Carl RaynerCreative technologist · Media producer · Educator

Case study / AI workflow automation

From scattered feeds
to a readable daily destination.

Just the Good News connects content gathering, AI processing and automated publishing in one public project.

Just the Good News homepage showing stories, topic filters and source links
Real website capture · September 2026

The problem

Make constructive news easier to find.

Readers looking for positive reporting should not have to assemble it from separate feeds themselves. I built Just the Good News to gather stories into a readable site while keeping the original sources visible.

The site includes topic browsing, search and a Kids section. It identifies its content as AI-curated and AI-summarised.

  1. 01RSS sources
  2. 02AI selection
    & summaries
  3. 03Site build
  4. 04GitHub Pages

My contribution

Connect the steps into a publishing workflow.

I built the site and its automated publishing workflow: gather stories from RSS feeds, use AI to select and summarise them, then build and publish the resulting site.

A Python content pipeline feeds a Hugo site, published through GitHub Pages. The workflow is scheduled twice daily; successful runs depend on the source feeds and connected services.

Design decisions

Keep the source within reach.

Links to original reporting let readers go beyond a summary. Topic browsing and search make the collection easier to explore, while the AI disclosure explains how the content is prepared.

Publishing a static site separates the reading experience from the content-generation process. Readers can browse the published pages without waiting for a new AI response for each visit.

Evidence & status

A live site and an inspectable workflow.

The public site and source code show both sides of the project: the reading experience and the workflow that prepares and publishes stories.

Status: live public project. AI selection and summaries can be imperfect; readers can follow the source links to check the original reporting. Source availability and workflow runs affect updates.

Business relevance

An example of connecting information to an output.

The transferable idea is a workflow that gathers information, transforms it and publishes a useful result. A business version would need its own source permissions, review points, data controls and monitoring.

The project shows how I connect separate tools into a usable system, from content processing through to the reading experience.

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Let’s talk

Let’s talk about the role.

Need someone who can build useful tools, communicate clearly and help a team deliver? Send me the challenge, the role and where your team is based.

carl@carlrayner.com · Hamilton, New Zealand