AI Summary Helper
Notes on reading, search,
and building on-device
What we learned building this — and where it fits if you're weighing your options.
Your key. Your model. Your data.
What bringing your own API key means: where the key lives, where page text goes, and what a local model changes.
Read the post → Guide · Oct 2026One recap instead of 40 feeds
Many feeds mean many small task switches. How a daily or weekly recap replaces most of them.
Read the post → Guide · Oct 2026How to check an AI summary against its source in 10 seconds
A quote proves the passage exists, not that the model read it right. A short habit for trusting summaries without re-reading the article.
Read the post → Guide · Sep 2026Highlighting alone barely works. Ask about it instead.
A big review of study techniques ranked highlighting low. Why, and a small change that makes a highlight stick.
Read the post → Product · Sep 2026You won't read most of what you save. Here's the actual fix.
Most saved articles are never reopened. Why Digest exists, and why it deliberately doesn't try to make the pile bigger.
Read the post → Engineering · Aug 2026Why we moved search, tagging, and recommendations out of the cloud
The TF-IDF index behind search, dedup, and digest — and why most of it never needed a server in the first place.
Read the post → Guide · Jul 2026Looking for a Pocket alternative? Here's what actually matters
Pocket's shutdown left a real gap. A decision guide based on what you actually used it for — not which app looks the most familiar.
Read the post → Product · Jun 2026From a Bookmarklet to 2.0: What AI Summary Helper Actually Is Now
It started as a one-click bookmarklet for reading on a Kindle. Here's what changed between v1 and the open-source 2.0 rebuild.
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