Daily Dose of Memes

"Ten memes a day keeps the doctor away." Dr. Runtime Exception, Chief of Memedicine

A beautifully crafted Go application that delivers the top 10 memes from r/programmerhumor straight to your inbox every day.

Features

• 🎭 Fetches the top 10 memes from r/programmerhumor
• 📧 Delivers them in a beautifully formatted HTML email
• 🚀 Fast and efficient Go implementation
• 🔒 Uses environment variables for configuration

Requirements

• Go 1.24 or higher
• Resend account for email delivery
• Internet connection to fetch memes from Reddit

Getting Started

1. Clone this repository:

   git clone https://github.com/alexisbouchez/dailydoseofmemes.git
   cd dailydoseofmemes

2. Set up environment variables:

   export RESEND_API_KEY=your_resend_api_key
   export RECIPIENT_EMAIL=your_email@example.com
   export SENDER_EMAIL=memes@yourdomain.com

3. Build the application:

   go build -o meme-mailer

4. Run it:

   ./meme-mailer

Setting Up as a Daily Service

Using Cron (Linux/MacOS)

Add a line to your crontab to run the application daily:

# Edit your crontab
crontab -e

# Add this line to run it every day at 9 AM
0 9 * * * cd /path/to/dailydoseofmemes && RESEND_API_KEY=your_key RECIPIENT_EMAIL=your@email.com SENDER_EMAIL=memes@yourdomain.com ./meme-mailer

Using Task Scheduler (Windows)

1. Create a batch file (run_memes.bat) with:

   @echo off
   cd C:\path\to\dailydoseofmemes
   set RESEND_API_KEY=your_key
   set RECIPIENT_EMAIL=your@email.com
   set SENDER_EMAIL=memes@yourdomain.com
   meme-mailer.exe

2. Set up a task in Windows Task Scheduler to run this batch file daily.

Architecture

The application consists of three main components:

1. Scraper (scraper/reddit.go): Handles fetching memes from Reddit
2. Mailer (mailer/resend.go): Manages email formatting and sending via Resend
3. Main (main.go): Coordinates the overall process

License

MIT

Acknowledgements

• Resend for their amazing email API
• Reddit and the r/programmerhumor community for the endless memes