My AI News Bot: Over-Engineering My Morning Coffee Routine (And Loving It!)
Let's be honest, who has time to read all the news anymore? Between cat videos and existential dread, my news queue was looking more like a digital archaeological dig. I needed a solution. A smart solution. A solution that involved... AI!
So, I did what any self-respecting programmer with too much free time would do: I built a bot!
What's Under the Hood of this News-Chewing Beast?
You might think it's powered by tiny, caffeinated gnomes. Close, but not quite. Here's the (slightly simplified) tech stack:
- FreshRSS - The Loyal News Butler: First, we dispatch our digital butler, FreshRSS, to fetch all the latest headlines. That's my self-hosted solution to aggregate all the different news sites I have subscribed to.
- Gemini AI - Our Resident German News Analyst: Once we have the raw intel (aka, a mountain of news titles and summaries), we hand it over to our AI brainiac, Gemini. We've specifically trained it to be a deutscher Nachrichtenanalyst – that's German for "news analyst who's probably more punctual than you." It sifts through everything and, with a bit of prompting, spits out a structured, insightful overview.
- Flask - The Grand Orchestrator: And holding this whole symphony of code together? Good old Flask, our trusty Python web framework, making sure everything runs smoothly and streams the glorious AI-generated summary right to your screen. I wanted a fast solution for a web UI.
So, Why Did I Build This Digital Wunderkind?
- To finally conquer my news backlog: Now I get a neat, AI-powered summary. On hasty mornings, this comes in handy.
- To learn cool stuff: Let's be real, playing with AI is fun, and it's always an adventure!
So, there you have it – my slightly over-the-top solution to information overload. What will I over-engineer next? Only time (and my next caffeine-fueled coding session) will tell!
