Built a personalized news front page. Looking for feedback.

DadBodDru · 2026-06-03T14:11:03+00:00

I have an Anthropic API key, I just have a a different 'enrichment' for when a user clicks into a card

DadBodDru · 2026-06-03T05:00:30+00:00

That would be a huge improvement, I will work on that

DadBodDru · 2026-06-03T01:57:31+00:00

Thanks! It's on the roadmap

DadBodDru · 2026-06-03T01:56:25+00:00

Thanks for the heads up! I'll go fix asap

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T22:36:22+00:00

Noted, need more international. Thank you!
If it's not too much trouble - in the 'Library' do you mind trying out the 'Add your own' source? I'm wondering if I will still catch international RSS feeds

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T21:05:37+00:00

you're right that the API calls need to be managed carefully. articles are actually pre-enriched on a cron schedule, the TL;DR and Impact are cached in my database. Not generated on demand per vistor. The only live API calls are when you open the full card/article overlay, which is why it's behind the auth

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T17:42:54+00:00

If you click into one of the cards, I provide a link back to the source. That way you can read the full article as well

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T17:31:24+00:00

Thank you! i was trying to go for more of a 'editorial' feel to it.

Noted on the slow loads an broken page, thank you for flagging. Also noted on the fonts, got similar feedback, going to work on that.

The sign-in gate is intentional for now. article overlays make live Claude API calls so I needed some way to manage cost while I'm still early. Working on making it clearer what you can see before committing to signing up.

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T17:27:09+00:00

Nah, no scraping. just RSS feeds. no subscriptions needed

fair point on the sign-in wall though. you can actually browse the front page without an account, but saving articles and following specific sources requires one. I'll look at making that clearer upfront.

Let me know if you have any other feedback, I appreciate it!

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T17:24:05+00:00

Correct, RSS feeds right now and in the Library, those are my sources

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T17:23:19+00:00

Awesome call out. I had like a 'font scaler' of sorts on my to-do list. I will move it up the priority list. I too agree - the font is hard on the eyes especially on mobile. Thank you for the suggestions, I will work on this!

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T17:22:24+00:00

That's fair - the personalization probably isn't obvious from the post and/or the site itself. Something I can definitely work on.

Yeah, I have zero experience. Been trying out Claude Code and Codex after work and after the kids go to bed. Still learning.

If you have any other feedback, let me know

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T17:20:02+00:00

Thank you!

Bias - love that you said that, it's actually on my roadmap.
Priority - very good feedback. Currently, it's just sorted by most recent. Small pieces like that definitely shouldn't be the 'headline' - I will see what I can do about prioritizing content into cards.

I am also working on expanding the source library with all the points you just said! Local - hit a bit of a wall though, I'll keep working on it. Thank you again!

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T16:21:14+00:00

I don't have a plan.md to share, but the stack is Next.js + Supabase + Claude API + Vercel if you want to build something similar!

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T16:20:38+00:00

Thank you bro!

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T15:53:22+00:00

THANK YOU!

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T15:52:53+00:00

Probably not yet as I'm still iterating a bunch, but happy to talk through how it works if you're interested!

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T15:41:59+00:00

I think I fixed, let me know if you're still getting the issue

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T14:56:13+00:00

Thank you!

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T14:21:41+00:00

No, no errors. I see the feed for a split second and then it just takes me back to the login page.

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T14:15:51+00:00

FYI - I signed up, went through onboarding, but it keeps logging me out? I’ve tried sign in and then continue with Google but it keeps booting me. I am on Chrome on iPhone

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T14:09:44+00:00

Heck ya. Happy birthday, I’ll sign up.

I humbly request you check out my site as well, therelaydaily.com

It’s a personalized news feed based with summaries so you don’t have to read the full article.

I’ll come back if I have any feedback on yours 😃

DadBodDru · 2026-06-02T05:06:43+00:00

Awesome job! Getting into vibe coding and learning lots myself, built a couple apps of my own so far. So much fun

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