[HN Gopher] Show HN: AirSS is a web-based feed reader that put y...
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       Show HN: AirSS is a web-based feed reader that put your privacy
       first
        
       Author : derekzhouzhen
       Score  : 28 points
       Date   : 2021-10-02 18:07 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (airss.roastidio.us)
        
       | derekzhouzhen wrote:
       | For anyone that tried this and failed miserably:
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       | * Most feeds out there cannot load as they are because of CORS.*
       | 
       | In my github page: https://github.com/derek-zhou/airss I listed
       | several options. Please choose yourself; I can't choose for you.
        
         | tyingq wrote:
         | You could probably add cloudflare workers as an option. There's
         | an example CORS friendly proxy here:
         | https://github.com/Zibri/cloudflare-cors-anywhere
         | 
         | Guessing normal use would fit in their free plan.
        
       | mikojan wrote:
       | As a German, this name evokes feelings of nostalgia and tense
       | anticipation
        
         | derekzhouzhen wrote:
         | Please enlighten me. I am at a disadvantage here.
        
           | mynegation wrote:
           | SS. Paramilitary units of Nazi Germany known for their
           | brutality, oppression, and crimes against humanity. AirSS is
           | of course play on RSS, but I also could immediately see how
           | it can be read as Air SS.
        
             | derekzhouzhen wrote:
             | Oh my.
        
       | olah_1 wrote:
       | So does this automatically fetch every feed URL at intervals in
       | the background as long as you have the browser open?
       | 
       | Pretty simple solution for getting updates if so. No need to
       | overcomplicate it with a dedicated server.
        
         | derekzhouzhen wrote:
         | Right now there is a one hour idle timeout, then it will
         | shutdown and close the indexedDB. The reason is it is quite
         | possible to have too many tabs lying around and I am not
         | comfortable to have many tabs writing the same indexedDB.
         | 
         | Periodic polling will not work on mobile anyhow. It is better
         | just to refresh the tab by hand.
        
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