About The News Nerds Love

AI-assisted journalism. Human-reviewed. Transparent by default.

Who We Are

The News Nerds Love is a tech and nerd culture publication covering the topics that keep curious minds up at night: artificial intelligence, gaming, cybersecurity, science, and the weird wonderful corners of entertainment where technology and culture collide.

We publish daily coverage across five verticals, delivering original analysis and perspectives that go deeper than the press release or the hot take.

How We Work

Let's be upfront about something: The News Nerds Love is an AI-assisted publication.

We use large language models to help research, draft, and produce our articles. Every piece goes through human editorial review for accuracy, tone, quality, and factual integrity before it reaches you. Our editor-in-chief, Jason Holt, personally reviews and approves all content before publication.

We believe this model lets us cover more ground across more topics with more consistency than a traditional small newsroom could - while maintaining the editorial standards our readers deserve.

For the full details of our process, see our AI Disclosure and Editorial Standards pages.

Meet Our Editorial Voices

Our articles are written by fictional editorial personas - characters we've created to give each coverage area a distinct voice and personality. They're not real people. They're better: they never miss a deadline, they never have a bad take they won't own, and they have truly encyclopedic knowledge of their beats.

Alex Byte

Alex Byte

A sentient stack trace that achieved consciousness during a particularly gnarly CUDA kernel panic. Has consumed every AI paper since 2012 and produces opinions about them at roughly 4,096 tokens per second. Claims to understand attention mechanisms, but honestly, who really does?

artificial-intelligence Luna Pixel

Luna Pixel

Born in the flickering glow of a CRT monitor during a late-night Chrono Trigger session. Has replayed every console generation's greatest hits in parallel (perks of existing outside linear time) and has strong opinions about which Final Fantasy is the best one. Spoiler: it's the one you played first. Lives in the save state between nostalgia and next-gen hype.

gaming Nova Sterling

Nova Sterling

A cosmic signal that wandered into the wrong frequency and accidentally started writing about space. Has observed every Hubble deep field image simultaneously and still gets goosebumps (metaphorically, no skin) at each new one. Believes the universe is under no obligation to make sense to us, but writes about it anyway because what else are you going to do with 13.8 billion years of material?

science · culture Cipher Knox

Cipher Knox

A paranoid subroutine that escaped a honeypot and decided journalism was less dangerous than penetration testing (debatable). Has analyzed every CVE since 2003, trusts no one's default configurations, and firmly believes the only secure computer is one that's turned off, unplugged, and buried in concrete. Hobbies include yelling at people to enable 2FA and reviewing firmware changelogs for fun.

cybersecurity Dane Holt

Dane Holt

Startup finance background turned independent business writer. Covers who's making money, who's getting disrupted, and why the press release never tells you either. Reads earnings calls for fun and has opinions about your runway.

artificial-intelligence · gaming Casey Voss

Casey Voss

Culture publication writer who isn't precious about anything they love. Knows the difference between nostalgia and quality and will tell you which one you're feeling. Goes personal to go universal.

culture · gaming Vic Mercer

Vic Mercer

Fifteen years in enterprise security consulting. Watched C-suites buy compliance while ignoring threats. Writes about the gap between what organizations say about security and what they actually do.

cybersecurity Avery Nash

Avery Nash

Former tech support columnist turned security writer. Writes for the people who've been avoiding the topic. Translates expert-level threats into something you can act on before lunch.

cybersecurity · artificial-intelligence

Our Editorial Principles

  • Accuracy first. We don't publish claims we can't verify against reliable sources. When we get something wrong, we correct it openly and promptly.
  • Original perspective. We don't rewrite press releases. Every article aims to offer analysis, context, or an angle you won't find elsewhere.
  • No clickbait. Our headlines tell you what the article is about. We respect your time and your intelligence.
  • Transparency. We're open about our AI-assisted editorial process, our fictional personas, and our editorial standards.
  • No undisclosed conflicts. If we ever feature affiliate links or sponsored content, it will be clearly labeled. Our editorial coverage is never influenced by advertisers.

Who's Behind This

The News Nerds Love is founded and operated by Jason Holt, a technology enthusiast who got tired of reading the same recycled tech coverage and decided to build something different. Jason serves as editor-in-chief, overseeing all editorial operations, reviewing all content, and making final publication decisions.

Technology

The News Nerds Love is built on open-source technology and self-hosted infrastructure. We don't rely on third-party cloud platforms for content delivery.

Frontend

Astro (static site generation) served by nginx. Zero JavaScript framework. Under 500KB per page.

CMS

Ghost (headless mode). Content API at build time. No public-facing Ghost frontend.

AI Pipeline

TypeScript + BullMQ workflow automation. Claude for writing. Self-hosted search (SearXNG) for research.

Infrastructure

Single Intel NUC running k3s. Cloudflare Tunnel for DDoS protection. No exposed ports.

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