About Overheard
Key Facts
- Data sources
- Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub, Product Hunt
- Updated
- Daily at 8 AM UTC
- AI model
- Google Gemini Flash
- Cost
- Free, open source (MIT)
- Created by
- Leonardo Jaques
What this is
Overheard publishes opportunity briefs every morning, synthesized from thousands of conversations across Hacker News, Reddit, GitHub, and Product Hunt. Each brief identifies a demand spike, frustration cluster, or emerging gap where builders could ship something useful.
Data sources
Hacker NewsFront page, Ask HN, Show HN
Redditr/SaaS, r/startups, r/Entrepreneur
GitHubTrending repos, new projects
Product HuntDaily launches
How it works
- 01Every morning, a script fetches signals from all four sources via their public APIs and feeds.
- 02Signals are clustered by keyword overlap to identify themes with significant engagement.
- 03Each cluster is synthesized into an opportunity brief using Gemini Flash, grounded in the actual evidence.
- 04Cards are validated, committed to the repo, and auto-deployed to this site.
Transparency
Every brief is AI-generated and links back to the original sources. The signal strength score reflects engagement volume, not editorial judgment. This is a tool for discovery, not financial advice. Always do your own research before building.
Who built this
Built by Leonardo Jaques. The entire project is open source — check the GitHub repo.