Wisdom

Push features upstream into the feed so app developers don't have to build infrastructure

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I think what I'm trying to say is that the more we can push these features upstream into the feed, the less of this sort of thing has to happen.

Episode 254: Pop a TTermy! (episode page, opens in a new tab) 00:56:34 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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Summary

Hearing an app developer describe a rack of 48 Mac minis just to transcribe podcasts, Dave wishes more hosts would put transcripts in the RSS feed. The more features are pushed upstream into the feed, the less any single independent app developer has to build huge infrastructure for one feature, because the data is already there.