Thanks Jonas, Sliplane made it easy to deploy :)

Haha appreciate the support! It's not about being tired of US tech it's about making sure European innovation gets, at least, equal airtime :D Coverage gap is real, just my two cents to balance things out

It's more about the american politics invading every single corner of the internet. Tech is fine, it's just that it is tainted.

Thank you! As of now RSS has even more priority :)

Add +1 to the priority please

Ok, RSS feeds are now live in 6 languages.

Pattern: europedigital.cloud/{locale}/news/rss

Thanks for the suggestion :)

Good point. You can currently search for topics (search bar), but I see what you mean, dedicated topic filters/tags would be even more intuitive than having to type.

Interesting idea about using AI to auto-tag articles with topics. What specific topics would be most useful for you? (Thinking: AI/ML, Funding, Privacy/GDPR, Regulation, Open Source, etc.)

Topic filtering could work well alongside the current audience/source filters. Will add this to the roadmap for sure, thnks! :)

Thanks for the feedback. Really appreciate that the article selection resonates as that's the core value prop.

RSS: You're the second to mention this already, makes it even more priority.

AI Images: Noted. The pattern was to avoid generic stock "businessman shaking hands" photos, but clearly it's not working for everyone. Options i consider now are: 1. Hide images in RSS/reader mode 2. Stock images as fallback 3. User preference toggle

Would a "reader mode" without images help?

I understand the skepticism, but let me address this:

"LLM shovelware": The articles are curated from around 30 European news sources (TechCrunch Europe, Sifted, The Verge, etc.). AI is only used for: 1. Translation (EN→NL/DE/FR/ES/IT) 2. Pattern-based image generation

The curation, source selection, and quality filters are all manual.

"Self-promotion": Fair point on the account activity. I created this account specifically to share this project with HN because the community values European tech sovereignty and privacy.

Happy to answer specific questions about the implementation. The goal is NOT traffic farming, it's building a multilingual resource for European digital policy/startups.

What would make this more valuable to you? :)

Valid question. Let me clarify:

NO ADS: Zero advertising. No ad network scripts.

TRACKING: Only privacy-respecting essentials: . Sliplane (European hosting) server logs . No Google Analytics, no third-party trackers

What made you think there's tracking? I want to fix any privacy concerns immediately. This is a European digital sovereignty project & privacy is the whole point.

Can you share what triggered the concern? (Specific script/banner you saw?) Thanks for your help.

Clicking on "Customize" on the cookie consent banner reveals toggles for the following:

> Analytics Cookies

> Help us understand how visitors interact with our website. We use privacy-first analytics.

Tracking.

> Marketing Cookies

> Used to track visitors and show relevant advertisements.

Ads and more tracking.

> Preference Cookies

> Remember your preferences like language and theme settings.

Do these actually require separate consent, or can they be considered functional?

I would expect that a European digital sovereignty project in which privacy is the whole point would not have a cookie consent banner at all, because it would simply not use any non-functional cookies that would require it. I see the cookie banner as a sort of "mark of shame" that nefarious websites are forced to wear.

Also, I recall hearing that there were plans to make highlighting the "Accept All" button above the other options illegal, because it's a dark pattern that gets people to click the highlighted option more often.

Thank you for your persistence and pushback. Despite good intentions I fell into the boilerplate trap. In the meantime I: . removed the 'mark of shame' :) . zeroed the cookies, only localstorage for umami analytics . Simple opt-out in footer, no dark patterns, just 'learn more, opt-out' . Updated the privacy policy to reflect this Your feedback made this project better. Thank you :)

RSS feed is on the roadmap. Planning to implement: - Per-language RSS feeds (/en/news/feed.xml etc.) - Manually curated (articles are already human-selected from sources)

Newsletter is an interesting idea too. Im thinking about a weekly curated roundup per segment. What would your preference be? Thank you for your feedback, well appreciated.

I'd prefer one digest of essential highlights of the week across all segments.

I like to be interested in "other segments". But if they are in a separate subscription/email - I will never prioritize to open it.

Thank you!

Really like this approach, one unified weekly digest across all segments. You're right that separate emails would just get ignored.

Planning to make RSS first and then newsletter.

Appreciate you taking the time to share specifics: helpful for prioritization

True and good catch on the German text. Fair point, AI image generation struggles with non-English text rendering. This is a known issue I've been wrestling with.

Options I'm considering: 1. Text-free abstract patterns for non-English articles 2. Language-specific image validation before publishing 3. Manual review queue for non-English images

The pattern-based approach was meant to avoid generic "holographic businessman" images, but clearly the execution needs work for multilingual content.

Thanks for the detailed feedback: this is input I need. Herzlichen dank!

> Herzlichen dank!

Gern geschehen! Mach ich doch gerne :)

maybe also add a toggle, in addition to the option you choose? option 1 would probably be the best use of your time, just don't use text for non-english generated images.

i deleted the pics in the top-row with the dev-console and i personally would prefer it that way[0] (also because i'd visit the page on an eInk screen sometimes, where no pics would be beneficial anyways, especially if they're just placeholders).

[0]https://imgur.com/a/IM0fm2I

Interesting perspective. Can you elaborate? Like: You'd prefer no images at all (text-only)? Or the AI-generated style doesn't work for you? Or something else?

I added them because plain text feels bare, but I'm curious what would work better. Real screenshots? Article-pulled images? Or just skip visuals entirely?

Honest feedback helps, thanks!

Not directly connected to this platform, but if I see an AI-generated image against a story I automatically assume the writer has taken as much care with their text as with their image and close the tab.

I just checked out Feedly, and it seems to use an illustration from the article when it can, a topic related generic illustration as an alternative (vague picture of an aeroplane say), or nothing.

You could use it as a model.

Thank you for your suggestion, i will certainly look into it, thanks!

No images at all please. Hacker News feels so good (IMO) in part because there is very little extra fluff. No images is part of that.