Claude/resolve merge conflicts gd8 hs by EthanThePhoenix38 · Pull Request #26 · ThePhoenixAgency/AI-Pulse

EthanThePhoenix38 · 2026-01-15T13:32:20Z

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- Add addUTMParams() function for proper link tracking - Articles now include utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_content - Generates README markdown with tracked article links - Maintains feed categories: AI and Cybersecurity

- Changed UTM to utm_medium=reader and utm_campaign=article (user's original params) - Removed ASCII logo to avoid double logo with # 🚀 AI-PULSE title - Updated About section links (removed portfolio, kept stats and reader) - Added proper <div align="center"> structure

- Restore addUTMParams with correct params (utm_medium=reader, utm_campaign=article) - Keep AI PULSE logo with blocks (▄▀) - Use console.error for logs (stderr) to avoid polluting README - Only console.log(readme) for clean output - Ready to generate fresh Jan 15 articles

Removed introductory text and ASCII art from README.

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- Add 3 solid CVE-focused cybersecurity sources: Dark Reading, SecurityWeek, Threatpost - Route all Medium/TowardsDataScience links through Freedium to bypass paywall - Total sources: 6 AI + 6 Cybersecurity = 12 quality sources

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Pull request overview

This pull request resolves merge conflicts and introduces changes to the RSS aggregator functionality, including new feed sources, URL tracking modifications, and updated branding elements.

Changes:

Added 6 new RSS feed sources (4 AI feeds, 2 cybersecurity feeds) to expand content coverage
Replaced direct article links with UTM-tracked links and Freedium paywall bypass for Medium articles
Updated branding links from GitHub repository references to GitHub Pages application URLs
Removed LinkedIn auto-posting functionality and unused htmlEscape function

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File	Description
src/aggregator.js	Added new feed sources, replaced `getArticleLink` with `addUTMParams` function that adds UTM tracking and Freedium mirror for Medium articles, removed LinkedIn posting code, changed console.log to console.error for aggregation logs
README.md	Updated ASCII art banner and removed security badges section from the generated template

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src/aggregator.js:3

The axios import is no longer used after removing the LinkedIn posting functionality. This unused import should be removed to keep the codebase clean.

const axios = require('axios');

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Copilot · 2026-01-15T13:35:24Z

src/aggregator.js

+// UTM parameters for AI-Pulse traffic tracking
+// Tracks clicks sent FROM AI-Pulse TO external sites
+function addUTMParams(url, category = 'general') {
+  // Use Freedium mirror for Medium articles to bypass paywall
+  if (url.includes('medium.com') || url.includes('towardsdatascience.com')) {


This code modifies URLs to redirect through a third-party paywall bypass service (Freedium) without user consent or transparency. This could violate Medium's Terms of Service and raises ethical concerns about circumventing legitimate paywalls. Consider either removing this functionality or making it an opt-in configuration that users explicitly enable, with clear documentation about the implications.

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// UTM parameters for AI-Pulse traffic tracking

// Tracks clicks sent FROM AI-Pulse TO external sites

function addUTMParams(url, category = 'general') {

// Use Freedium mirror for Medium articles to bypass paywall

if (url.includes('medium.com') || url.includes('towardsdatascience.com')) {

// Optional Freedium mirror usage, enabled explicitly via environment variable

const USE_FREEDIUM_MIRROR = process.env.AI_PULSE_ENABLE_FREEDIUM === 'true';

// UTM parameters for AI-Pulse traffic tracking

// Tracks clicks sent FROM AI-Pulse TO external sites

function addUTMParams(url, category = 'general') {

// Optionally use Freedium mirror for Medium articles if explicitly enabled

if (

USE_FREEDIUM_MIRROR &&

(url.includes('medium.com') || url.includes('towardsdatascience.com'))

) {

Copilot · 2026-01-15T13:35:24Z

src/aggregator.js

 // Aggregate feeds by category
 async function aggregateCategory(categoryName, feeds) {
-  console.log(`\n📡 Aggregating ${categoryName} feeds...`);
+  console.error(`\n📡 Aggregating ${categoryName} feeds...`);


Informational log messages should use console.log, not console.error. The console.error function is intended for error messages, not routine status updates. This change makes it difficult to distinguish actual errors from normal operation logs.

