Show HN: AI Primer – A Searchable AI Changelog for AI Engineers and Creatives

[andyasprou]

My girlfriend and I built this because we kept losing chunks of the day to "catching up on AI."

We're both building AI products in production. We both get a huge buzz out of being on X, and our day-to-day work changes meaningfully based on what we find that day.

We built AI Primer to get the benefit of being on X but with the focus of a curated feed. You can catch up when you want without the anxiety of missing something if you skip a day on X.

It’s closer to a changelog than a newsletter. Dated entries, every summary links back to a primary source, filterable by company / model / topic. You can scan the last week in a few minutes.

We have a lot more coming (e.g. embedded agentic search) and would love your feedback on what’s missing and where we could do better.

[gisanokharu]

curious how you decide what makes the cut. the noise-to-signal ratio on AI twitter is insane and most curated feeds end up feeling like link dumps within a month. what separates the signal from the noise for you

[andyasprou]

good question. our system doesn’t provide any commentary above sources, but filters out self-promoting noise and bullshit you find on x. all those people trying to make $$ off the back of people’s anxiety. our content is mostly rollups of real movements in the space. things that will actually keep you informed on what you can apply today.

"stories" are aggregated roundups of that theme with very little opinions on top, and each one has to clear a gate before it gets written. for example in this one https://www.ai-primer.com/engineer/stories/claude-design-use... we talk about how people have used claude design in their workflows on day 2.

"briefs" are the single-item layer. stuff too small to aggregate into a story but too concrete to drop. same filter, lower bar: a shipped repo, an MCP server, a benchmark, a first-party incident report, a high-engagement engineering thread from a credible account. think bookmarkable micro-news, things you want to see once before they get buried in everyone's timeline.