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DWS A LLM Generated, "Drudge Report" style news site

DWS A LLM Generated, "Drudge Report" style news site

by tdubey·Jul 19, 2026·2 points·0 comments
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AI Analysis

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Drudge Report layout meets LLM scoring, but embedding deduping is now table stakes.

Strengths
  • •Deterministic LLM workflow attempts to solve the randomness problem of generative news.
  • •Self-hosted infrastructure with own IPs demonstrates full-stack ownership and control.
  • •Decay functions on scores prevent old news from cluttering the front page indefinitely.
Weaknesses
  • •LLM scoring for 'importance' is subjective and often mirrors existing editorial biases.
  • •Drudge-style layout feels dated and may alienate users expecting modern UX patterns.
Category
Social
Target Audience

News junkies wanting a deterministic, algorithmic alternative to social feeds

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Post Description

Hi folks!

As a weekend experiment, I created DWS Report. A simple news link aggregator site where the layout is modeled after Drudge Report (while I don't agree with the news style, the simple site style is fun).

The engine collects articles from RSS feeds every 15 minutes, has a LLM score the importance of the articles, dedupes via an embedding DB, and then decays article scores over time.

The experiment here was attempting to build a more deterministic LLM workflow, and host something on my own infrastructure + IPs!

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