About Hacker News Digest
Hacker News Digest, which presents itself as Hacker News Summary, is a web page that lists current posts from Hacker News alongside short AI generated summaries. Each entry shows the post title, its points, the submitter, the posting time, the source domain and the comment count, followed by a two or three sentence summary of what the linked article says.
The job it does is scanning. Instead of opening each link to decide whether it is worth reading, a visitor can skim the summaries down the page and open only the stories that matter. The site also describes extracting illustrations from posts to make the feed easier to scan. Entries carry a label naming the model used to produce the summary, such as Llama or LocalLLM, and a Share button for passing a story along.
It is aimed at developers, founders and technology readers who follow Hacker News but have limited time. The page is a read only feed. It offers no account, writing tools or editing features on the home page.
The site publishes no pricing page, and the home page shows no plans or charges, so the service appears to be free to use.