Daily Word

Daily Word assembles the day's Catholic readings, commentary, reflection, AI summary, and illustration into one Polish page instead of spreading the routine across websites, YouTube, and email.

• Daily content pipeline: readings and reflections are scraped from external sources, YouTube commentary is matched by date, and the full page is assembled automatically.
• AI fallback pipeline: summaries, commentary timestamps, hero copy, and gospel illustrations use transcript, video, and text fallback modes.
• Cache repair: cache hits still trigger missing-field backfills when upstream content appears late.
• Distribution included: a daily newsletter is sent only when the right content is ready, using an idempotent send log to avoid duplicates.

• Next.js App Router with async server components, SSR, and route-level revalidation for both today's page and recent history.
• Supabase used as the content cache, subscriber store, send log, and image storage layer.
• Summary generation cascades through transcript mode, Gemini video mode, and gospel-text fallback, with deterministic transcript parsing for commentary timestamps.
• Vercel Cron pre-fills the cache every morning, but page visits can also safely complete any missing parts of the pipeline.

• Turned a manual daily routine into a repeatable digital product with automation across content ingestion, AI enrichment, and delivery.
• Created a full-stack content system that stays useful even when upstream sources are incomplete or late.
• Added AI-generated visuals and newsletter distribution while keeping the reading page focused.