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Ask HN: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of GOAT blogs?

• zagrebian 4y ago
  1000 RSS feeds for web developers https://github.com/simevidas/web-dev-feeds/blob/master/feeds.opml https://github.com/simevidas/web-dev-feeds/blob/master/feeds...
• kevincox 4y ago
  I quite like Bits About Money: https://bam.kalzumeus.com/ https://bam.kalzumeus.com/ As someone who knows very little about the finance sector I find the posts very understable and informative.
• matt321 4y ago
  https://lukesmith.xyz/index.xml https://lukesmith.xyz/index.xml
  • idnfus 4y ago
    Upvoted for Luke Smith. I find his take refreshing although I can see how many here will disagree
  • alexb_ 4y ago
    Luke Smith is somebody who LARPs as a technology skeptic while using technology, and who spouts his insanely uneducated opinions about anything he wants while shilling Monero as if it is God's greatest gift to the earth. One example is the (unfortunately, massively popular) youtube video where he tells everyone that all jobs are fake, deflation is a good thing, and the reason central banks don't want deflation is because they are in a giant conspiracy to make you poor.
    • harryvederci 4y ago
      Ah, just a regular youtuber, then?
• is_true 4y ago
  I don't, but here is a nice (or just big) list if someone has focus to spare: https://github.com/kilimchoi/engineering-blogs https://github.com/kilimchoi/engineering-blogs
• cpach 4y ago
  GOAT = Greatest of all time?
  • theandrewbailey 4y ago
    Generalized Occupational Aptitude Test?
    • soco 4y ago
      A Domesticated Species Of Goat-Antelope Typically Kept As Livestock?
  • gwbas1c 4y ago
    Honestly, I looked at this discussion just to know what "GOAT blogs" are. General rule of thumb with communication: Try to avoid acronyms, because chances are most people will have no idea what you're talking about. If you do need to use them, make sure you very quickly define what the acronym is. FWIW: Even the Google doesn't know what GOAT blogs are. Searching for GOAT blogs brings up blogs about goats: https://www.google.com/search?q=GOAT+blog&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS996US996&oq=GOAT+blog&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l6j69i61.2310j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=GOAT+blog&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS99...
    • matyasrichter 4y ago
      "goat blog" is not a great query to explain an acronym, though.
    • reaperducer 4y ago
      Even the Google doesn't know what GOAT blogs That's because GOAT is a sports term that is slowly entering general use. If you Google "GOAT sports," Google not only knows what you mean, it explains GOAT.
    • mdp2021 4y ago
      > General rule of thumb with communication So this friend of mine is currently reading a history book in French. Full of acronyms, not recognizable in the current international use. SMI, DTS, OPEP, OTAN, OCDE... (Those should have been spared from localization. If born in English, so they should be preserved; in French, the rest should adapt to that - at least in the acronym.)
• nikivi 4y ago
  I do here: https://wiki.nikiv.dev/research/blogs#favorite-blogs https://wiki.nikiv.dev/research/blogs#favorite-blogs As RSS here: https://gist.github.com/nikitavoloboev/63b5d2418122fcd6949d854dc5080689 https://gist.github.com/nikitavoloboev/63b5d2418122fcd6949d8...
  • pluijzer 4y ago
    That is a huge list. In what way do you consume this? I would feel overwhelmed following this many blogs. How much value would you say you get from following this many blogs?
    • xpil 4y ago
      I agree - the list is truly impressive. I ran a quick spot-check and it looks like most of these blogs are of medium to low activity. Having 1000 blogs in your RSS reader with an average of 1 article per month per blog results in reading 3 articles per day on average - not bad.
      • gruturo 4y ago
        That's exactly the point of RSS. Not an alternative channel to read the same one site you anyway refresh 40 times a day, but to keep track of the 200 sites which may only update sporadically
      • ectopod 4y ago
        More like 30 articles per day?
    • bhrgunatha 4y ago
      I think of it as a hybrid summary/index of posts from people/blogs I'm interested in. If there's a post that piques my interest, I'll read the full post - or visit the web page.
  • _the_inflator 4y ago
    How cool! Very inspirational.
