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Live product · Source private · Launched May 2026
Built by Justin Willhite

Daily Deck: 7 cards, 5 minutes, stay current on AI.

Daily Deck is a daily AI learning PWA for curious non-technical adults. Every morning it generates seven cards via live web search: a definition, a core concept, an advanced concept, what's happening this week, a tool spotlight, and two news stories, all in plain English.

The source is private. This page describes the product; there is no public repo to link.

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Repo stats

Commit history and language mix, live hourly. The repo is private, so there is no star count.

165Commits
2026-05-19First commit
2026-09-28Last push
JavaScriptPrimary language
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Why I built it

Daily Deck is built for curious non-technical adults who want to stay current on AI without wading through jargon or a firehose of takes. The format is deliberately small: seven cards, five minutes, plain English, generated fresh each morning with live web search rather than a static explainer that ages the day it's published.

[Why I built Daily Deck specifically, in my words]

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What it does

Every day's deck is seven cards.

  • Definition: a term you've heard but might not fully grok.
  • Core concept: a foundational, from-zero explanation.
  • Advanced concept: the next layer up.
  • Bleeding edge: what's happening this week.
  • Tool spotlight: something genuinely trending, deliberately not ChatGPT, Claude or Gemini.
  • AI news: a top story and a second story.
  • Streak tracking, topic personalization, a daily email digest, an archive, a quiz and review mode, and bookmarks. Installable as a PWA on iOS, Android and desktop.
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Stack and architecture

Vite and React on the frontend with vite-plugin-pwa, Node and Express with SQLite (better-sqlite3) on the server. Magic-link auth via Resend, no passwords. Cards come from Google Gemini 2.5 Flash or Claude Haiku 4.5 via OpenRouter, both with live web search. Billing runs on Stripe Checkout and the Customer Portal, and a systemd timer generates the deck each morning.

ReactViteExpressSQLiteResendStripeOpenRouterPWASystemD
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Status

Live at dailydeckai.com since May 2026. Every new account gets a 30-day free trial with the full app; after that, generating a deck needs a Premium subscription at $4.99/month or $39/year.

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FAQ

What is Daily Deck?
A daily AI learning PWA for curious non-technical adults: seven cards in five minutes, definitions, core concepts, a bleeding-edge story and a tool spotlight, generated each morning via live web search. Live at dailydeckai.com.
Is Daily Deck free?
There is no permanent free tier. New accounts get the full app free for a 30-day trial; after that, generating a deck needs a Premium subscription at $4.99/month or $39/year.
How are the cards generated?
By Google Gemini 2.5 Flash or Claude Haiku 4.5 via OpenRouter, both with live web search, so the bleeding-edge and news cards reflect what happened that week rather than a stale training cutoff.
Can I install Daily Deck as an app?
Yes, it is a PWA: Share then Add to Home Screen on iOS Safari, the Menu then Install app on Android Chrome, or the install icon in the address bar on desktop Chrome or Edge.
Is Daily Deck's source code public?
No, the source is private. The product itself is public and live at dailydeckai.com.

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