[HN Gopher] Turn GitHub into an RSS Reader
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Turn GitHub into an RSS Reader
Author : low_tech_punk
Score : 17 points
Date : 2021-05-01 21:42 UTC (1 hours ago)
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| mjgs wrote:
| Awesome project!
| atum47 wrote:
| Do people still uses rss? I'm on my way to put my old blog back
| on air and I was think about providing a json view, but also a
| rss one (since the implementation seems very simple). I'm just
| curious if people still uses it
| l0b0 wrote:
| Absolutely! I follow some 100+ feeds in Liferea. Basically any
| site or part of a site which has interesting content with low
| or intermediate frequency (Hacker News and the like would just
| flood the "inbox"). It's an excellent way to look through
| dozens of entries quickly for the good stuff.
| kzrdude wrote:
| For podcasts, yes. Blogs, no. Aggregators like hacker news
| replaced it for me.
| sgtfrankieboy wrote:
| I started using it recently. Following a few blogs that
| interest me using Feedly. Got a browser extension so I know
| whenever a new article gets posted.
| detaro wrote:
| Sure. (well, quite often it's actually Atom, since people use
| "RSS" to mean either)
| mjgs wrote:
| Yes - I think it tends to be used by people that are into
| creating online content, it's the best way to get content
| delivered to you online. Though there's Twitter and Newsletters
| too, which are great, RSS is still hugely useful.
| 1123581321 wrote:
| You'll get a skewed set of answers here, but definitely. I ask
| for RSS every time a site is missing it. Email-to-RSS sometimes
| works as a substitute.
| linasj wrote:
| Yes, I do :)
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