Show HN: I built a tool to help you read Hacker News on Kindle (ktool.io)

Hi HN,

I'm Daniel Nguyen. In June, I quit my job to start indie hacking full-time.

The idea of KTool first came to my mind when I was reading "Ask HN: I'm a software engineer going blind, how should I prepare?"[0]

I've been wearing glasses since I was 5. My right eye is basically blind. Doctors said there is no chance to cure it.

I was genuinely scared. Like holy shit, if my left eye stops working, my life is done. Since then I've been very conscious about time spent on computer screens.

That's when I started using Kindle-related products: to offload as many reading materials as possible to the Kindle. I was a happy customer of Push to Kindle. Great product!!

Then I ran into multiple limitations which led me to build KTool: a tool to send anything online to Kindle. Blog posts, Twitter threads, Hacker News discussions, RSS, newsletters... you name it.

If you're a Kindle owner and you read a lot of online content, give KTool a try.

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22918980

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SikiraAmer 3y ago ↗

Even though I still don't own a Kindle device I really like your story and I really like what you do. I wish you the best of luck and a lot of great customers in the future

gouthamj 3y ago ↗

Big fan of what you're building, Daniel :)

Man that must have been hard. Are you still facing the same issue with your right eye? Love how you've turned the incident as a motivation to build a cool product :)

longnguyen 3y ago ↗

Thank you, Goutham. Yeah, it was congenital. I had it since birth, and we only found out when I was 5 (my left eye was perfectly normal - that's why).