AI-Powered Daily Blog: IT, Security & Compliance

An automated blog that publishes daily posts about AI in IT, Security, and Compliance. Posts are generated using Google Gemini based on trending news from top tech/security RSS feeds.

How It Works

1. A GitHub Action runs daily at 8:00 AM UTC
2. It fetches trending news from cybersecurity and AI RSS feeds
3. Google Gemini writes a 600-800 word SEO-optimized blog post
4. The post is committed as a full standalone HTML file to posts/
5. The site is deployed to GitHub Pages

Setup

1. Fork or clone this repository

2. Add your Gemini API key

Go to Settings > Secrets and variables > Actions and add:

• GEMINI_API_KEY - Get a free key from Google AI Studio

3. Enable GitHub Pages

Go to Settings > Pages and set the source to GitHub Actions.

4. Update the base URL

Search for YOUR_USERNAME across the project and replace with your GitHub username:

• sitemap.xml
• robots.txt
• scripts/build-post-html.mjs

5. Trigger the first post

Go to Actions > Daily Blog Post > Run workflow to generate your first post manually.

Local Development

Serve the site locally

npx serve

This starts a local server at http://localhost:3000. Alternatively, use the npm script:

npm run serve

Generate a new post

cd scripts
npm install
GEMINI_API_KEY=your_key_here node generate-post.mjs

Tech Stack

• Site: HTML, Tailwind CSS (CDN), Vanilla JS
• Generation: Node.js, @google/genai, rss-parser
• Hosting: GitHub Pages
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions (daily cron)

RSS Sources

• The Hacker News (cybersecurity)
• Krebs on Security
• TechCrunch AI
• Wired Security
• Ars Technica
• Google News (AI + cybersecurity)