diff --git a/pillar/application/__init__.py b/pillar/application/__init__.py
index 55d91bf5..76366fee 100644
--- a/pillar/application/__init__.py
+++ b/pillar/application/__init__.py
@@ -101,6 +101,8 @@ if from_envvar:
     # configfile doesn't exist, it should error out (i.e. silent=False).
     app.config.from_pyfile(from_envvar, silent=False)
 
+# Set the TMP
+
 # Configure logging
 logging.basicConfig(
     level=logging.WARNING,
@@ -225,11 +227,13 @@ from modules import local_auth
 from modules import file_storage
 from modules import users
 from modules import nodes
+from modules import latest
 
 app.register_blueprint(encoding, url_prefix='/encoding')
 app.register_blueprint(blender_id, url_prefix='/blender_id')
 projects.setup_app(app, url_prefix='/p')
 local_auth.setup_app(app, url_prefix='/auth')
 file_storage.setup_app(app, url_prefix='/storage')
+latest.setup_app(app, url_prefix='/latest')
 users.setup_app(app)
 nodes.setup_app(app)
diff --git a/pillar/application/modules/latest/__init__.py b/pillar/application/modules/latest/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b84eaeec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pillar/application/modules/latest/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,73 @@
+import itertools
+
+import pymongo
+from flask import Blueprint, current_app
+
+from application.utils import jsonify
+
+blueprint = Blueprint('latest', __name__)
+
+
+def keep_fetching(collection, db_filter, projection, sort, py_filter, batch_size=12):
+    """Yields results for which py_filter returns True"""
+
+    curs = collection.find(db_filter, projection).sort(sort)
+    curs.batch_size(batch_size)
+
+    for doc in curs:
+        if py_filter(doc):
+            yield doc
+
+
+def latest_nodes(db_filter, projection, py_filter, limit):
+    nodes = current_app.data.driver.db['nodes']
+
+    latest = keep_fetching(nodes, db_filter, projection,
+                           [('_updated', pymongo.DESCENDING)],
+                           py_filter, limit)
+
+    result = list(itertools.islice(latest, limit))
+    return jsonify({'_items': result})
+
+
+def has_public_project(node_doc):
+    """Returns True iff the project the node belongs to is public."""
+
+    project_id = node_doc.get('project')
+    return is_project_public(project_id)
+
+
+# TODO: cache result, at least for a limited amt. of time, or for this HTTP request.
+def is_project_public(project_id):
+    """Returns True iff the project is public."""
+
+    project = current_app.data.driver.db['projects'].find_one(project_id)
+    if not project:
+        return False
+
+    return not project.get('is_private')
+
+
+@blueprint.route('/assets')
+def latest_assets():
+    latest = latest_nodes({'node_type': 'asset', 'properties.status': 'published'},
+                          {'name': 1, 'project': 1, 'user': 1, 'node_type': 1,
+                           'picture': 1, 'properties.status': 1,
+                           'properties.content_type': 1,
+                           'permissions.world': 1},
+                          has_public_project, 12)
+    return latest
+
+
+@blueprint.route('/comments')
+def latest_comments():
+    latest = latest_nodes({'node_type': 'comment', 'properties.status': 'published'},
+                          {'project': 1, 'parent': 1, 'user': 1,
+                           'properties.content': 1, 'node_type': 1, 'properties.status': 1,
+                           'properties.is_reply': 1},
+                          has_public_project, 6)
+    return latest
+
+
+def setup_app(app, url_prefix):
+    app.register_blueprint(blueprint, url_prefix=url_prefix)
diff --git a/pillar/application/modules/projects.py b/pillar/application/modules/projects.py
index e747feb9..d00e5771 100644
--- a/pillar/application/modules/projects.py
+++ b/pillar/application/modules/projects.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ from eve.methods.post import post_internal
 from eve.methods.patch import patch_internal
 from flask import g, Blueprint, request, abort, current_app
 
-from application.utils import remove_private_keys, authorization, PillarJSONEncoder
+from application.utils import remove_private_keys, authorization, jsonify
 from application.utils.gcs import GoogleCloudStorageBucket
 from application.utils.authorization import user_has_role, check_permissions
 from manage_extra.node_types.asset import node_type_asset
@@ -213,11 +213,7 @@ def create_project(overrides=None):
     project = _create_new_project(project_name, user_id, overrides)
 
     # Return the project in the response.
-    resp = current_app.response_class(json.dumps(project, cls=PillarJSONEncoder),
-                                      mimetype='application/json',
-                                      status=201,
-                                      headers={'Location': '/projects/%s' % project['_id']})
-    return resp
+    return jsonify(project, status=201, headers={'Location': '/projects/%s' % project['_id']})
 
 
 def abort_with_error(status):
diff --git a/pillar/application/utils/__init__.py b/pillar/application/utils/__init__.py
index 6dee8945..2bd67608 100644
--- a/pillar/application/utils/__init__.py
+++ b/pillar/application/utils/__init__.py
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import datetime
 
 import bson
 from eve import RFC1123_DATE_FORMAT
+from flask import current_app
 
 __all__ = ('remove_private_keys', 'PillarJSONEncoder')
 
@@ -37,3 +38,12 @@ class PillarJSONEncoder(json.JSONEncoder):
 
         # Let the base class default method raise the TypeError
         return json.JSONEncoder.default(self, obj)
+
+
+def jsonify(mongo_doc, status=200, headers=None):
+    """JSonifies a Mongo document into a Flask response object."""
+    
+    return current_app.response_class(json.dumps(mongo_doc, cls=PillarJSONEncoder),
+                                      mimetype='application/json',
+                                      status=status,
+                                      headers=headers)