This is a submission for the Postmark Challenge: Inbox Innovators.
💡 What I Built
Have you ever had a moment where something you once said came back to you in the wildest, most unexpected way? 😅
Or noticed how clickbaity headlines on news sites often barely reflect the actual content? 📰
Introducing The Sensational Machine; a whimsical simulator that cranks the sensation dial up to 11! 🎛️✨
TSM (not to be confused with the Travelling Salesman Problem, poor guy’s still trying to reach his destination 🧭) is a creative display that shows how a simple message can morph through a chain of reinterpretations, miscommunications and loss of context thanks to interpersonal communication (much like a game of telephone) until it becomes unrecognizable, even to its original sender. 🤯
And the best part? You can try it yourself! 🎉
(As long as the free tier of the AI model or Postmark quota hasn’t been exhausted 😅)
📬 Try It Yourself!
Send any message to 👉 sensation@gotta.trysomething.fun (limited to 2000 characters, should be more than enough to make truly sensational headlines 😉)
The Sensational Machine will reply with:
- A series of chain-distorted messages 🔗🌀
- Some wildly sensationalized headlines 🗞️🔥
✉️ Example Replies:
🛠️ How I Built It
This project turned out way weirder (and way more fun!) than I expected. Here's the delightfully bizarre stack I ended up with:
- 📩 Postmark — For receiving and sending emails
- 🌐 IFTTT Webhooks — To bridge Postmark and Google Apps Script
- 🧠 Google Apps Script — For parsing and handling the logic
- 🤖 Google Gemini API — To synthesize message chains and headline drama
🙌 Special Thanks To:
- 🎨 EmailBuilder.js — For the email template
- 🧑🎨 Random Users — For the avatar images
- 💬 ChatGPT — For the icon synthesis
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