Rss
2024
TIL - Podcast hosts serve unreliable art mime types
·362 words·2 mins
TIL
Podcasting
Python
Django
Mime Types
Rss
I’ve been toying with a small Django project that can be given a list of podcast feeds, and then regularly checks those feeds and updates some interesting metrics. Initially, I wanted to see how many comparable podcasts to my own made use of various RSS namespace elements, and also to pull some aggregate statistics around release frequency, episode length, etc…
2022
Human Readable RSS Feeds With Pelican
·692 words·4 mins
Articles
Python
Rss
Pelican
A few months ago, I came across this post by Simone Silvestroni explaining how they implemented a styled and human-readable RSS feed for their Jekyll-powered blog. I really liked the idea and wanted to implement it on my own site for browsers that don’t automatically offer to subscribe to a given feed.
2007
Fun With Django Feeds
·1140 words·6 mins
Articles
Atom
Development
Django
Howto
Python
Rss
I would like to take a moment to show you how easy it is to create feeds in Django, and the easiest way to do that is by example. For brevity’s sake, I’m going to use a simplified version of a Django-powered blog.
Checking Out Google Reader
·489 words·3 mins
Articles
Assorted Geekery
Google
Reviews
Rss
Tech
On recommendation of far too many people to mention, I’m checking out Google Reader again.
I remember peeking at it when it was first released, when I was stubbornly intent on sticking with browser/desktop based reader, and I remember being less than impressed.