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100/talk_stock — explained in plain English

Analysis updated 2026-07-17 · repo last pushed 2022-03-24

★ 2HTMLAudience · generalComplexity · 3/5DormantSetup · moderate

TL;DR

A hackathon web platform that ranks stock news by Reddit-style community upvotes and rewards top analysts with karma and exclusive access.

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    What it does
      Ranks stock news by upvotes
      Hosts discussion threads
      Tracks user karma
    Tech stack
      Flask
      HTML
      Reddit API
      NYT API
      Twilio
    Use cases
      Surface top stock news
      Discuss market implications
      Earn analyst reputation
    Audience
      Amateur stock enthusiasts
      Hackathon reviewers
    Origin
      Rutgers hackathon 2015
      Proof of concept

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Why would anyone build with this?

REASON 1

Browse a community-ranked feed of stock news pulled from real sources like the New York Times.

REASON 2

Comment on stock articles to build a karma score based on how useful the community finds your analysis.

REASON 3

Reach the top 10% of contributors to unlock a private subreddit with deeper analyst discussions.

REASON 4

Study the project as a hackathon example of combining Flask, the Reddit API, and a news API.

What's in the stack?

FlaskHTMLReddit APINYT APITwilio

How it stacks up

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Stars222
LanguageHTMLHTMLHTML
Last pushed2022-03-242026-06-112016-09-30
MaintenanceDormantMaintainedDormant
Setup difficultymoderateeasymoderate
Complexity3/51/53/5
Audiencegeneralgeneraldeveloper

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How do you spin it up?

Difficulty · moderate Time to first run · 1h+

Requires Reddit, NYT, and Twilio API credentials, built as a hackathon proof-of-concept, not production-ready.

Yoink these prompts

Prompt 1
Explain how talk_stock combines the Reddit API and New York Times API to build its ranked news feed.
Prompt 2
Show me how to set up a Flask backend that pulls articles and lets users vote like this project does.
Prompt 3
Help me understand how the karma-based access tiers in talk_stock could be implemented.
Prompt 4
Walk me through what it would take to turn this hackathon prototype into a deployable app.

Frequently asked questions

wtf is talk_stock?

A hackathon web platform that ranks stock news by Reddit-style community upvotes and rewards top analysts with karma and exclusive access.

What language is talk_stock written in?

Mainly HTML. The stack also includes Flask, HTML, Reddit API.

Is talk_stock actively maintained?

Dormant — no commits in 2+ years (last push 2022-03-24).

How hard is talk_stock to set up?

Setup difficulty is rated moderate, with roughly 1h+ to a first successful run.

Who is talk_stock for?

Mainly general.

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