Show HN: A Web-to-RSS Parser in Common Lisp

Re:Show HN: A Web-to-RSS Parser in Common Lisp by rcarmo on Saturday November 12, 2016 @04:30PM (#12940325)

I get around 1500 articles a day, yes, but following feeds doesn't mean you need to actually _read_ it all :)

I simply scan through the headlines. Typically business news is repetitive enough that you can get a good feel for how "hot" a topic is, and then I just read one or two pieces on it (usually from the "best" writers) and discard the other 50.

Even headline-only feeds are useful in that regard - they're just signal boosters.

On the other hand, I tend to read a fair number of personal/tech blog posts in their entirety - around 20 a day, over breakfast.

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Re:Show HN: A Web-to-RSS Parser in Common Lisp by bhrgunatha on Saturday November 12, 2016 @09:49PM (#12941568)

This is absolutely the best feature of RSS for me. Rather than have to open a browser, discover the quirks of its navigation and then page backwards and forwards through articles. RSS gives a sane way to skim through those things and focus on the interesting parts.

Plus keeping up with podcasts which tend to be published less often than articles.

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