No problem, Hacky is open source! Just get a copy of the source on GitHub and build it on your machine.&lt;p&gt;Q: Why are you then charging money for it in the first place?&lt;p&gt;A: Personally I like getting my apps via Mac App Store. It means easy updating and restoring. Unfortunately providing an app in the MAS isn&apos;t free for the developer as he has to purchase a Developer Certificate from Apple. (Additionally a developer likes to buy a beer from time to time)&lt;p&gt;Relevant Links:&lt;p&gt;Website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hackyapp.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.hackyapp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mac App Store: &lt;a href=&quot;https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hacky/id584949645?ls=1&amp;#38;mt=12&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hacky/id584949645?ls=1&amp;#38;m...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;GitHub: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/eliaskg/Hacky&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://github.com/eliaskg/Hacky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Here, have some Promo Codes:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  NPLEWFH4PT6X
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<story><title>Show HN: Hacky – Hacker News app for Mac</title><url>http://www.hackyapp.com</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>eliaskg</author><text>Hi, app developer here. I hope some of you may like my little app. To prevent too much ranting here are some quick answers to possible questions:&lt;p&gt;Q: The Hacker News website provides much more functionality than your app.&lt;p&gt;A: That&apos;s right. The app isn&apos;t made to replace the Hacker News website. It&apos;s made for frequent readers like me who want a quick and friendly-on-the-eye way to access the stories.&lt;p&gt;Q: I want your app but I don&apos;t want to pay for it.&lt;p&gt;A: No problem, Hacky is open source! Just get a copy of the source on GitHub and build it on your machine.&lt;p&gt;Q: Why are you then charging money for it in the first place?&lt;p&gt;A: Personally I like getting my apps via Mac App Store. It means easy updating and restoring. Unfortunately providing an app in the MAS isn&apos;t free for the developer as he has to purchase a Developer Certificate from Apple. (Additionally a developer likes to buy a beer from time to time)&lt;p&gt;Relevant Links:&lt;p&gt;Website: &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.hackyapp.com&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;http://www.hackyapp.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Mac App Store: &lt;a href=&quot;https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hacky/id584949645?ls=1&amp;#38;mt=12&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hacky/id584949645?ls=1&amp;#38;m...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;GitHub: &lt;a href=&quot;https://github.com/eliaskg/Hacky&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https://github.com/eliaskg/Hacky&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;Edit: Here, have some Promo Codes:&lt;p&gt;&lt;pre&gt;&lt;code&gt;  NPLEWFH4PT6X
  XNLHAXHPA3FN
  FRAAR3RL797W
  MHLW7MH9EYYP
  KPM36X9KY4EN&lt;/code&gt;&lt;/pre&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>bpatrianakos</author><text>In a perfect world you wouldn&apos;t have to explain that this isn&apos;t meant to replace the site or justify charging money for it, but we don&apos;t live in a perfect world. I&apos;m on a Windows machine here at work but as soon as I get home I&apos;m going to get this. And thanks for making it open source. I honestly could never understand how anything open source could make money (besides charging for support) but your app finally drove the point home for me. I know how to get your source and compile it myself but I just don&apos;t want to go through the hassle so I&apos;m going to buy it.&lt;p&gt;Anyway, thanks for this. I&apos;ve been hoping someone would make this exact app for a long time now.</text></comment>