A personal news app filters stories by calm level
The r/SideProject poster says they built a simple web app because they felt news had too much doom and bad news. The app pulls news from sources and applies a “calm” level filter chosen by the user. The poster asks whether they should add more news sources and shares both the web app and an open source GitHub link.
Key points
- The maker says they built the app mainly for themselves.
- The app pulls news from sources and filters it by calm level.
- Users can choose no filter or a calmer setting.
- The maker asks the community whether more news sources should be added.
- The post includes a web app link and an open source GitHub link.
Quick term guide
- r/SideProject
- A Reddit forum where people share small personal products and projects.
- SideProject
- A small personal project built outside a main job or company product.
- web app
- An app you use in a web browser instead of installing it.
- sources
- Evidence showing where a piece of information came from.
- open source
- Software whose code is available for people to view and often modify.
- business
- An activity where you provide value to others in exchange for money.
- persona
- A specific personality or role that an AI agent is set to play.
- features
- The different tools or functions built into a software application.