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Show HN: AlertMole – I stopped checking the internet, it now checks for me

Posted by carlesonielfa on Sunday March 08, 2026 @11:30AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://alertmole.com/

I built this for myself after cutting back on social media and realizing I was still opening tabs to check on things I actually cared about. Cutting back on the constant checking meant missing out, until I built something to check for me.I tested other tools and the problem with Google Alerts is you still end up checking and dismissing. The problem with Perplexity/ChatGPT tasks is they always...

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