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+venv/
+__pycache__/
+*.pyc
+.env
+*.egg-info/
+dist/
+build/
diff --git a/projects/reddit-scanner/README.md b/projects/reddit-scanner/README.md
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+# reddit-scanner
+
+Scan Reddit for sentiment and discussions on topics
+
+## Setup
+
+```bash
+python -m venv venv
+source venv/bin/activate
+pip install -r requirements.txt
+```
+
+## Usage
+
+```bash
+python main.py
+```
diff --git a/projects/reddit-scanner/main.py b/projects/reddit-scanner/main.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+"""
+reddit-scanner - Scan Reddit for sentiment and discussions on topics
+
+Uses Reddit's public JSON API (no auth required, rate limited).
+"""
+
+import json
+import time
+import re
+import sys
+from datetime import datetime
+from pathlib import Path
+from urllib.request import urlopen, Request
+from urllib.error import URLError, HTTPError
+from urllib.parse import quote_plus
+from collections import Counter
+
+PROJECT_DIR = Path(__file__).parent
+DATA_DIR = PROJECT_DIR / "data"
+CACHE_DIR = DATA_DIR / "cache"
+
+USER_AGENT = "reddit-scanner/1.0 (personal use)"
+RATE_LIMIT = 2  # seconds between requests
+
+last_request = 0
+
+def fetch_json(url: str) -> dict:
+    """Fetch JSON from Reddit API with rate limiting."""
+    global last_request
+    
+    # Rate limit
+    elapsed = time.time() - last_request
+    if elapsed < RATE_LIMIT:
+        time.sleep(RATE_LIMIT - elapsed)
+    
+    req = Request(url, headers={'User-Agent': USER_AGENT})
+    try:
+        with urlopen(req, timeout=15) as resp:
+            last_request = time.time()
+            return json.loads(resp.read().decode('utf-8'))
+    except HTTPError as e:
+        if e.code == 429:
+            print("  Rate limited, waiting...")
+            time.sleep(10)
+            return fetch_json(url)
+        print(f"  HTTP Error: {e.code}")
+        return None
+    except URLError as e:
+        print(f"  Error: {e}")
+        return None
+
+def get_subreddit_posts(subreddit: str, sort: str = "hot", limit: int = 25) -> list:
+    """Fetch posts from a subreddit."""
+    url = f"https://www.reddit.com/r/{subreddit}/{sort}.json?limit={limit}"
+    data = fetch_json(url)
+    
+    if not data or 'data' not in data:
+        return []
+    
+    posts = []
+    for child in data['data'].get('children', []):
+        post = child['data']
+        posts.append({
+            'id': post['id'],
+            'title': post['title'],
+            'author': post['author'],
+            'score': post['score'],
+            'upvote_ratio': post.get('upvote_ratio', 0),
+            'num_comments': post['num_comments'],
+            'url': post['url'],
+            'selftext': post.get('selftext', '')[:500],
+            'created': datetime.fromtimestamp(post['created_utc']).isoformat(),
+            'permalink': f"https://reddit.com{post['permalink']}",
+            'subreddit': subreddit,
+        })
+    
+    return posts
+
+def get_post_comments(subreddit: str, post_id: str, limit: int = 50) -> list:
+    """Fetch comments from a post."""
+    url = f"https://www.reddit.com/r/{subreddit}/comments/{post_id}.json?limit={limit}"
+    data = fetch_json(url)
+    
+    if not data or len(data) < 2:
+        return []
+    
+    comments = []
+    
+    def extract_comments(children, depth=0):
+        for child in children:
+            if child['kind'] != 't1':
+                continue
+            comment = child['data']
+            comments.append({
+                'id': comment['id'],
+                'author': comment['author'],
+                'body': comment['body'][:1000],
+                'score': comment['score'],
+                'depth': depth,
+                'created': datetime.fromtimestamp(comment['created_utc']).isoformat(),
+            })
+            # Get replies
+            if comment.get('replies') and isinstance(comment['replies'], dict):
+                replies = comment['replies']['data'].get('children', [])
+                extract_comments(replies, depth + 1)
+    
+    extract_comments(data[1]['data'].get('children', []))
+    return comments
+
+def search_reddit(query: str, subreddit: str = None, sort: str = "relevance", limit: int = 25) -> list:
+    """Search Reddit for a query."""
+    encoded_query = quote_plus(query)
+    if subreddit:
+        url = f"https://www.reddit.com/r/{subreddit}/search.json?q={encoded_query}&restrict_sr=1&sort={sort}&limit={limit}"
+    else:
+        url = f"https://www.reddit.com/search.json?q={encoded_query}&sort={sort}&limit={limit}"
+    
+    data = fetch_json(url)
+    
+    if not data or 'data' not in data:
+        return []
+    
+    posts = []
+    for child in data['data'].get('children', []):
+        post = child['data']
+        posts.append({
+            'id': post['id'],
+            'title': post['title'],
+            'author': post['author'],
+            'score': post['score'],
+            'num_comments': post['num_comments'],
+            'subreddit': post['subreddit'],
+            'permalink': f"https://reddit.com{post['permalink']}",
+            'created': datetime.fromtimestamp(post['created_utc']).isoformat(),
+        })
+    
+    return posts
+
+def analyze_sentiment(texts: list) -> dict:
+    """Simple keyword-based sentiment analysis."""
