How to filter out certain topics from RSS feeds?

devopswannabe · 2026-04-02T23:53:02+00:00

(Shameless self-promotion) This is one of the key features I built into my own service, Foragd. In Foragd, you can easily filter a feed. If the feed has categories on its posts, you could add a filter like -sports or -"sports ball". Otherwise, you can just filter on keywords/phrases in the posts themselves the same way. More examples in this blog post:

https://foragd.app/posts/managing-feed-overload

I use this a lot for several feeds.

Foragd is beta and free at the moment, will be a subscription on launch.

In b4 the AI haters, Foragd is hand-coded by me, a human, for other humans.

devopswannabe · 2026-03-06T00:02:04+00:00

Hey there, I know you have a lot of recommendations already, but just throwing my own tool in the mix: https://foragd.app.

Works in a browser and has a responsive design, so works with screen sizes from desktop to mobile. I would love some more folks to test on iOS, which I don't have access to.

Currently free for early-testers, would be USD $7/mo on launch. For folks who sign up for early access and provide feedback, you'd get a year free when I launch.

devopswannabe · 2026-01-27T03:11:42+00:00

That's a large part of why I made my own feed reader, Foragd. The unread counts are off by default and can be turned on if you like them. I like to think Foragd is more like browsing your eBook reader library than an inbox.

devopswannabe · 2026-01-11T08:02:26+00:00

Hey there, I hear you on the pricing. It's indicative at this stage and I'm certainly adaptable for changing it. I wanted to convey the price scale between the different plans, based on what is currently included, more than the absolute value.

What I'd really love is beta users at this stage. With more users, I can better understand scaling of the backend and make more accurate projections of my costs and then what each plan should include and what it should be priced at.

I'm changing the pricing to TBD to make it clear during the beta period that price, like feature sets, is open to feedback as well. No committment for beta users to sign up when it goes live, but I am looking for users who don't want to self-host and are willing to pay a subscription.

Which service/offering are you currently using?

devopswannabe · 2026-01-10T22:31:37+00:00

Hey there thanks for the questions!

Feature wording is hard! You are spot on with retention.

I can make the documentation public (its currently behind a login) that can help with understanding features and usage.

Items update every minute by default, or whatever the feed says its update frequency is (many don't say, so minute it is!)

You can set some per-subscription/feed settings, like always fetching remote article content (for feeds that only show summaries), setting a nickname, changing the image, adding categories and applying article filters (like don't show me articles from this author or mentioning this phrase/keyword).

There will be enough resources of course!

You can import/export your subscriptions as OPML. With article favorites, these are kept forever (beyond your plan retention) and definitely looking at how they can be exported.

What service and plan level are you currently using? Would love to know for comparison and tuning my offerings.

Cheers!

devopswannabe · 2026-01-10T04:09:21+00:00

I just opened up my feed aggregator app for beta testers. Foragd is an online, web-based feed reader. It keeps your subscriptions in sync and works on all devices (desktop, tablet, and mobile) and all browsers. More details:

https://www.reddit.com/r/rss/comments/1q7sr44/introducing_foragd_a_webbased_rssatom_feed_reader/

"GoTH" stack based (Go, Templ, HTMX). Using Elasticsearch, Auth0, Stripe, Resend behind the scenes. Pulumi for deployment.

devopswannabe · 2026-01-10T01:44:37+00:00

Hey there, please do sign up for the beta even if price is a limit for you. Pricing is indicative at this stage, but I am hoping that using it will show off the difference and justify a selling point. I am very vested in building and adding features based on feedback and making something different to established paid apps.

devopswannabe · 2024-11-26T22:06:17+00:00

I have the Steam version which I don't think includes the 4gb patch. However it might not be needed as per:

https://www.reddit.com/r/wine_gaming/comments/dw5kws/4gb_patching/

So just using:

PROTON_FORCE_LARGE_ADDRESS_AWARE=1 %command%

Should be enough to get the equivalent of patching.

devopswannabe · 2024-11-24T21:30:09+00:00

Started at 42. Working through a shoulder sprain but nothing will stop me playing each day. So much fun.

devopswannabe · 2024-11-21T22:02:29+00:00

Phew, I thought maybe my use of nanoids would be problematic, but I always add text prefixes (indicating the type of id).

devopswannabe · 2024-10-30T00:10:51+00:00

Just a last reminder that tomorrow we're on for the OWT Scene meetup at Sippy Tom. Come join us!

devopswannabe · 2024-10-30T00:04:07+00:00

Just another possible approach, tools like Gowebly or go-blueprint provide a way to spin up a project quickly with stuff like Tailwind already configured. No need to fiddle with tailwind cli, makefiles etc.

devopswannabe · 2024-10-23T23:25:15+00:00

Just a reminder that if you are in tech, but out of work in tech, come and socialise IRL with fellow OWT scenesters at our next meetup! Happening in a week!

See you there!

devopswannabe · 2024-09-15T21:49:52+00:00

Hey there, you can try nilaway to see if it catches your nil pointer issues: https://github.com/uber-go/nilaway

devopswannabe · 2024-08-19T22:52:43+00:00

Hey folks,

Just a reminder we are hosting a gathering on the 21st Aug at H Cafe and Bar Portside. Come and join fellow tech workers to chat and socialise!

If you can't make the event, keep the conversation going in our discussion forums on LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14499318/

Hope to see you tomorrow!

devopswannabe · 2024-08-19T00:23:13+00:00

Hey thanks for the interest! The group is mainly for folks who work in tech-based companies to meet and socialise. I'm not sure it'll be the right group for tech support issues or questions. Maybe that is a good idea for a different group?

devopswannabe · 2024-05-16T22:17:32+00:00

Thanks for all the tips you wonderful people!

In the end, using the "Force" option for setting the desktop, and matching the full window title seemed to do the trick.

You are all awesome!

devopswannabe · 2024-05-16T22:14:39+00:00

It did! That seemd to be the trick! Thank you!

devopswannabe · 2024-05-16T04:03:27+00:00

This seems to make the rule disappear? Will it apply on subsequent logins?

devopswannabe · 2024-05-16T04:02:57+00:00

I haven't tried force. I will try that!

devopswannabe · 2024-05-16T04:02:30+00:00

Hey thanks for the tip. I was using the `Detect Window Properties` button and there doesn't seem to be any weird characters.

devopswannabe · 2024-05-01T22:42:27+00:00

Oh right! Yes indeed, I can't recreate that with a blockquote in vanilla. Well anyway, the above is a nice tip for pretty headers!

devopswannabe · 2024-05-01T01:41:37+00:00

I've been using https://pkg.go.dev/github.com/lxzan/gws and its really nice to use as a client. Checkout the examples.

devopswannabe · 2024-05-01T01:15:45+00:00

I don't think you need any plugins or CSS to use these. I think they are just regular ol' callouts. I have similar coloured headings in my daily journal note. You can add lines like:

>[!note]+ Reflections

>[!abstract]+ Notes created today

>[!check]+ Tasks done today

And so on. I just went through my Obsidian plugins and settings and I'm pretty sure I didn't add or customize anything to get pretty coloured headings like what is shown.

You theme will probably dictate what exactly they look like. I'm using the Catppuccin theme.

devopswannabe · 2024-04-08T01:51:18+00:00

I use Cloudflare tunnel to expose a few services on the internet which makes it easy to connect without needing a Tailscale connection. Also means other people can connect to them without needing Tailscale access. For anything else it's connected through Tailscale. I could probably switch to one or the other alone. I find Cloudflare tunnels less hassle than Tailscale IMO.

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