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Ars Technica's subscription-only ArsPro tier continues to offer formatted PDF versions of articles and full-text RSS feeds, options that date back to the site's 1998 launch. The company notes these features let subscribers read content offline or in RSS readers rather than only through a web browser.
A 2022 guide (updated March 2024) lays out technical recommendations for blog feeds, advising publishers to use RSS 2 or Atom rather than older RSS versions, JSON Feed, or Microformats h-feed. It argues Atom is preferable for new feeds due to its clearer, less ambiguous specification, while existing RSS 2 feeds need not be upgraded. The post includes a minimal Atom XML template covering required elements like title, id, links, updated timestamp, author, and entries.
Reddit has set a Nov. 13 deadline to discontinue RSS feed support and will route all public API access through its controlled developer platform, Devvit. Access to the Old Reddit interface will be limited to users who have logged into it within the past six months, while moderators can still request RSS access through the developer platform.
Reddit announced it will limit Old Reddit's interface to users who have accessed it within the past six months, building on an earlier requirement that users log in to use the old UI. The company also said it will discontinue RSS feed support on November 13, 2026, citing large-scale scraping and automated abuse, and is pointing moderators toward Devvit apps like Discord Relay as an alternative.
Reddit announced it will shut down RSS feed support on November 13, citing abuse from large-scale scraping. The company also said its public API will be fully discontinued by March 2027, and it is restricting access to Old Reddit for logged-in users who haven't visited in the past 90 days. Developers with approved third-party apps or bots must register them by January 12, 2027 to keep API access.
Reddit announced it will end support for RSS feeds on November 13 and shut down its public API access by March 2027, citing large-scale scraping and automated abuse. The company is directing moderators who relied on RSS-based alerts to migrate to the Discord Relay Devvit app, though it admits there's no direct replacement for feeds used outside moderator communities.
Reddit is restricting the classic 'Old Reddit' interface to users who have logged in and used it within the past six months, building on a recent requirement that users log in at all to access it. The company also plans to discontinue RSS feed support on November 13, citing large-scale scraping and automated abuse, and is pointing moderators toward alternatives like Discord Relay.
A developer built a standalone service that generates RSS feeds for Last.fm users' recent tracks, loved tracks, top tracks, and top artists, after Last.fm removed native RSS support during a 2015 redesign. The service also pulls album art as enclosures when available, and a 2025 update added support for recommended tracks via a Soundixx-compatible JSON format.
An open format from the late nineties remains the only common way to read what you chose to read, in the order it was published, with nothing in between.
A hobbyist repurposed an idle LILYGO T5 4.7-inch e-paper module, built around an ESP32 chip, to create a static home dashboard using Claude Code. The device displays local temperature and humidity readings, curated tech news pulled from sources like Hacker News, and astronomical event data such as occultations and eclipses relevant to telescope observation.
A blogger writes that the rise of generative AI has made much of the internet harder to use, citing AI-generated summaries cluttering search results and bot-produced 'slop' overwhelming social platforms like X. In response, they've deactivated most social accounts and shifted toward RSS feeds, Substack newsletters, and a curated list of YouTube channels.