I used to love reading on Medium.
And, lately it has been getting less every other day.
To save time, I started reading, just my favorite authors.
But, even they started posting AI slops, at times.
I understand Medium pushes AI based articles more.
But, 15 Chat GPT prompts again and again?
Why I’m Leaving My $500k Job?
10 AI Tools to Make You a Millionaire
What do I actually read?
Example:
I needed a quick technical update on the Google Antigravity “dual-agent” workflow, so I open Medium and read my favorite tech author’s experience on it.
But, yesterday I felt the signal-to-noise ratio had officially hit zero.
My “Recommended for You” is garbage.
SEO-optimized shit, AI slops
while the real technical breakthroughs are hidden behind layers of engagement bait.
I realized I wanted raw data, without the claps ofcourse because zero influence as I have always liked.
If you remember me, I built an extension in 2024 that hid the claps (Yeah, Medium changed their CSS and you all hated me haha)
No wonder Medium doesn’t pay me lmao
Okay, so introducing:
Medium No-Bait CLI
The philosophy of Medium No-Bait CLI is simple:
Get links in the terminal, stay sovereign, read right content on the browser.
Benefit for you as well as Medium
I built this tool to act as a distraction-free filter that gives me exactly what I need.
The Power Features:
- Keyword Hits: Get a high-signal, filtered feed for specific technical terms across the platform.
- Favorites-Only Mode: Pull updates exclusively from the authors and publications you actually trust.
- Last Check Summary: A quick overview of your authors, publications, and active keywords to keep your information diet lean.
- Don’t overread: Pull 1 to 10 articles.
Why Every Dev Needs This
Look at my Model Quota dashboard in Antigravity.
When Claude Opus 4.6 or Gemini 3.1 Pro High is eating 3% of my quota per prompt, I can’t afford to waste turns asking an AI to “summarize this long-winded clickbait article” anyway,
I need to find the high-density source material, read it in 60 seconds, and get back to my code.
My CLI is the bridge that makes that possible.
I’ve open-sourced the code I used to build this. Add more features if you need to.
hubshashwat/medium-no-bait-cli
If you’re tired of the infinite scroll, take the red pill:
One-Line Install:
pip install medium-no-bait-cli
The 7-month doubling rate of AI capabilities means you have to be intentional with your inputs.
You can either be a passive consumer of “slop” or a sovereign architect of your own knowledge.
Choose the terminal. Stop the bait.
Two of my favorite authors for which I don’t have to filter anything are Dr Mehmet Yildiz and Shane Collins :)
In case we are meeting for the first time, come over here, it’ll be worth the roller coaster of articles that are gonna come up in the next few weeks.