Copilot · 2026-01-15T13:35:24Z

src/aggregator.js

  for (const feed of feeds) {
    try {
-      console.log(`  ✓ Fetching: ${feed.name}`);
+      console.error(`  ✓ Fetching: ${feed.name}`);


Success messages should use console.log, not console.error. Using console.error for non-error messages pollutes the error stream and makes debugging more difficult.

Copilot · 2026-01-15T13:35:25Z

src/aggregator.js

 async function main() {
-  console.log('🚀 Starting AI-Pulse aggregation...\n');
-  
+  console.error('🚀 Starting AI-Pulse aggregation...\n');


Informational startup messages should use console.log, not console.error. This misuse of console.error makes it harder to filter and monitor actual errors in production.

Copilot · 2026-01-15T13:35:25Z

src/aggregator.js

-  // }
-
-  console.log('\n✅ Aggregation complete!');
+  console.error('\n✅ Aggregation complete!');


Success completion messages should use console.log, not console.error. Routing this through stderr instead of stdout will cause issues with the pipeline in the GitHub Actions workflow that captures stdout for the README.

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console.error('\n✅ Aggregation complete!');

console.log('\n✅ Aggregation complete!');

Copilot · 2026-01-15T13:35:25Z

src/aggregator.js

+  const utmParams = `utm_source=ai-pulse&utm_medium=reader&utm_campaign=article&utm_content=${category}`;
+  return url.includes('?') ? `${url}&${utmParams}` : `${url}?${utmParams}`;


After redirecting Medium URLs to Freedium (line 37), the UTM parameters are still appended. However, Freedium may not properly handle or forward these parameters to the original Medium article. Additionally, when the original Medium URL already contains query parameters, the resulting Freedium URL format will be malformed (e.g., https://freedium.cloud/https://medium.com/article?param=value&utm_... instead of properly encoding the original URL).

Copilot · 2026-01-15T13:35:26Z

src/aggregator.js

-![Anonymous Analytics](https://img.shields.io/badge/Analytics-Anonymous%20Only-orange?style=flat-square)

-</div>



There's an extra blank line at line 176 that creates unnecessary whitespace in the generated README. Consider removing one of these empty lines for cleaner output.

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src/aggregator.js

+function addUTMParams(url, category = 'general') {
+  // Use Freedium mirror for Medium articles to bypass paywall
+  if (url.includes('medium.com') || url.includes('towardsdatascience.com')) {
+    url = `https://freedium.cloud/${url}`;


Guard addUTMParams for missing item links

addUTMParams assumes url is a string and immediately calls url.includes(...). RSS/Atom items don’t always provide a link field (some feeds only set guid/id), so sanitizeArticle can pass undefined, which throws a TypeError and causes the entire feed to be treated as a fetch failure. This regression can silently drop all articles from any feed with missing/empty links; consider null-checking and returning the original value or a safe fallback when url is falsy.

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claude and others added 8 commits January 15, 2026 07:35

Fix: Restore UTM parameters to aggregator

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- Add addUTMParams() function for proper link tracking - Articles now include utm_source, utm_medium, utm_campaign, utm_content - Generates README markdown with tracked article links - Maintains feed categories: AI and Cybersecurity

Fix: Use correct AI PULSE logo (not PULCE)

8e113d8

Clean up README by removing unnecessary content

1db5409

Removed introductory text and ASCII art from README.

Add more AI sources: AI News, TechCrunch AI, VentureBeat AI, Google A…

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…I Blog

Add CVE sources and Freedium support for Medium

09b5428

- Add 3 solid CVE-focused cybersecurity sources: Dark Reading, SecurityWeek, Threatpost - Route all Medium/TowardsDataScience links through Freedium to bypass paywall - Total sources: 6 AI + 6 Cybersecurity = 12 quality sources

Fix: Use working Freedium mirror (freedium.cloud)

f39713d

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	console.error('\n✅ Aggregation complete!');
	console.log('\n✅ Aggregation complete!');

		const utmParams = `utm_source=ai-pulse&utm_medium=reader&utm_campaign=article&utm_content=${category}`;
		return url.includes('?') ? `${url}&${utmParams}` : `${url}?${utmParams}`;

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