I was inspired by a friend who wanted to escape the algorithms and had built a small, private reader for himself. He wasn't sure he'd ever release it, so I built my own.
It's yet another self-hosted RSS reader, I know. I've been trying to build things like inline YouTube (with filters to drop Shorts and live streams) and webhooks into the core, rather than as add-ons the way some other readers handle them. I mostly built it to learn and to have a version that works the way I like. It's not complete yet and it's missing some features I deem important (listed on the README). So it's a WIP.
AI disclosure: the backend is mostly hand-written — I used an LLM for boilerplate, tests, and some refactoring, and leaned on it more for the frontend since that's not my strong area. I have, however, reviewed and understand every line I've merged.