After the whole reddit API fiasco, I wanted a way to browse the AskHistorians subreddit on my phone without using the reddit app or website. It also bugged me to have all this valuable information on a site that might make it disappear on a whim.

So, I present to you the AskHistorians Archive. It allows you to browse past submissions to the subreddit, it’s ad-free, works on mobile, loads fast, and works without JS.

For now, it only contains some of the most recent posts up until 2022-12-31, but I’m planning to upload more over time.

I hope this is useful to some - happy to hear and implement any feedback!

  • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
    131·
    1 year ago

    I feel like a lot of other reference subs could use this treatment, too.

    Technical subs, particularly, would be a great target for something like this. /r/homelab is, in my experience, one of the most reliable sources for solid information when playing around with and setting up home infra, and I’d love an alternative that didn’t push Reddit’s engagement numbers up.

    • raffomania@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      7·
      1 year ago

      Yes - The tool already works for any subreddit, but there’s some polishing to be done to make it work well (e.g. showing nested comments). I’m also still looking for a good way to host more posts as it’s quite a lot.

      • gravitas_deficiencyEnglish
        5·
        1 year ago

        Oh for sure. But still, this is a great first pass at the effort, and I applaud it :)