This app allows reading HN comments in a novel way (at least I haven't seen anything like this before for threaded discussions). The page shows a vertical stack of comments corresponding to a single path from the story root to a leaf. Each level has a "current" sibling or child, and the gradient clickable areas at the sides of the comments allow switching between children or siblings while maintaining the correct "story-to-leaf" path. The "visit next" feature enables lazy reading of all the comments. The "tools" contains filtering queries (by last time, text search, authors), including, for example, reading comments from the last ... hours. There's a short introduction and "read more" section on the site that should cover most topics
The https://hackeray.vercel.app page requires entering either HN id or the full url. An experimental "top stories" infinite scroll page (navigating directly to the hackeray rendering) is at the https://hackeray.vercel.app/list.html. The items are sorted quasi-chronologically (by id)
Please share your thoughts. Also, the script is a single HTML/CSS/JS file that can run locally, so you can easily fix or adjust it to your own preferences. I'm not sure how many users will find this way useful, but for me personally, I can no longer read active HN discussions any other way
