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I Was Interviewed by an AI Bot for a Job 3 by speckx | 1 comments on Hacker News.

Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS 7 by vkuprin | 3 comments on Hacker News. I built Site Spy after missing a visa appointment slot because a government page changed and I didn’t notice for two weeks. It watches webpages for changes and shows the result like a diff. The part I think HN might find interesting is that it can monitor a specific element on a page, not just the whole page, and it can expose changes as RSS feeds. So instead of tracking an entire noisy page, you can watch just a price, a stock status, a headline, or a specific content block. When it changes, you can inspect the diff, browse the snapshot history, or follow the updates in an RSS reader. It’s a Chrome/Firefox extension plus a web dashboard. Main features: - Element picker for tracking a specific part of a page - Diff view plus full snapshot timeline - RSS feeds per watch, per tag, or across all watches - MCP server for Claude, Cursor, and other AI agents - Browser push, E...

5,200 holes carved into a Peruvian mountain left by an ancient economy 10 by defrost | 2 comments on Hacker News.

Open Weights Isn't Open Training 15 by addiefoote8 | 3 comments on Hacker News.

An opinionated take on how to do important research that matters 10 by mad | 1 comments on Hacker News.

WSL Manager 9 by gballan | 2 comments on Hacker News.