So, I wanted to make a simple way to keep up with entertainment news. You know, just the latest buzz without all the clickbait and endless scrolling. I figured, why not build something myself? Here’s how it went down.
The Idea
First, I decided what I really wanted. Just headlines and maybe a quick summary, nothing fancy. No pictures even. And updated regularly, of course.
The Tools
I thought about using some fancy coding stuff, but then I remembered about good old RSS feeds. Lots of news sites offer them, so that seemed like the easiest route. I also decided to use a simple script to pull the data and show it to me.
Getting the Feeds
This was the most time-consuming part, to be honest. I went to a bunch of entertainment news sites (you know, the big ones) and looked for their RSS feed links. It was usually buried at the bottom of the page or somewhere in the menus.
I saved a bunch of these.
The coding parts
I just cobbled together a simple way to show it, nothing fancy. I set it to run automatically every few hours, so it’s always updating.
The Result
It’s not pretty, but it works! I open it up, and boom, there are the latest headlines. No fluff, no distractions. I can quickly scan through and see if there’s anything I’m interested in. It will takes more time to make it look good.
It’s super basic, but it does exactly what I wanted. Saves me a ton of time and keeps me in the loop without all the noise. Maybe I’ll add some features later, but for now, I’m pretty happy with it.
And this is how my today’s practice went.
