It'd be great if you could add it to Kiwix[1] somehow (not sure what the process...

codazoda · 2025-12-31T03:43:32 1767152612

I love that you have 100r.ca on that short list.

endofreach · 2025-12-31T05:15:40 1767158140

what dumb phone do you use?

and why do you want wikipedia in your pocket, but not a smartphone? where do you draw the line?

(doing a lot of work in that area, so i am asking to learn from someone who might think alike)

kamranjon · 2025-12-31T05:34:01 1767159241

I use the Mudita Kompakt specifically cause it allows sideloading so I can still have a few extras. Right now I have Kiwix and Libby. It works really well.

I have a $10 a month plan from US cellular with only 2gigs so I try to keep everything offline that I can.

Honestly it's mostly the news... so I draw the line at browser, I'll never install a browser, that's basically something I can do when I sit down at a PC. I read quite a bit and I like to have the ability to look up a word or a historical event or some reference from something I read using Kiwix and it's been great for that, just needed to add a 512gb micro sd card. And Libby I just use at the gym when I'm on the treadmill.

endofreach · 2026-01-01T21:32:46 1767303166

interesting. thank you. any way i can reach out to you regardibg a project i am working on?

your input would be very valuable.

keepamovin · 2026-01-01T22:00:21 1767304821

This is a good idea — we should do it.

I also want to make sure we can build this in CI. My goal is to have this updated every day using the BigQuery update process, so it becomes a 1–2 day delayed static archive of the current state of Hacker News, which is honestly very cool.

I can probably run the build for free on GitHub Actions runners, as long as the runner has about 40 GB of disk space available. If needed, I can free up space on the runner before the build starts.

I’ll also write to GitHub support and ask if they can sponsor the cost of a larger runner, mainly because I need the extra disk space to run the build reliably.