An RSS reader looks like a starter app until you meet real feeds
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So you think, Okay, this must be easy, oh, my God, it is the most not easy thing in the world to be. So to build an RSS reader, a feed reader, when you are looking at maybe 10 example feeds. Now, that's fine.
Episode 1: Episode 1 00:35:15 (play audio from this timestamp, opens in a new tab)
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Summary
Building an RSS reader is a classic first project in any new language, so it seems easy. With ten sample feeds it is. At tens or hundreds of thousands of real, broken feeds, Dave says it becomes a mess immediately.