Ko-fi vs ShopMy

Build Text Summarizer with Hugging Face

This tutorial explains how to build a text summarizer using the Hugging Face Transformers library and its high-level pipeline API. It shows installing transformers and torch, initializing a summarization pipeline (example: facebook/bart-large-cnn), and controlling outputs with parameters such as max_length, min_length, and do_sample. The guide covers handling long documents via chunking and recursive summarization, and notes optional fine-tuning using Hugging Face's Seq2SeqTrainer with evaluation by ROUGE for domain-specific needs. Example Python code is provided for quick local inference and file-based workflows.

• The guide demonstrates building a summarizer using Hugging Face Transformers' pipeline API.
• Recommends facebook/bart-large-cnn as a robust out-of-the-box summarization model.
• Requires the transformers and torch (PyTorch) libraries; installation via pip is shown.

Ruggable shifts ad spend from Meta to ShopMy creators

Ruggable, the DTC rug brand, is pivoting its marketing strategy ahead of a potential IPO. Over the past 18 months, it has shifted about 10% of its ad spend from performance channels like Meta to brand channels, particularly influencer marketing and connected TV, and plans to increase this by another 15-20% next year. The brand uses ShopMy, an affiliate platform, which has outperformed traditional ads and TikTok as a conversion channel. In the first month of the partnership, Ruggable generated roughly $3 million in revenue, doubling and tripling in subsequent months. To further build brand awareness, Ruggable is developing an internal ambassador program. The CMO emphasizes evolving beyond the traditional DTC playbook, and the company is on track for an IPO within three years.

• Ruggable shifted about 10% of ad spend from Meta to brand channels over 18 months.
• The brand plans to increase brand channel spend by another 15-20% next year.
• ShopMy partnership generated roughly $3 million in revenue in the first month, doubling in month two and tripling in month three.

Turn Your Best-Performing Creator Content into Paid Media with Spotlights

ShopMy has launched a new product feature called Spotlights, which allows brands to turn their best-performing creator content into paid media.

ShopMy, Google, WordPress Among Digiday Technology Awards Finalists

The Digiday Technology Awards has announced its 2026 finalists, showcasing the industry's focus on AI-ready infrastructure, first-party data, privacy, and operational efficiency. Notable finalists include WordPress VIP for Best CMS, recognized for its partnership with Pew Research Center to make content AI-discoverable, and ShopMy for Best E-Commerce Technology, highlighting creator-led commerce. Google is a finalist for Best Sell-Side Programmatic Platform for its work with The Guardian on privacy-compliant monetization. The awards feature numerous categories covering AI, programmatic, data, and more, reflecting a shift from adaptation to reinvention in digital media and commerce.

• Digiday Technology Awards 2026 finalists announced.
• WordPress VIP and Pew Research Center partnership for AI-readable CMS.
• ShopMy nominated for Best E-Commerce Technology.