Show HN: News Pulse – Real-time global news feed, 475 sources, no algorithm

Show HN: News Pulse – Real-time global news feed, 475 sources, no algorithm(news-alert-eta.vercel.app)

9 points by trevwebdev 79 days ago | 3 comments

Former investigative reporter turned developer. I built a simple breaking-news monitor because tracking events across platforms is a mess now that Twitter’s unreliable.

Bluesky is the backbone (a fraction of twitter, but still lots of journalists and OSINT folks), plus RSS, Telegram, Reddit, YouTube and Mastodon. Everything is one chronological feed with no algorithm, clear source labels, and lightweight activity detection when a region spikes above baseline (frequency math, not LLMs).

But we do have a (hopefully non-obtrusive) AI-generated recent/post summary.

Been building for a while, figured I'd post in light of today's events. Can't promise it will survive or is good, any feedback appreciated.

Built with Next.js 15 + TypeScript + Tailwind on Vercel. Real coded + supervised vibe coded. Free, no login, signups, ect

https://pulse-osint.vercel.app/

tetianad 77 days ago |

I like the source labels idea.

One thing I'd want to know though: can I pick specific topics or regions to follow, or is it everything at once?

And with 475 sources, how do you handle reliability filtering? Even trusted outlets get it wrong on breaking news, and Telegram channels are basically the wild west. Do you do any credibility scoring or is it on the reader to figure out what's legit?

rrr_oh_man 79 days ago |

I love the idea of a global news app, and I have explored it myself.

What puts me off is the generic, LLM-generated "spy thriller terminal" aesthetic. It gets in the way of what the app should actually do well, which is help people read and understand the news.

vivid242 79 days ago |

Love the addition „no algorithm“