There's also AnyTracker (an app) that gives you this information as push notifications: https://anytracker.org/
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Re: Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
#22Buddy I love you!
I have wanted this for so long! My job relies on following many German laws, bureaucracy pages and the like.
In the long run I want specific changes on external pages to trigger pull requests in my code (e.g. to update a tax threshold). This requires building blocks that don't exist, and that I can't find time to code and maintain myself.
I currently use Wachete, but since over a year, it triggers rate limits on a specific website and I just can't monitor German laws anymore. No tools seem to have a debounce feature, even though I only need to check for updates once per month.
Re: Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
#23Something I was planning on building but never got round - if anyone wants to do it then feel free to use this idea.
Lots of companies really have no idea what javascript is being inserted into their websites - marketing teams add all sorts of crazy scripts that don't get vetted by anyone and are often loaded dynamically and can be changed without anyone knowing.
A service that monitors a site and flags up when the code changes - even better if it actually scans and flags up malicious code.
Re: Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
#24There's also AnyTracker (an app) that gives you this information as push notifications: https://anytracker.org/
and also visualping.io which sends email alerts
Re: Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
#25RSS is a useful interface, but: "Do most people just want direct alerts?" Yes, of course. RSS is beloved but niche. Depends who your target audience is. I personally would want an email, because that's how I get alerts about other things. RSS to me is for long form reading, not notifications I must notice. The answer to any product question like this totally depends on your audience and their normal routines.
It's niche because some companies decided so. you used to have native RSS support in browsers, and latest articles automatically in your bookmarks bar.
That's good reasoning, but the parent's point still stands?
Re: Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
#26How might this tool work in terms of “archiving” a site? This is just something I was wondering given the recent change and controversy about archiving service sites on Wikipedia.
Re: Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
#27With lots of people showing how Saas apps can be easily written these days, I'm not as interested in those articles, as people showing off new ideas of what I can do with these new found abilities. This is cool.
Re: Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
#28Love this - I had a similar idea years ago, specifically for looking at long-text privacy policies and displaying the `diff`... but obviously never built it.
What you've done here is that and so much more. Congrats!
Re: Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
#29i love a good rss tool. Thanks for sharing
Re: Show HN: I built a tool that watches webpages and exposes changes as RSS
#30that's quiet good.
will give a try
congrat !