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4 points by gnomodromo ↗ HN
This is my site:

http://www.uptopnews.com/

With the auto-scroll feature the news just run over your screen.

I would love to hear your feedback! Could you imagine to use this site everyday? What do and don't you like about it?

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[dead] three0x
Bookmarked. The categories could be more specific though and the trends seem a bit vague.
gnomodromo
Another reason I post this here is to ask for advice how much CPUs and memory you would suggest for a site like that. It's hosted on EC2.
viraptor
If enough people start using it? I'd suggest doing the dynamic part on a tiny instance (i.e. only as big as you need for scraping and generating the updates / trends) and pushing updates to S3. Then the client can poll S3 objects. (With some marker for "latest")

You'd have to cross 1gb/h of transfer before it costs more than running more than t3.small.

gnomodromo
That's a great hint thanks. I just created a test bucket with a JSON file, this seems much cleaner. At the moment I still use a node server and the database on the same instance.
gnomodromo
Hey and you can even make the browser window go over two screens, the window will be full of news cards.
gnomodromo
My favorite topic is the breaking news section with auto-scroll on the second screen.
gnomodromo
Does anyone has experience with pre-rendering angularjs? When I post my site on twitter I get tags like {{title}} in the tweet. I've seen some services that pre-render (SaaS) but I'd prefer an independent solution.