I've been switching between macOS, Linux and Windows machines quite a bit recently due to work, so it's been tough work to find a reader I enjoy using across all platforms, and there are a few features I've been wanting for a while...
...so I one-shotted Cervantes over the weekend. It's a Tauri-based cross-platform desktop app. At heart it will allow you to simply browse HN but I added the ability to favv'e users so you can see their content, you can replace words, it will flag frontpage thread movement and you have a dark interface.
It's not too pretentious, i don't think. Design-wise was also done via Claude Design.