The Daily Diff

The Daily Diff is an engineering newspaper curated by Arpit Bhayani that delivers the highest-signal software engineering, distributed systems, system architecture, and technical insights. It organizes stories chronologically by day, ranks them by interest score, and provides a clean, distraction-free reading experience.

Features

• Chronological edition-based browsing of curated software engineering stories and technical breakdowns.
• Dark and light theme support with an authentic newsprint-style layout.
• Detailed metadata for each story including author attribution, tags, and interest scores.
• Feeds available via RSS, Markdown (/md), and JSON (/json), optimized for readers and LLMs (GEO).

Development

Run the following commands to install dependencies and run the local development server.

Prerequisites

Ensure you have Node.js installed on your machine.

Setup

Install the project dependencies.

npm install

Run

Start the local development server.

npm run dev

The site will be available locally at http://localhost:4321.

Build

Create a production-ready build.

npm run build

The compiled assets will be written to the dist directory.