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A serverless app that texts me positive COVID-19 news

Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza on April 08, 2020

About I built a serverless application that sends me a positive news story related to COVID-19 every morning before I wake up, via SMS. ...
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Bernard Baker

Great use of Twilio ⚡. It could reach millions. And positive news is always a good thing 😍.

Is it available online? And have you thought about using news providers in different countries for other languages? So many great ideas.

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Yes it’s open source available on my github. So many great ideas you have! I’ll continue to grow the project, I think it’s a good start at the moment.

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Bernard Baker

It is. Keep going. We can work towards something that is available online for people around the world.

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Thank you for the kind words and feedback.

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Madza • Edited

For those looking to buy, "stock market bears reward patience" will be a positive one, for those to sell - negative :) There will be several opportunities to buy quality names at bargain prices over the course of the next six months.

Good job on developing the app, also nice YT channel!

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Thanks for that insight Madza! Also, I appreciate the kind feedback. I hope you have a great day.

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Madza • Edited

You should prolly make another app to combat negative ones, lol.. 😄
It scans through all the news, finds all the negative ones, detects author of each post, scraps his/her email, sends message to it: I did read your article {article_name} in {source_name}. I will not stop to spam you, unless you do in {source_name}. 😄😄

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Robert Osborne

Great idea! I'm planning on doing something similar. I'm excited to see the end product. 😄

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Just checked your project, very very cool! Can't wait to see end product.

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Glenn

Awesome! I love the recent surge I'm seeing in the positive psych approach to gathering info.

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Thanks Glenn! I agree, anything we can do to boost positivity is a win!

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Gracie Gregory (she/her)

I LOVE THIS.

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Thanks for checking it out :)

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rhymes

Great idea! :D

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Thanks :)

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huncyrus

I like this wholesome/positive approach of covid news aggregation, would be nice to see more this kind of focus.

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

I agree! We need a little more light at the end of the tunnel.

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Chad Lamb

This is such a great idea!
I think many of us are struggling with the overload of news everyday, especially bad news.

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

It definitely gets to me. Thanks for the kind words.

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Brendan

This is awesome! Thanks so much for sharing. The sentiment analysis is a great idea.

This is my first exposure to azure functions, I typically use GCP. Very interesting.

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

I have a few more videos on my YouTube channel on azure functions if you’re interested :) thanks for the kind words and feedback.

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Phillip Shim

Nice writeup!

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Thank you Phillip

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Usman Khalil

Loved the idea. I've been struggling learning twilio. Hope this one helps

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Gwyneth Peña-Siguenza

Thank you, friend! If you need any help, I might be able to provide some guidance, reach out at any time.