Ask HN: What does your RSS flow look like?

2 points·rolymath··4 comments

I've recently deleted all social media, but still want some daily news to read. How do you all do it? Where do you find your news sources. Do you even use RSS or something else? And what do you do for things that don't have RSS source?

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I have a smart RSS reader that makes my own algorithmic feed. Anything you see me post to HN was picked first by it and then picked by me twice.

How does the algorithmic feed work?

I have a little link for you from the University of Toronto:

https://uoftwebloggingclub.neocities.org/resources/rsscheats...

That gives some pretty handsome pointers on this subject. Apparently almost everything has rss, even so as we don't see it always.

RSS is my main source of news. I rarely open social media; mostly just to check notifications. It's simply the worst place to spend your time, and definitely not where I go for relevant news.

Here's a sample of what I’m currently following - maybe it'll help you build your own:

- Job listing (WWR [1], RemoteOK, etc.), because I'm looking for a job.

- Tech news: HN ≥ 100 pts [2], Github trends [3], TLDR AI & webdev [4], and r/technology [4], Product Hunt [6], Google devs [7].

- Science: r/science [4], ScienceDaily [8], and a couple few more.

- IMDb latest shows [4]: Sci-fi, Adventure, etc.

- And a lot of blogs!

RSS feeds are sometimes hidden - this tool can help: https://lighthouseapp.io/tools/feed-finder

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[1] https://weworkremotely.com/categories/remote-back-end-progra...

[2] https://hnrss.org/newest?points=100

[3] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mhadidg/gh-trends/refs/hea...

[4] Using RSSible [5] - a small utility I built, turning webpages into an RSS feed.

[5] https://rssible.hadid.dev/

[6] https://www.producthunt.com/feed

[7] https://developers.googleblog.com/rss/

[8] https://www.sciencedaily.com/rss/top/science.xml

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