Hacker News, but every story comes with a video explainer
HN.watch is a Hacker News front page clone where every story comes with a short video explainer. Instead of only scanning headlines, you click a story title to watch a video summary, or follow the 'article' link to the original source. The site mirrors news.ycombinator.com and shows the usual story metadata — points, submitter, age, and comment counts — plus a last-synced timestamp in the header. Built by Scrimba, the site states it is not affiliated with Y Combinator, and its footer notes it uses no cookies and no tracking scripts, collecting only anonymous daily aggregates.
Attaches a short video explainer to every Hacker News front page story; click a title to watch it
Mirrors news.ycombinator.com and displays the last sync time, e.g. 'synced 4 min ago'
Every story row shows points, submitter username, post age, and comment count
Each story offers both a 'video' link (the explainer) and an 'article' link to the original source
No cookies, no tracking scripts; only anonymous daily aggregates are collected
Copy the link, share as an HN comment, or share on X
The homepage lists the current Hacker News front page, with a header showing when it last synced (e.g. 'synced 4 min ago').
Selecting a story plays its short video explainer; a separate 'article' link takes you to the original source.
Each story can be copied as a link, shared as an HN comment, or shared on X.
It shows the Hacker News front page with a short video explainer attached to every story. You click a story title to watch the video, or follow the 'article' link to open the original source.
It's built by Scrimba, and the site explicitly notes it is not affiliated with Y Combinator — stories simply mirror news.ycombinator.com.
No pricing, plans, or accounts are mentioned anywhere on the site; you simply visit hn.watch and click a story to watch its explainer.
Stories mirror news.ycombinator.com, and the header displays the last sync time (the homepage showed 'synced 4 min ago').
The site states it uses no cookies and no tracking scripts, collecting only anonymous daily aggregates.
Yes — every story listed on the front page has both a 'video' link (the explainer) and an 'article' link (the original source).