Distilled is my first solo, end-to-end project. Designed and built by me, to solve a problem I had myself: I always wanted a calmer way to read.

Distilled shows one HN article at a time. Each article has a few clear insights, just enough to spark curiosity and invite deeper reading. And is clearly categorised.

Built this app to replace mindless scrolling of tiktok, slowing down and reading without any noise.

I’d love your thoughts about this idea.

Used Google Gemini 2.0 Flash for a recommendation system, extracting articles, generating insights, and classifying. System is not perfect, but I am working on it.

Will be really happy to receive any feedback, recommendations or suggestions.

A year ago I wouldn’t have believed this project is possible for a designer to build solo.