The latest articles on DEV Community by Massimo Scognamiglio (@massimoscognamiglio1). https://dev.to/massimoscognamiglio1 https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.us-east-2.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F4025304%2F733fde0c-ae32-4417-827d-ad3ebaf0be4a.jpeg https://dev.to/massimoscognamiglio1 en Massimo Scognamiglio Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:05:59 +0000 https://dev.to/massimoscognamiglio1/from-art-to-open-source-ai-9a https://dev.to/massimoscognamiglio1/from-art-to-open-source-ai-9a <p>👋 Hi everyone!</p> <p>I’m Massimo, an artist, creative technologist, and one of the early web pioneers from Italy.</p> <p>I’ve always enjoyed building things that sit at the intersection of creativity, design, and technology. Lately, that has meant focusing on open-source AI tools and self-hosted software that anyone can use and improve.</p> <p>My latest project is Radar, an open-source AI-powered social listening platform built around the idea that powerful analytics shouldn’t be locked behind expensive enterprise subscriptions. It’s still evolving, and I’m looking forward to learning from the community, sharing progress, and getting honest feedback.</p> <p>Excited to connect with fellow builders, exchange ideas, and discover what everyone is working on.</p> <p>Happy coding! 🚀</p> <div class="ltag-github-readme-tag"> <div class="readme-overview"> <h2> <img src="https://assets.dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg" alt="GitHub logo"> <a href="https://github.com/Scognamiglio1969" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Scognamiglio1969 </a> / <a href="https://github.com/Scognamiglio1969/radar-intelligence" rel="noopener noreferrer"> radar-intelligence </a> </h2> <h3> Open-source media intelligence &amp; social listening — a self-hostable alternative to Talkwalker/Brandwatch, built on free data sources and Claude AI. </h3> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <div id="readme" class="md"><div class="markdown-heading"> <h1 class="heading-element">Radar</h1> </div> <p><strong>Open-source media intelligence &amp; social listening</strong> — an alternative to enterprise platforms like Talkwalker or Brandwatch, built on free data sources and Claude AI Self-hostable, bring-your-own-keys, runs locally with zero configuration.</p> <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a3e79d899e42547e60b531886472b3cb818e2a42dac09cc16a8d87105c077ca8/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c6963656e73652d4147504c5f76332d626c75652e737667"><img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a3e79d899e42547e60b531886472b3cb818e2a42dac09cc16a8d87105c077ca8/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c6963656e73652d4147504c5f76332d626c75652e737667" alt="License: AGPL v3"></a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cb473bed474e64890beb59dbd469de6edc100cd20670168850b71b24753d928f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f43492d4769744875625f416374696f6e732d696e666f726d6174696f6e616c"><img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cb473bed474e64890beb59dbd469de6edc100cd20670168850b71b24753d928f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f43492d4769744875625f416374696f6e732d696e666f726d6174696f6e616c" alt="CI"></a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/07b84653d4f3f2fb4b2fd8d534aa486f3371fc4802bc34b10e5b6245ff7d3e46/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4e6578742e6a732d31362d626c61636b"><img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/07b84653d4f3f2fb4b2fd8d534aa486f3371fc4802bc34b10e5b6245ff7d3e46/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4e6578742e6a732d31362d626c61636b" alt="Next.js"></a></p> <blockquote> <p>The user interface and AI outputs are in English. Full internationalization (i18n) for additional languages is on the roadmap and contributions are very welcome.</p> </blockquote> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h2 class="heading-element">Why Radar</h2> </div> <p>Enterprise listening tools cost thousands per month. Radar gives a single person or a small team the same core workflow — <strong>listen, analyze, decide, create</strong> — using public data sources and the Claude API, for the price of an API key (or nothing at all if you just want to collect data).</p> <ul> <li> <strong>9 free sources</strong> out of the box: worldwide news via GDELT (100k+ outlets, 65+ languages) and Google News, plus Bluesky, Mastodon, Hacker News, Telegram, RSS — and Reddit / YouTube with a free API key.