RSS is Awesome!

Its a format for website feed, basically like a social media timeline for only the stuff the website wants to post there (one site can also have multiple feeds, like one per category etc.). So lets say you subscribe to NixOS Announcement Feed, whenever they write a new announcement post they also (automatically probably) create an entry in their rss feed.

Now you have a rss reader app (aggregator, e.g. Feeder for Android) and subscribe to their feed, and get all their news in that app, instead of having to check their website each time or subscribe to a newsletter. It’s basically like creating your personal news feed, filled with only the stuff you want to see, no random suggestions etc.

Many of the leading news agencies etc. have their own rss feed, there is one for github releases, youtube channels etc. whatever you like.

• you don’t have to open sites to see if they have new content (everything at one place)
• you don’t have to give anyone your email (like in a newsletter)
• its private by design, no javascript is run on your device
• no ads (except if they are embedded into the articles)
• no distracting recommendations, or badly formated stuff …, everything like in the fast reader view from the browser.
• never miss sth, as you’ll always see all the content you subscribed to and not only what any algorithm wants you to see

Cat in a Shell RSS Feed, you can add it to your chosen RSS Reader and never miss any new blog post I’m writing.

This icon means often rss feed:

You can find it on many popular sites.

Also there are some currated lists, showing some popular rss feeds, like this awesome-rss-feeds github repo