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HN due to its design is easy to read, interact with and modify according to personal preference. How many other sites on the www are like that

A few projects that demonstrate this are mentioned in this thread

These are projects hosted by third parties

One of them uses "AI"

Another asks users to enable Javascript

Another only applies to the /front page

There is also DIY

For example

Transform HN HTML into SQL to create SQL database. This makes it faster and easier to search for interesting information and present it in whatever format the user prefers, all from the command line, no browser needed

Modify the web pages before they reach the browser/client using a local forward proxy. This makes it easy to filter out comments that discuss "AI" and make other cosmetic and substantive changes, for example, using Lua (no "AI" needed)

Use custom command line programs to make submissions and/or replies, instead of using a web browser

These are all DIY projects of mine, written in C (Flex as code generator), Lua and Almquist shell script (no Bash). I use older, underpowered, low spec computers, no "AI"

The discussions of AI hype in HN threads seem to follow a pattern. It goes something like

HN comment: "I dislike AI hype"

HN reply: "I think AI is useful. It saved me time." (sometimes including a personal anecdote)

But "I find AI useful. I like it because [reason(s)] I used it for [project(s)]" does not address the _hype_ issue

It could address a _"usefulness"_ issue but that's not the issue being raised