TLDR publishes fast, link-heavy daily newsletters across tech, dev, AI, and more. They are designed to be quick, but if you subscribe to several TLDR editions plus other newsletters, you are still opening a stack of emails every morning. One combined brief fixes that.
Skimless is not affiliated with TLDR. This page describes a workflow for following it alongside your other sources.
What to follow
- The TLDR editions you read (Tech, AI, Web Dev, and others).
- The headline links and short summaries.
- The deeper pieces they highlight.
Why summarize it
TLDR is already concise, so the value of a brief is consolidation:
- Combine multiple TLDR editions into one read.
- Dedupe stories that appear across editions and your other newsletters.
- Keep links back to every original.
What a Skimless brief of TLDR looks like
The day's TLDR items are merged with the rest of your sources into a single brief, with overlapping stories collapsed and links preserved. You read or listen to one brief instead of opening several editions, and the items connect to the videos, feeds, and changelogs you also follow.
Pair it with
Combine TLDR with Hacker News and your changelogs so daily links and discussion live next to the official source changes.
Related: Summarize Morning Brew, Follow Hacker News, and Best AI newsletters (2026).