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I recommend running Chrome's built-in Lighthouse analysis tool specifically for accessibility. It will make some very helpful suggestions, like img alt text and colour contrast issues. One example that I eyeballed is the search bar\u2013the background colour is pink and the text colour is yellow. Kinda hard to read :-)", "context": "", "use_case": "accessibility auditing", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Nutrepedia \u2013 nutrition info in 29 locales built with Clojure and Htmx"}, {"id": 759713952, "item_id": 47482122, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47482122", "by": "PlunderBunny", "date": "2026-03-22", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Lighthouse can sometimes find RSS feeds for pages that don\u2019t show an RSS button", "excerpt": "Lighthouse can sometimes find RSS feeds for pages that don\u2019t show an RSS button on the page: https://lighthouseapp.io/tools/feed-finder", "context": "", "use_case": "find site RSS feeds", "switched_from": "", "story": "PC Gamer Recommends RSS Readers in a 37MB Article That Just Keeps Downloading"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 790784768, "item_id": 49424048, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424048", "by": "Animats", "date": "2026-08-24", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "They no longer do.", "excerpt": "Ouch. Remember Filecoin? The original concept was that you could buy perpetual storage with a one time payment. It was funded by a crypto asset which was a derivative of mass storage prices, or something like that. Lighthouse supposedly sold such a product.[1] They no longer do.[2] [1] https://www.lighthouse.storage/blogs/Permanent%20Storage%20Powered%20by%20Lighthouse [2] https://www.lighthouse.storage/pricing", "context": "", "use_case": "Perpetual file storage", "switched_from": "", "story": "IPFS Maintainers Winding Down"}, {"id": 753212304, "item_id": 47075769, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47075769", "by": "tqlpasj", "date": "2026-02-19", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "It looks like a vibe coded website.", "excerpt": "Yeah, yeah, lighthouseapp.io offers AI summaries and more AI is planned: https://lighthouseapp.io/blog/introducing-lighthouse It looks like a vibe coded website.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "AI made coding more enjoyable"}]}], "who": [{"by": "mustafadalga", "context": "front-end engineer, 7+ years experience", "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48360774", "date": "2026-06-01"}], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["website performance auditing", "web performance auditing", "perpetual file storage", "accessibility auditing", "web performance audits", "find site rss feeds"], "compared": [], "makers": [{"id": 742560624, "item_id": 46410039, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46410039", "by": "domysee", "date": "2025-12-28", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I built a feed reader with that concept in mind, having a separate triage stage", "excerpt": "This may be because most feed readers don't have a proper way to triage items. Adding a feed doesn't mean you want to read everything from said feed. Usually only a subset of articles are interesting. I built a feed reader with that concept in mind, having a separate triage stage where you only decide if it's worth reading or not. 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It's the new scheme that shills like me go for. The reason is that I have no account on HN and rarely comment. I create a new account a few times a year because I don't remember or care about my previous account. I could have made an account named john2026 and you would not think twice. Instead, I let people know upfront what type of account th", "context": "", "use_case": "web performance auditing", "switched_from": "", "story": "RIP, vector database"}, {"id": 790784768, "item_id": 49424048, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49424048", "by": "Animats", "date": "2026-08-24", "version": null, "stance": "warn", "quote": "They no longer do.", "excerpt": "Ouch. Remember Filecoin? The original concept was that you could buy perpetual storage with a one time payment. It was funded by a crypto asset which was a derivative of mass storage prices, or something like that. 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