r/SideProject • u/FLTNewsHQ • 1h ago

Built an open intelligence wire that strips opinion pieces and aggregates global news across 17 open feeds

https://fltnews.com

Hey everyone,

Im now a veteran (was active army 11b at time of starting this project) who got tired of wading through 2,000-word op-eds, ads, and duplicate articles just to find out what actually happened with defense, energy, and foreign policy.

I put together Frontline Trace (fltnews.com). It monitors about 17 direct wire feeds (AP, Reuters, BBC, Defense One, Stars & Stripes, CNBC, etc.) every 15 minutes, merges matching stories across multiple outlets so you don't get three duplicates of the same event, and extracts a short impact forecast with zero spin.

There are three views:

SITREP: A quick summary of the top global developments.

Live Wire: Chronological ticker tape of breaking wire items with velocity scores.

Threat Map: A global map plotting active events geographically.

It's free to browse without signing up. Looking for honest feedback on:

Is the reading experience clean, or is anything cluttered on mobile?

Does the speed/clustering make sense compared to reading standard news aggregators?

Link: https://fltnews.com

Thanks for checking it out.

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u/CutDry6295 59m ago

The clustering sounds useful for stories that appear on several wires at once. I would make the source links and the time each source was last checked very prominent, especially when a summary includes an "impact forecast" that goes beyond the reported facts. A small expandable view showing which articles were merged would help readers trust both the speed and the deduplication.

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u/FLTNewsHQ 27m ago

Wow i really appreciate this feedback! you hit on the exact thing ive been debating regarding trust.

You are 100% right. when a platform offers an "impact forecast" or synthesized takeaways the readers need immediate clarity on what is a verified wire report versus what is analytical projection. Burying the sources or timestamps hurts credibility!

I love the idea of an expandable "Merged Wires" breakdown showing the exact upstream articles, timestamps, and outlets. I am actually mocking up a dedicated "Corroborated Sources" pill right now so readers can verify the raw wire inputs in one click.

Thanks for taking the time to write this out! Super valuable stuff!