How do you follow news on tech and stay upto date?

#1

Post by zigmig » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 2:16 AM UTC

What are your go to resources including HN and best ways to stay updated (I am on iOS)

Re: How do you follow news on tech and stay upto date?

#2

Post by al_borland » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 2:55 AM UTC

I use NetNewsWire, an RSS reader on iOS and macOS. Ars Technica is the main tech news site I follow in there, but also follow a few dev blogs.

I find if I have too many general purpose tech news sites there is a lot of duplication of big stories, and the volume becomes overwhelming to the point I give up. So I try and keep it simple.

HN fills in some gaps, and I figure if a story is big/important enough, I’ll hear about it eventually.

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#3

Post by xenospn » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 2:56 AM UTC

al_borland wrote: post #2

I use NetNewsWire, an RSS reader on iOS and macOS. Ars Technica is the main tech news site I follow in there, but also follow a few dev blogs. I find if I have too many general purpose tech news sites there is a lot of duplication of big stories, and the volume becomes overwhelming to the point I give up. So I try and keep it simple. HN fills in some gaps, and I figure if a story is big/important enough, I’ll hear ab…

Any recommended dev blogs?

Re: How do you follow news on tech and stay upto date?

#4

Post by tazu » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 3:13 AM UTC

I use RSS for as much as possible (it’s how I found this post). On iOS/Mac I use the Reeder 5 app. I’ve tried dozens of RSS apps and found its UX to be the best, by far.

I use RSS for HackerNews[1], Reddit, YouTube, and Substack.

[1]: https://hnrss.github.io/

Re: How do you follow news on tech and stay upto date?

#5

Post by MrCoffee7 » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 3:54 AM UTC

https://techurls.com

https://skimfeed.com

Re: How do you follow news on tech and stay upto date?

#6

Post by zigmig » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 5:44 AM UTC

al_borland wrote: post #2

I use NetNewsWire, an RSS reader on iOS and macOS. Ars Technica is the main tech news site I follow in there, but also follow a few dev blogs. I find if I have too many general purpose tech news sites there is a lot of duplication of big stories, and the volume becomes overwhelming to the point I give up. So I try and keep it simple. HN fills in some gaps, and I figure if a story is big/important enough, I’ll hear ab…

I couldn't agree more with you. It does indeed get overwhelming. I was following twitter a lot but I eventually get lost in the swarm over there.

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Post by zigmig » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 5:46 AM UTC

tazu wrote: post #4

I use RSS for as much as possible (it’s how I found this post). On iOS/Mac I use the Reeder 5 app. I’ve tried dozens of RSS apps and found its UX to be the best, by far. I use RSS for HackerNews[1], Reddit, YouTube, and Substack. [1]: https://hnrss.github.io/

Thanks! hnrss is awesome, i didn't now about this before.

Any recommendations on YouTube / Substack?

Re: How do you follow news on tech and stay upto date?

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Post by Malidir » Mon, Jul 29, 2024, 9:36 AM UTC

sign up to various newsletters with work email add rss feeds to work outlook (outlook has it built in)

I find that by using work email not personal, more likely to look at it.

Re: How do you follow news on tech and stay upto date?

#9

Post by vasili111 » Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 12:58 AM UTC

Hacker News

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#10

Post by BOOSTERHIDROGEN » Tue, Jul 30, 2024, 10:54 AM UTC

tazu wrote: post #4

I use RSS for as much as possible (it’s how I found this post). On iOS/Mac I use the Reeder 5 app. I’ve tried dozens of RSS apps and found its UX to be the best, by far. I use RSS for HackerNews[1], Reddit, YouTube, and Substack. [1]: https://hnrss.github.io/

What is your preset for HN feed?