Pete's Log: The Morning Post
Entry #3058, (Coding, Hacking, & CS stuff)(posted when I was 47 years old.)
I've had an idea on my mind for a while now, and today I vibe coded it: an RSS Reader except it prints out on paper.
Version 1 was ready in roughly 15 minutes. Just a python script that uses feedparser, BeautifulSoup and weasyprint to download recent posts, render them into simplified html, put them into a three column layout, and send it to the printer. A few enhancements later and I have QR codes in case I want to pull up the digital version of an article, plus a comics section at the end.
I absolutely love the result. I configured a cron job to run it at 6 am and I look forward to reading my paper feed tomorrow.
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