Introducing Brian RSS: A Personalized RSS Feed Curated from Your Favorite Books
In the ever-evolving landscape of content consumption, personalized information feeds are increasingly valuable for engaging with topics that matter most to us. Today, I am excited to introduce Brian RSS, an innovative project designed to deliver a tailored reading experience through AI-powered RSS feeds centered around your preferred books.
What is Brian RSS?
Brian RSS is a custom RSS feed generator that leverages Artificial Intelligence to curate daily snippets from your reading list. Each day, the service selects a random section from a book of your choice, summarizes it, and transforms it into an easily digestible snippet. To enhance accessibility and engagement, each entry is also converted into an audio recording, allowing you to listen to the content as a short podcast during your commute or downtime.
The Concept Behind Brian RSS
The name “Brian” is an anagram of “brain,” reflecting its core purpose—stimulating your intellectual curiosity. Originally developed for personal use, the project has since been open-sourced to benefit the wider community of book lovers and learners.
Core Features of Brian RSS
- Customized Content Generation: By analyzing your reading list, Brian RSS extracts summaries or insights from random sections of your chosen titles, providing bite-sized knowledge nuggets.
- Daily Automatic Updates: The feed refreshes every day at 6 AM UTC, ensuring fresh content on a consistent schedule.
- Audio Integration: Each entry is transformed into an audio clip, making it easy to consume content on-the-go.
- Self-Hosting & Deployment: Built to run seamlessly on your server via Docker, offering complete control over your data and setup.
How It Works
- Input your reading list: You specify the books you want to explore.
- Content extraction: The system uses AI to select a random segment from each book.
- Summarization & insights: It generates concise summaries or interesting insights.
- Audio conversion: Each summary is converted into an audio file.
- Automatic updates: The feed is refreshed daily, presenting new content.
Getting Started
The project is openly available on GitHub: https://github.com/a-chris/brian-rss. Whether you’re technically inclined or seeking a manageable self-hosted solution, detailed setup instructions are provided to help you get started quickly.
Live Demo & Feedback
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