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RSS aggregator apps are harder than they look

if you've never written an RSS based, you know, aggregators based app there is, it seems so simple, but it's not.

Episode 169: Wifi & Web Apps (episode page, opens in a new tab) March 1, 2024, 2:47 p.m. CT 00:41:53 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)

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If you've never written an RSS aggregator-based app, it seems simple, but it isn't. It's no surprise developers hit a point where they have to rethink their architecture.

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Episode 182: Drop the Dongle (episode page, opens in a new tab) June 7, 2024 01:32:28 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
everybody who's who's a web developer has gone through this thing. When they get into RSS, and you're like, you're like, oh, I can, I'll just build it all in the browser. And then you start building, you start writing stuff, and then all of a sudden, it dawns on you same origin policy, he's gonna kill you.
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