From 6363a0aeb3d8a5ac8c7393fb3cba24b05c0703e4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Joe Carstairs Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2026 20:04:07 +0100 Subject: subscribe to this blog! --- website/src/pages/blog/index.astro | 6 ++- website/src/pages/blog/subscribe.astro | 90 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 95 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 website/src/pages/blog/subscribe.astro (limited to 'website/src/pages') diff --git a/website/src/pages/blog/index.astro b/website/src/pages/blog/index.astro index 61a1a46..df758ed 100644 --- a/website/src/pages/blog/index.astro +++ b/website/src/pages/blog/index.astro @@ -13,7 +13,11 @@ import Navbar from '../../components/Navbar.astro';
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How to subscribe to this blog

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diff --git a/website/src/pages/blog/subscribe.astro b/website/src/pages/blog/subscribe.astro new file mode 100644 index 0000000..f90cda1 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/src/pages/blog/subscribe.astro @@ -0,0 +1,90 @@ +--- +import Page from "../../layouts/Page.astro"; + +--- + + +
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How to subscribe to my blog

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+ The short version: use my RSS file or my + gemlog. +

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+ If neither of those things means anything to you, no worries. You could + just look at my website every once in a while, but that gets old. A better + way is to use my RSS file. Here's how. +

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+ An RSS file, if you don't know, is a file containing a list of posts in a + format that's so stupid even computers can understand it. Mine is at + https://joeac.net/blog/rss.xml. + Since computers can understand it, you can get software to read it + automatically and tell you when I've made a new blog post. That's much less + hassle than having to check manually yourself! +

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+ I'm not the only person serving RSS files, of course. You might not have + heard of them, but they're actually all over the Web. In the early days of + the Web, everyone was using them, so they've ended up built in to a whole + load of foundational Web technology, and hence ubiquitous, even if most + Web users have forgotten they exist. Once you've subscribed to my blog, + you can subscribe to basically any blog, podcast, or YouTube channel, and + a lot of other Websites for news, organisations, whatever. Point a + well-designed RSS aggregator or RSS reader at most Websites, and it'll + automatically find an associated RSS feed. +

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+ If you're not persuaded, try reading + + Cory Doctorow explaining why RSS is ridiculously good + . He's terrifyingly persuasive. Also, read his novels! +

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+ If you just want to give it a go quickly, probably the quickest way is to + use someone else's RSS aggregator that they'll let you use as a service. + Feedly and + Inoreader have free tiers. +

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+ If you want to have a little more control, you can self-host an RSS + reader, like Tiny Tiny RSS, + Miniflux, or + FreshRSS. But why would you do that? + Self-hosting is complicated. Why not just use a normal, local app? Here are + some options for that you might want to investigate. All these are active + free and open-source software projects at the time of writing. +

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+ For the terminally geeky, there is also + Newsboat. I used it for ages, it works + fabulously, but it's all in the terminal, so you have to be OK with that. +

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+ You can also just enter 'RSS feed reader' into your favourite search + engine, software distribution, or app store and see what comes up. Try + adding 'FOSS' into the query to prioritise free, open-source software. +

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