Yeah, there were a lot of such sites and still are. https://alltop.com/ was Guy Kawasaki's one (now seems to be someone else). https://upstract.com/ is another. But yeah, I definitely remember others.
Suggestion: Replace reddit r/worldnews with r/anime_titties because r/worldnews is biased towards Americans and does not accurately portray world news, more like American news 2.0 with a casual sprinkle of world-events that affect America.
There's a variety of sources from different parts of the world. Paid accounts can customize or add their own RSS sources, so you can read r/anime_titties if you'd like.
You’re right the source was on GitHub for a while. It’s no longer open source because people would open issues asking how to run it, or asking for features, etc. and I’d rather spend my time improving the product for the people who pay for it.
It’s written in Haskell using twain, blaze-html, selda, and feed packages.
I’m not sure what you’re referring to about spam threads.
Sumi.news started free, then had a lifetime deal, and last month I started charging yearly. There's about 20 grandfathered free users, a handful of lifetime deal users, and since last month I've gotten 20 paid subscribers. I've done zero marketing, except to post here and on Reddit.
Ideally, I'd like to compete with Google News (I assume they will kill it off eventually). When I reach enough ARR I will be able to add more robust categorization and local news sources. A lot of news sources also require a paid subscription to their API (Reuters, AP, various local news sources).
looks good. I made something similar just for my own use that includes short summaries of the articles using a text analyzer. How come you don't have Reuters and the AP?
Paid accounts can add any custom RSS feed or newsletters.
Reuters and AP killed their RSS feeds, and charge to access to their APIs. Once sumi.news earns enough revenue, I will consider purchasing their news feeds.
I find myself using this daily over my RSS reader since it has a better UI. I really just want to scroll through a bunch of news sites and scan for some interesting articles. My RSS reader is so overwhelming that I don't even open it when I feel like wasting time.
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[ 2.6 ms ] story [ 49.9 ms ] threadThere used to be an old desktop sit (called one something or signal something?) back in the halcyon days of Web 2.0
Used to have TechCrunch and Mashable etc., go to for a quick skim.
Love that you’ve done this for the mobile era!!
Best of luck with it.
I'm working on my own with a social community aspect attached allowing users to comment on these items, similar to HN.
Edit: Found the repo (removed by author) and double spam threads commited here on HN adveritsing how cheap it now is to subscribe to Sumi.
It’s written in Haskell using twain, blaze-html, selda, and feed packages.
I’m not sure what you’re referring to about spam threads.
Ideally, I'd like to compete with Google News (I assume they will kill it off eventually). When I reach enough ARR I will be able to add more robust categorization and local news sources. A lot of news sources also require a paid subscription to their API (Reuters, AP, various local news sources).
Reuters and AP killed their RSS feeds, and charge to access to their APIs. Once sumi.news earns enough revenue, I will consider purchasing their news feeds.
I find myself using this daily over my RSS reader since it has a better UI. I really just want to scroll through a bunch of news sites and scan for some interesting articles. My RSS reader is so overwhelming that I don't even open it when I feel like wasting time.