</li> <li> <strong>6 premium connectors ready</strong> (X…</li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/Scognamiglio1969/radar-intelligence" rel="noopener noreferrer">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> ai introduction opensource selfhosted Massimo Scognamiglio Sat, 11 Jul 2026 15:00:56 +0000 https://dev.to/massimoscognamiglio1/from-art-to-open-source-ai-3fba https://dev.to/massimoscognamiglio1/from-art-to-open-source-ai-3fba <p>👋 Hi everyone!</p> <p>I’m Massimo, an artist, creative technologist, and one of the early web pioneers from Italy.</p> <p>I’ve always enjoyed building things that sit at the intersection of creativity, design, and technology. Lately, that has meant focusing on open-source AI tools and self-hosted software that anyone can use and improve.</p> <p>My latest project is Radar, an open-source AI-powered social listening platform built around the idea that powerful analytics shouldn’t be locked behind expensive enterprise subscriptions. It’s still evolving, and I’m looking forward to learning from the community, sharing progress, and getting honest feedback.</p> <p>Excited to connect with fellow builders, exchange ideas, and discover what everyone is working on.</p> <p>Happy coding! 🚀</p> <div class="ltag-github-readme-tag"> <div class="readme-overview"> <h2> <img src="https://assets.dev.to/assets/github-logo-5a155e1f9a670af7944dd5e12375bc76ed542ea80224905ecaf878b9157cdefc.svg" alt="GitHub logo"> <a href="https://github.com/Scognamiglio1969" rel="noopener noreferrer"> Scognamiglio1969 </a> / <a href="https://github.com/Scognamiglio1969/radar-intelligence" rel="noopener noreferrer"> radar-intelligence </a> </h2> <h3> Open-source media intelligence &amp; social listening — a self-hostable alternative to Talkwalker/Brandwatch, built on free data sources and Claude AI. </h3> </div> <div class="ltag-github-body"> <div id="readme" class="md"><div class="markdown-heading"> <h1 class="heading-element">Radar</h1> </div> <p><strong>Open-source media intelligence &amp; social listening</strong> — an alternative to enterprise platforms like Talkwalker or Brandwatch, built on free data sources and Claude AI Self-hostable, bring-your-own-keys, runs locally with zero configuration.</p> <p><a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a3e79d899e42547e60b531886472b3cb818e2a42dac09cc16a8d87105c077ca8/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c6963656e73652d4147504c5f76332d626c75652e737667"><img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/a3e79d899e42547e60b531886472b3cb818e2a42dac09cc16a8d87105c077ca8/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4c6963656e73652d4147504c5f76332d626c75652e737667" alt="License: AGPL v3"></a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cb473bed474e64890beb59dbd469de6edc100cd20670168850b71b24753d928f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f43492d4769744875625f416374696f6e732d696e666f726d6174696f6e616c"><img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/cb473bed474e64890beb59dbd469de6edc100cd20670168850b71b24753d928f/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f43492d4769744875625f416374696f6e732d696e666f726d6174696f6e616c" alt="CI"></a> <a rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/07b84653d4f3f2fb4b2fd8d534aa486f3371fc4802bc34b10e5b6245ff7d3e46/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4e6578742e6a732d31362d626c61636b"><img src="https://camo.githubusercontent.com/07b84653d4f3f2fb4b2fd8d534aa486f3371fc4802bc34b10e5b6245ff7d3e46/68747470733a2f2f696d672e736869656c64732e696f2f62616467652f4e6578742e6a732d31362d626c61636b" alt="Next.js"></a></p> <blockquote> <p>The user interface and AI outputs are in English. Full internationalization (i18n) for additional languages is on the roadmap and contributions are very welcome.</p> </blockquote> <div class="markdown-heading"> <h2 class="heading-element">Why Radar</h2> </div> <p>Enterprise listening tools cost thousands per month. Radar gives a single person or a small team the same core workflow — <strong>listen, analyze, decide, create</strong> — using public data sources and the Claude API, for the price of an API key (or nothing at all if you just want to collect data).</p> <ul> <li> <strong>9 free sources</strong> out of the box: worldwide news via GDELT (100k+ outlets, 65+ languages) and Google News, plus Bluesky, Mastodon, Hacker News, Telegram, RSS — and Reddit / YouTube with a free API key.</li> <li> <strong>6 premium connectors ready</strong> (X…</li> </ul></div> </div> <div class="gh-btn-container"><a class="gh-btn" href="https://github.com/Scognamiglio1969/radar-intelligence" rel="noopener noreferrer">View on GitHub</a></div> </div> opensource ai introduction selfhosted