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May 2024
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234: One Step Closer to Bringing Back We...

Brad Shoemaker, Will Smith
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Hey, remember RSS? Friend of the show Wes Fenlon joins us for a record fourth (!!) time to reminisce about the glory days of really simple syndication, when you could just aggregate all your favorite news and blogs into one tidy feed. This episode is about more than just waxing nostalgic, though; Wes is here to tell us all about bringing it all back with his self-hosted RSS stack, including his setup for FreshRSS (and some of its alternatives), ways to get RSS out of sites that don't even serve it anymore, the growing "indie web" movement that aims to recapture the spirit of a simpler Internet, and more.

Show notes for this episode: https://tinyurl.com/techpod-234-self-hosted-rss

Check out Wes' newsletter on emulation and retro games: https://www.readonlymemo.com/

Episode art courtesy of Sandwich Tribunal: https://www.sandwichtribunal.com/2024/02/south-australias-fritz-and-sauce/

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