feat(hackernews): add Hacker News as 5th research source

Add HN search via free Algolia API (no key needed). Two-phase approach:
search for stories, then enrich top ones with comments. Integrated into
the full pipeline (normalize, score, dedupe, render) running in parallel
with Reddit/X/YouTube. Source priority: Reddit > X > HN > YouTube > Web.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Matt Van Horn
2026-02-24 18:33:31 -08:00
parent 427a4e453d
commit 38a7ea253e
12 changed files with 1119 additions and 25 deletions
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@@ -280,6 +280,64 @@ def score_youtube_items(items: List[schema.YouTubeItem]) -> List[schema.YouTubeI
return items
def compute_hackernews_engagement_raw(engagement: Optional[schema.Engagement]) -> Optional[float]:
"""Compute raw engagement score for Hacker News item.
Formula: 0.55*log1p(points) + 0.45*log1p(num_comments)
Points are the primary signal on HN; comments indicate depth of discussion.
"""
if engagement is None:
return None
if engagement.score is None and engagement.num_comments is None:
return None
points = log1p_safe(engagement.score)
comments = log1p_safe(engagement.num_comments)
return 0.55 * points + 0.45 * comments
def score_hackernews_items(items: List[schema.HackerNewsItem]) -> List[schema.HackerNewsItem]:
"""Compute scores for Hacker News items.
Uses same weight structure as Reddit/X (relevance + recency + engagement).
"""
if not items:
return items
eng_raw = [compute_hackernews_engagement_raw(item.engagement) for item in items]
eng_normalized = normalize_to_100(eng_raw)
for i, item in enumerate(items):
rel_score = int(item.relevance * 100)
rec_score = dates.recency_score(item.date)
if eng_normalized[i] is not None:
eng_score = int(eng_normalized[i])
else:
eng_score = DEFAULT_ENGAGEMENT
item.subs = schema.SubScores(
relevance=rel_score,
recency=rec_score,
engagement=eng_score,
)
overall = (
WEIGHT_RELEVANCE * rel_score +
WEIGHT_RECENCY * rec_score +
WEIGHT_ENGAGEMENT * eng_score
)
if eng_raw[i] is None:
overall -= UNKNOWN_ENGAGEMENT_PENALTY
item.score = max(0, min(100, int(overall)))
return items
def score_websearch_items(items: List[schema.WebSearchItem]) -> List[schema.WebSearchItem]:
"""Compute scores for WebSearch items WITHOUT engagement metrics.
@@ -337,7 +395,7 @@ def score_websearch_items(items: List[schema.WebSearchItem]) -> List[schema.WebS
return items
def sort_items(items: List[Union[schema.RedditItem, schema.XItem, schema.WebSearchItem, schema.YouTubeItem]]) -> List:
def sort_items(items: List[Union[schema.RedditItem, schema.XItem, schema.WebSearchItem, schema.YouTubeItem, schema.HackerNewsItem]]) -> List:
"""Sort items by score (descending), then date, then source priority.
Args:
@@ -354,15 +412,17 @@ def sort_items(items: List[Union[schema.RedditItem, schema.XItem, schema.WebSear
date = item.date or "0000-00-00"
date_key = -int(date.replace("-", ""))
# Tertiary: source priority (Reddit > X > YouTube > WebSearch)
# Tertiary: source priority (Reddit > X > HN > YouTube > WebSearch)
if isinstance(item, schema.RedditItem):
source_priority = 0
elif isinstance(item, schema.XItem):
source_priority = 1
elif isinstance(item, schema.YouTubeItem):
elif isinstance(item, schema.HackerNewsItem):
source_priority = 2
else: # WebSearchItem
elif isinstance(item, schema.YouTubeItem):
source_priority = 3
else: # WebSearchItem
source_priority = 4
# Quaternary: title/text for stability
text = getattr(item, "title", "") or getattr(item, "text", "")