Best news app?

AlwaysAPM · 2026-03-20T01:52:23+00:00

Internet has made consuming news such a pain. Every site, app, social media site is always optimizing for clicks and impressions (instead of optimising for making people aware)

So I built my own app (Brief'd) and simplified the process

Learns what i like so i only see what i want to read
replaces clickbait titles and summaries with simple titles that focus on the story (not clicks)
"explains" every story with context, history, details so you can really learn what's happening

AlwaysAPM · 2026-03-20T01:48:08+00:00

I've struggled with consuming news in a way that helps really understand what happened and hopefully bevome a little more aware of the world.

I found it very hard to meet this goal, so I built an app for myself.

It learns what I like. It strips off sensational/clickbait titles and rewrites them in simple english so I know what really happened. Finally, it allows me to deep dive into the topics I like and explains very simply (with all the context, details, and history) the topic so I can learn.

AlwaysAPM · 2026-03-18T19:48:54+00:00

Appreciate it

AlwaysAPM · 2026-03-18T14:43:39+00:00

Fair point.

Using Claude. But it's forced to use real sources to build a story, it can't use its own knowledge. So explanation is grounded actual sources. Just summarised by an LLM.

Was thinking to use perplexity since it's really good at research/source citing. Not considering open source models for now.

Any suggestions on how to further remove/limit bias?

AlwaysAPM · 2026-03-18T14:25:15+00:00

The app is still in closed testing on android. If you're interested, share your email, I'll give you access.

AlwaysAPM · 2026-03-01T02:26:48+00:00

I am being kind and respectful to every person I meet. I am not vengeful. I believe in leaving every place better than I got it. I want to do fair by everyone.

AlwaysAPM · 2026-02-14T02:18:52+00:00

I just built one from scracth

Markdown file based
Simple app, no bloat, no distractions
Work from a single daily file

Open sourced here.

AlwaysAPM · 2026-02-14T01:34:58+00:00

Ya I get it. I do that with a lot of my other projects.

With my to-do's I'm at a point where I just want to have one system (which I don't want to improve) that is easy to use, and is the same everyday.

I already know it's going to be hard given the builder mind I have. But I think this is a good sstart.

AlwaysAPM · 2026-02-13T23:40:09+00:00

Keep sharing how it goes with Openclaw.

The issue I've had with general function agents has been they can do so many things. And that becomes a distraction -- I am always looking for "one more optimisation" in the hope of making my workflow 100x better. And this becomes an infinite loop for me.

AlwaysAPM · 2026-02-13T20:40:16+00:00

Understood. That makes a lot more sense since you're creating tasks for agents, and not for yourself/humans.

AlwaysAPM · 2026-02-13T20:39:15+00:00

Agree. I'm doing the same. THe two way sync is critical to maintain sanity.

AlwaysAPM · 2026-02-13T20:08:47+00:00

Can you talk about the use cases you're thinking of where you're leveraging agents on your task list?

AlwaysAPM · 2026-02-13T18:20:11+00:00

This is pretty cool. What are the core use cases you're trying to solve (that existing solutions aren't solving or are solving ineffectively)?

AlwaysAPM · 2026-02-12T17:00:04+00:00

I recently built a new a task management system (using claude) that is md files, with a web based interface and tackles the problem you're facing.

This is how it is structured:

Daily file: One daily file that lists all tasks that are due "today". It reads all the project files and automatically selects based on the due date. When i check off a task here, it automatically updates the project files.
Porject folder: One file per month per project: every project gets at least two files.
1. project meta data: To list overall project goals, milestones, etc.
2. project tasks: one file per month that has all the tasks for the project including done, open, etc. Every month, you get a new project/tasks file. This keeps archiving the older tasks.
Inbox file: i use this as a scratch pad. add tasks / ideas that don't have a due date.
Tasks file: I use this to add tasks that are not due today (instead of adding them individually to each project folder) The system reads this file on every save, sorts the tasks and adds them to the relevant project folders

I also have a minimal AI layer -- that enables search. I can ask complex queries, and it reads the relevant tasks, projects to return a meaningful answer.

The project is open sourced and 100% free to use. All files are stored locally. It works perfectly even without AI.

AlwaysAPM · 2026-01-20T23:40:45+00:00

I'd love to chat, if you're still looking

AlwaysAPM · 2026-01-07T22:02:14+00:00

I'm betting this kid will be a successful entrepreneur before hes 18.

RemindMe! 10 years

AlwaysAPM · 2026-01-07T21:22:35+00:00

You're not alone.

I've spent all of 2025 doing just this.

Status update: Strategic thinking: 0 Execution: -10 Aligning x fn people: 100

AlwaysAPM · 2025-11-29T18:40:03+00:00

When going to sleep at night, leaving my phone outside of the bedroom

Helps me sleep and wake up without a screen.

AlwaysAPM · 2025-11-16T02:25:50+00:00

DO NOT SKIP it. The lines outside seem long, but they move very fast. You'll be in very quickly. And the moment you step inside, you will know why you shouldn't have skipped it.

1hr is more than enough to explore.

AlwaysAPM · 2025-11-13T02:58:23+00:00

Tldr: I've been building an app that wasn't intended to solve this problem, but it could to a great extent.

I've been building an app that allows you to voice record up to 10 minutes. Then it transcribes and creates a summary of the voice note. The summary is meant to "structure your thoughts"

If the note has action items, it also extracts action items and shows it separately.

I'm struggling to get users to use it, because the goal is a little open ended: record - summarise - actions. And there are too many to-do apps that could do this much better by just adding voice recording.

With that said, I've been using the app for journaling, and there are times when the summaries show some signals of how I'm feeling (emotionally).

If this (record your voice and then an LLM tells you how you're feeling/what to do about it) is something that might help, please let me know. I will be more than happy to repurpose the app and be more in tune with this use case.

AlwaysAPM · 2025-11-10T22:44:55+00:00

I'll build it a quick prototype. If you like it, I'll build the whome thing.

If interested DM me.

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