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Android App · Backend built by me

News That Matters

A personalised news app that delivers articles matched to each reader's chosen keywords and industry sectors. I built the backend behind it.

PHP MySQL Python SQLite

I built the backend. The Android app is the client that uses it.

Key features

Accounts & referrals

Sign-up and login with optional referral codes.

Keywords & sectors

Readers follow keywords and industry sectors, and change them any time.

Curated packs

Ready-made packs of news topics.

Pinned articles

Save articles to read later, synced with the account.

Subscription plans

Plans and a dashboard showing subscription details.

Article discovery

A service that finds new articles from RSS feeds and publisher homepages.

Duplicate filtering

Articles already seen are skipped, so each story appears once.

Push notifications

Readers are notified when new matching news arrives.

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