mnews2

Tech news aggregator that identifies cross-source stories from Techmeme, Hacker News, and 9to5Mac.

Features

• Scrapes headlines from three major tech news sources
• Identifies stories appearing across multiple platforms
• Generates AI-powered summaries for cross-source stories
• Publishes static HTML site and RSS feed
• Automatic hourly updates via GitHub Actions

Sources

• Techmeme - HTML scraping (position-based popularity)
• Hacker News - Algolia API (points-based popularity)
• 9to5Mac - RSS feed (comment count popularity)

Architecture

• TypeScript/Node.js backend
• SQLite database with better-sqlite3
• Static HTML/RSS output
• GitHub Actions for hourly updates
• GitHub Pages hosting

Development

# Install dependencies
npm install

# Build TypeScript
npm run build

# Run locally (requires OPENAI_API_KEY env var)
OPENAI_API_KEY=your_key npm start

# Development mode
npm run dev

Deployment

The site is automatically deployed to GitHub Pages at:

• https://antrod.github.io/mnews2/
• RSS: https://antrod.github.io/mnews2/feed.xml

License

MIT