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I built my first app with AI. It emails what is new on my media server.

A man built LatestArr with help from the AI, his first real app. The self hosted tool collects what is new across Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and his book, audiobook and game libraries and emails a clean digest, and he shared it as open source and asked for testers.

How it works

  1. Works with AI to build LatestArr
  2. The app collects what is new across Plex, Jellyfin, Emby and his book, audiobook and game libraries
  3. It emails a clean digest
  4. He shares it as open source and asks for testers

Why it’s worth knowing

His first real app is not a toy. It is a working open source tool that other people can run on their own media servers.

Where it’s from

Summarized from a public post on bsky.app. See the original ↗

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