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Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by fartfeatures »

rpmisms wrote: post #2

OK but not writing your own Cron expressions is just sad.

Not everyone knows how to use Cron, the comment is a good tip for those that don't. The target audience for a solution like this might be less technical than the average Github user.

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by Eric_WVGG »

RSS and AT Proto have been on my mind all week.

Even though RSS is my main source of news, it’s impossible to get around the fact that the (incredibly, unfathomably stupid) shutdown of Google Reader kneecapped it.

AT Protocol is more than “let’s make Twitter more open” — it’s an open protocol for anything that’s real-time and shareable. I was never a big Google Reader guy, I liked traditional clients like NetNewsWire, but the sociability of Google Reader cannot be dismissed.

I’m not sure that just bridging RSS to Bluesky is the future… a distinct AT Proto lexicon seems like the actual way forward IMHO

Exciting times!

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by rpmisms »

simonw wrote: post #5
rpmisms wrote: post #2

OK but not writing your own Cron expressions is just sad.

I've been using Cron for over 20 years. I still use https://crontab.guru rather than trying to remember the syntax for those fields.

Cron expressions aren't bad. Now regex.... nope.

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by simonw »

Eric_WVGG wrote: post #4

RSS and AT Proto have been on my mind all week. Even though RSS is my main source of news, it’s impossible to get around the fact that the (incredibly, unfathomably stupid) shutdown of Google Reader kneecapped it. AT Protocol is more than “let’s make Twitter more open” — it’s an open protocol for anything that’s real-time and shareable. I was never a big Google Reader guy, I liked traditional clients like NetNewsWire…

Google Reader shut down nearly 12 years ago. Its legacy now is that there are still people who are pissed off about that, and I get the impression that a surprising amount of them are now in positions where they get to make purchasing decisions over whether or not to buy Google Cloud.

(Being a Mac+iPhone person I've settled in quite happily with NetNewsWire now, but it took me a few years to get there.)

Re: Blueskyfeedbot: Post RSS Feeds to Bluesky via GitHub Actions

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Post by ASalazarMX »

rpmisms wrote: post #6
simonw wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I've been using Cron for over 20 years. I still use https://crontab.guru rather than trying to remember the syntax for those fields.

Cron expressions aren't bad. Now regex.... nope.

I can't even remember tar or find options reliably.
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