MergeFeed
Infrastructure
feed aggregation
SHOW HN2021
How HN took it
2 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 8 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score -0.25.
Design: 0 for, 4 againstExecution: 0 for, 3 againstIdea: 2 for, 1 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Useful for sharing a topic's blogs as one feed
From 2 comments
So this could be interesting. I get asked fairly frequently at work what blogs / newsletters / sites I read to keep on topic X. Could I use this to create a feed for topic X…
monkeydust on HNThe only reason I can think it’s a handy way to share an aggregation
quickthrower2 on HN
Objections
Feels like half a feed reader and the layout is hard to read
From 4 comments
Mmm ... Thanks for the explanation, but it just feels like half of a feed reader (not removing articles read etc). And the format gives me a headache.
beardyw on HNI'm pretty confused about the concept. Is it supposed to look like this? https://imgur.com/a/4A52Wer How is such a busy overwhelming feed useful?
mkl on HNTime, indents, linewrap, and padding between lines may help. https://techmeme.com/river and https://hckrnews.com/ are good clean inspiration.
basch on HNA readability nightmare
imwillofficial on HN
Injection vulnerability in text titles, since fixed by the maker
From 2 comments
I shall give my usual plea (for the OP and feed authors alike): except for podcasts, please deal in Atom rather than RSS if you have a choice. Let RSS die. Outside of podcasting…
chrismorgan on HN> And possibly the autodiscovery needs tweaking too, as I observe it not finding the feed on my site https://chrismorgan.info/, which is properly specified; my first guess is…
amadeuspagel on HN
Text too large on phones
From 1 comment
I like this. Text is too large when viewing on my phone though.
spookybones on HN
Requests
Emit Atom instead of RSS
From 1 comment
I shall give my usual plea (for the OP and feed authors alike): except for podcasts, please deal in Atom rather than RSS if you have a choice. Let RSS die. Outside of podcasting…
chrismorgan on HN
Keep title formatting
From 2 comments
I think that autodiscovery is only finding the first feed. Since you’re aggregating feeds, I’d expect it to find all feeds on all pages. Sample page with multiple feeds:…
chrismorgan on HN> I'm not sure that's even a good idea. It's kind of a link aggregator and link aggregators generally don't allow formatting. You don't want people to try to gain attention that…
chrismorgan on HN
Find all feeds on a page, not just the first
From 1 comment
I think that autodiscovery is only finding the first feed. Since you’re aggregating feeds, I’d expect it to find all feeds on all pages. Sample page with multiple feeds:…
chrismorgan on HN
Better mobile layout with time and spacing
From 1 comment
Time, indents, linewrap, and padding between lines may help. https://techmeme.com/river and https://hckrnews.com/ are good clean inspiration.
basch on HN
Questions
What is the use case versus a feed reader
From 2 comments
Sorry to sound like an idiot, but what would I want this for?
beardyw on HNWhy not just put those feed in your RSS reader? What does the extra step add?
remram on HN
Why Atom over RSS given few feeds use it
From 1 comment
> …Atom is the technically superior format, including resolving various unspecified behaviour that does lead to inconsistency across clients, such as with respect to HTML markup…
CharlesW on HN
Alternatives named
FraidyCat desktop feed reader
From 1 comment
I feel compelled to mention FraidyCat[0], which is offered as a desktop app. It groups posts by feed/individual, with a mini activity bar next to each. It also groups feeds by…
strogonoff on HN
feedmixer Python service
From 1 comment
I wrote a little Python service which combines multiple rss/atom feeds into a single feed, in case anyone wants to host their own API for doing that:…
cristoperb on HN
Techmeme river and hckrnews
From 1 comment
Time, indents, linewrap, and padding between lines may help. https://techmeme.com/river and https://hckrnews.com/ are good clean inspiration.
basch on HN
Nightfall city feeds
From 1 comment
If you're looking for feeds, have a look at https://nightfall.city
ms123 on HN