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Search for recent comments on an HN article

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Description

Thanks so much for publishing https://github.com/simonw/til/blob/main/hacker-news/recent-comments.md. In the spirit of sharing back, I took it one small step further and defined a new search engine shortcut in Chrome/Firefox that will easily construct the appropriate search query url for a given story:

Screenshot 2023-04-13 at 06 35 27

Now I can look up a story, get the story id, then type in the url hnc <paste in story id> and get the comments ordered by date.

Thanks again for sharing your tips! I hope you find this useful too.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Review hacker-news/recent-comments.md and the linked Chrome/Firefox search-shortcut details. The issue does not specify a file change or acceptance criteria, so first clarify whether the shortcut should be added to the TIL content; done would mean the intended workflow is documented there.

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Assessment

Domain
content, documentation
Issue type
Documentation
Difficulty
1/5
Estimated time
Under an hour
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
20/100

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