Productivity
Hacker News
Last updated 2026-08-28 · benchmark measured 2026-10-21 — deterministic & reproducible
Hacker News stories converted into podcast episodes and discussion summaries.
Hacker News at a glance
Soundcast turns current Hacker News front-page stories into podcast episodes and text discussion summaries for people who prefer to listen to tech news rather than read it.
Good for
- Hacker News readers who want an audio version of stories
- Commuters who want to listen to tech news
- Podcast listeners who want discussion thread summaries
Questions people ask
What does Soundcast do?
It takes the current Hacker News front page and generates audio podcasts and text summaries for each story and its discussion thread.
Who is Soundcast for?
It is aimed at Hacker News readers, commuters, podcast listeners, and tech enthusiasts who prefer to listen to tech news rather than read it.
How do I access a story's podcast or summary?
Users can browse top stories in a listing and access a summary or podcast version of each item directly from that listing.
Does every Hacker News story have a podcast and summary available?
The material shows that some stories have both a discussion, summary, and podcast option, while others only show a discussion link, suggesting not all stories have audio or summary versions available.
Written by Legit.Show from hn.soundcast.cc on 2026-09-30. It does not change the score.
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Is Hacker News production-ready?
Legit.Show scores Hacker News null out of 100 — the simple average of its 1 measured frames. Legit.Show ran its deterministic 7-Frame production-readiness benchmark on Hacker News (public-surface assessment), measured from the public surface with no LLM in the scoring path. 1 of the seven frames returned a score; Performance, Accessibility, Security, Reliability, Standards and Discoverability were not measurable on this service and are recorded as null — not as zero. Every frame it averages is published with its evidence on the Legit.Show listing.
The 7 Frames
- Performance — not measurable on this service (null — not scored as 0)
- Accessibility — not measurable on this service (null — not scored as 0)
- Security — not measurable on this service (null — not scored as 0)
- Privacy — 25/100How this compares across the catalogue: The Privacy Gap
- Reliability — not measurable on this service (null — not scored as 0)
- Standards — not measurable on this service (null — not scored as 0)
- Discoverability — not measurable on this service (null — not scored as 0)
What we measured
- No Content-Security-Policy and no HSTS.
- Served over HTTPS with a valid certificate.
- Real Lighthouse performance run — 0 ms to first byte.
- 0 of 0 sampled routes reachable.
- No privacy policy found.
- Sets cookies / loads scripts with no consent prompt.
Who it's for
Hacker News readers · Commuters · Podcast listeners · Tech enthusiasts
Sources and updates
- Description
- Taken from hn.soundcast.cc's own website on 2026-08-28.
- Benchmark
- Measured by Legit.Show from the live site, the way any visitor sees it — with no access to its code or accounts. Same method for every product, and no AI decides the score. Last checked 2026-10-21.
Put together from public information, without Hacker News's involvement. If anything here is wrong, tell us and a person will check it.
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