I was having the same issue so I created a simple site that polls the site every 2 minutes and attributes points according to where in the top 30 a story was located and maintains the rankings for every day.
It is ridiculously simple, but I find I have a much better experience with HN content while using it and the top benefit is that I can afford to miss a day or two and still manage to not miss anything. Check it out! It may (or may not) prove to be useful for you too. Also, no ads or similar annoying stuff. :)
P.S. It is currently a bit messed up (stories are entered multiple times in the table) because of how (poorly!) I handled articles that make it across many days in the hour that it took me to code it. I will fix that ASAP and add support to view the recap for past dates and search the site.
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I was having the same issue so I created a simple site that polls the site every 2 minutes and attributes points according to where in the top 30 a story was located and maintains the rankings for every day.
It is ridiculously simple, but I find I have a much better experience with HN content while using it and the top benefit is that I can afford to miss a day or two and still manage to not miss anything. Check it out! It may (or may not) prove to be useful for you too. Also, no ads or similar annoying stuff. :)
http://hnrecap.com
P.S. It is currently a bit messed up (stories are entered multiple times in the table) because of how (poorly!) I handled articles that make it across many days in the hour that it took me to code it. I will fix that ASAP and add support to view the recap for past dates and search the site.