Started out with an idea over the holidays to start building a system that creates daily digests of content I follow as a podcast, such that I can listen to it when commuting.
The first one is one that takes the top articles of HN in the last 24 hours and builds them into a podcast. It took forever to tweak it in such a way that it doesn't sound 100% AI, isn't too sensational, but also not extremely boring. I've been tweaking over the past weeks to get it just right and I'm pretty happy with what comes out of it now. I've just submitted / got them all up and running on Spotify and Apple Podcasts and so kind of - launching it?
- Apple Podcasts link: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hackernews-daily/id179...
- Spotify Link: https://open.spotify.com/show/6WQFgIvfC2NiMCFRINre5P?si=3f71...
I have some future ideas that would make this even better for me - Build more shows like this (next is probably a daily digest of news in and around Amsterdam - as I live there). Possibly in such a way that you could create a tailor made podcast. Like, 3 HN articles, Weather in Amsterdam, and 2 Amsterdam news articles, or something like that. - Build some integrations, so it can be a bit more personal. Like, my current location for the weather, or maybe even my calendar for a personalized intro message.
Would love to hear your questions, thoughts, ideas, and things that can be improved!
Little Thread on X with some more info on how I built it: https://x.com/rolandpeelen/status/1879261341476942010