+    positive_words = {'good', 'great', 'awesome', 'love', 'best', 'amazing', 'excellent', 
+                     'fantastic', 'wonderful', 'perfect', 'nice', 'thanks', 'helpful',
+                     'brilliant', 'impressive', 'excited', 'happy', 'beautiful'}
+    negative_words = {'bad', 'terrible', 'awful', 'hate', 'worst', 'horrible', 'sucks',
+                     'disappointing', 'frustrated', 'annoying', 'broken', 'useless',
+                     'stupid', 'boring', 'ugly', 'failed', 'waste', 'problem', 'issue'}
+    
+    positive = 0
+    negative = 0
+    neutral = 0
+    word_freq = Counter()
+    
+    for text in texts:
+        words = set(re.findall(r'\b\w+\b', text.lower()))
+        word_freq.update(words)
+        
+        pos_count = len(words & positive_words)
+        neg_count = len(words & negative_words)
+        
+        if pos_count > neg_count:
+            positive += 1
+        elif neg_count > pos_count:
+            negative += 1
+        else:
+            neutral += 1
+    
+    total = positive + negative + neutral
+    return {
+        'positive': positive,
+        'negative': negative,
+        'neutral': neutral,
+        'total': total,
+        'positive_pct': round(positive / total * 100, 1) if total else 0,
+        'negative_pct': round(negative / total * 100, 1) if total else 0,
+        'top_words': word_freq.most_common(20),
+    }
+
+def scan_topic(topic: str, subreddits: list = None):
+    """Scan for a topic across subreddits."""
+    print(f"\n🔍 Scanning Reddit for: {topic}")
+    print("=" * 50)
+    
+    if not subreddits:
+        subreddits = ['all']
+    
+    all_posts = []
+    all_comments = []
+    
+    for sub in subreddits:
+        print(f"\n📌 r/{sub}")
+        posts = search_reddit(topic, sub if sub != 'all' else None, limit=10)
+        print(f"   Found {len(posts)} posts")
+        
+        for post in posts[:3]:  # Get comments from top 3
+            print(f"   Fetching comments from: {post['title'][:40]}...")
+            comments = get_post_comments(post['subreddit'], post['id'], limit=30)
+            all_comments.extend([c['body'] for c in comments])
+        
+        all_posts.extend(posts)
+    
+    # Analyze
+    print(f"\n📊 Analysis")
+    print("-" * 30)
+    
+    if all_posts:
+        avg_score = sum(p['score'] for p in all_posts) / len(all_posts)
+        avg_comments = sum(p['num_comments'] for p in all_posts) / len(all_posts)
+        print(f"Posts analyzed: {len(all_posts)}")
+        print(f"Avg score: {avg_score:.0f}")
+        print(f"Avg comments: {avg_comments:.0f}")
+    
+    if all_comments:
+        sentiment = analyze_sentiment(all_comments)
+        print(f"\nComment sentiment ({sentiment['total']} comments):")
+        print(f"  👍 Positive: {sentiment['positive_pct']}%")
+        print(f"  👎 Negative: {sentiment['negative_pct']}%")
+        print(f"  😐 Neutral: {100 - sentiment['positive_pct'] - sentiment['negative_pct']:.1f}%")
+        
+        print(f"\nTop words:")
+        for word, count in sentiment['top_words'][:10]:
+            if len(word) > 3:
+                print(f"  {word}: {count}")
+    
+    # Top posts
+    print(f"\n🔥 Top Posts")
+    print("-" * 30)
+    for post in sorted(all_posts, key=lambda x: x['score'], reverse=True)[:5]:
+        print(f"[{post['score']:4}] {post['title'][:50]}...")
+        print(f"       r/{post['subreddit']} | {post['num_comments']} comments")
+        print()
+
+def show_subreddit(subreddit: str, sort: str = "hot"):
+    """Show posts from a subreddit."""
+    print(f"\n📌 r/{subreddit} ({sort})")
+    print("=" * 50)
+    
+    posts = get_subreddit_posts(subreddit, sort, limit=15)
+    
+    if not posts:
+        print("No posts found or subreddit doesn't exist")
+        return
+    
+    for post in posts:
+        print(f"\n[{post['score']:4}] {post['title'][:60]}")
+        print(f"       {post['num_comments']} comments | u/{post['author']}")
+
+def main():
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print("Usage:")
+        print("  reddit-scanner topic <query> [subreddits...]")
+        print("  reddit-scanner sub <subreddit> [hot|new|top]")
+        print("  reddit-scanner search <query>")
+        print("")
+        print("Examples:")
+        print("  reddit-scanner topic 'artificial intelligence' technology futurology")
+        print("  reddit-scanner sub python hot")
+        print("  reddit-scanner search 'rust programming'")
+        return
+    
+    cmd = sys.argv[1]
+    
+    if cmd == 'topic' and len(sys.argv) > 2:
+        topic = sys.argv[2]
+        subreddits = sys.argv[3:] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else None
+        scan_topic(topic, subreddits)
+    
+    elif cmd == 'sub' and len(sys.argv) > 2:
+        subreddit = sys.argv[2]
+        sort = sys.argv[3] if len(sys.argv) > 3 else 'hot'
+        show_subreddit(subreddit, sort)
+    
+    elif cmd == 'search' and len(sys.argv) > 2:
+        query = ' '.join(sys.argv[2:])
+        posts = search_reddit(query, limit=15)
+        print(f"\n🔍 Search: {query}")
+        print("=" * 50)
+        for post in posts:
+            print(f"\n[{post['score']:4}] {post['title'][:60]}")
+            print(f"       r/{post['subreddit']} | {post['num_comments']} comments")
+    
+    else:
+        print("Unknown command. Run without args for help.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
diff --git a/projects/reddit-scanner/requirements.txt b/projects/reddit-scanner/requirements.txt
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+# Add dependencies here