• petercooper 4y ago
  Not an individual blog, but if your reader supports creating a folder of feeds from an OPML file and you're happy to then edit it down to the ones that you find useful then https://engblogs.s3.amazonaws.com/engblogs.opml https://engblogs.s3.amazonaws.com/engblogs.opml has around 500 feeds in the software development and devtools space. https://github.com/simevidas/web-dev-feeds/blob/master/feeds.opml https://github.com/simevidas/web-dev-feeds/blob/master/feeds... is another good one more about frontend development that I'm currently trying.
  • superkuh 4y ago
    Yep. OPML is the way. http://superkuh.com/2022-04-27-feedlist.opml http://superkuh.com/2022-04-27-feedlist.opml And this is the same list but with categorized HTML descriptions and RSS links, http://superkuh.com/feeds8.html http://superkuh.com/feeds8.html . "Computing" and "Computing but not spammy" categories apply here.
• gwbas1c 4y ago
  (Joke) I'm kind of surprised that Hacker News readers are into goats! My cousin runs a goat company, and she's not the kind of person who'd read Hacker News. (She rents out her goats to remove problematic vegetation, like poison ivy and invasive vines.) According to Google, "GOAT Blogs" are blogs about goats: https://www.google.com/search?q=GOAT+blog&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS996US996&oq=GOAT+blog&aqs=chrome..69i57j0i22i30l6j69i61.2310j0j7&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8 https://www.google.com/search?q=GOAT+blog&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS99... Suggestion (edited): Edit the post just enough to explain that GOAT stands for "Greatest of all time." For example: Do you maintain a list of RSS links of the GOAT (Greatest of all Time) blogs? If you do can you please share?
  • reaperducer 4y ago
    Back at the beginning of the pandemic, there was a farm that would rent goats to appear on your Zoom meetings. You'd PayPal them something like 20 bucks, and e-mail the meeting code/link and a goat would show up. I always thought that was the GOAT use of goats.
    • dogline 4y ago
      That'd still be a cool service.
  • netsharc 4y ago
    Old fart moment: rolling my eyes when "GOAT" enters the vocabulary of HN users (well at least 1 user, the OP).
    • mdp2021 4y ago
      > Old Rolling your eyes for the term of a kid /J ("Kid" being originally "young goat".)
    • culi 4y ago
      In 1992, Lonnie Ali, Muhammad Ali’s wife, incorporated G.O.A.T. Inc
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• gwbas1c 4y ago
  Central mass goat rental: https://centralmagoatrental.com/ https://centralmagoatrental.com/ https://www.facebook.com/centralmassgoatrental/ https://www.facebook.com/centralmassgoatrental/
  • benou 4y ago
    I could not find any RSS feed on their website though
    • gwbas1c 4y ago
      Does the Facebook page have rss?
  • whoisthemachine 4y ago
    In the spirit of "GOAT", there's a great mini-golf course in Minnesota that has goats on it... http://bigstoneminigolf.com/?ID=OA http://bigstoneminigolf.com/?ID=OA
• blowski 4y ago
  For me, GOATs are not as interesting as "people who are a _bit_ more talented than me, but share the same general set of problems". For example, I'm never going to improve my ability play football by watching Lionel Messi. Better to actually talk with a pretty good local coach.
  • taylodl 4y ago
    This is an excellent point and captures the problem well. You're going to learn more from someone who's a couple steps ahead of you than from a GOAT. That's why local meetups can be so valuable.
    • pluijzer 4y ago
      Okay I am super curious now. What is a GOAT?
      • groffee 4y ago
        Greatest Of All Time.
      • benou 4y ago
        According to Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Goat > The goat or domestic goat (Capra hircus) is a domesticated species of goat-antelope typically kept as livestock. It was domesticated from the wild goat (C. aegagrus) of Southwest Asia and Eastern Europe. The goat is a member of the animal family Bovidae and the tribe Caprini, meaning it is closely related to the sheep.
      • blowski 4y ago
        Rockstars, wizards, ninjas, 10x people, etc. It’s how cool people describe someone who’s a celebrity in their niche because they’re exceptionally good at what they do.
        • ARandomerDude 4y ago
          s/cool people/20 year olds/
• danesparza 4y ago
  Programming: Github Engineering: https://github.blog/ https://github.blog/ Mitchell Hashimoto: https://mitchellh.com/writing https://mitchellh.com/writing Tech: Ars Techhnica: https://arstechnica.com/ https://arstechnica.com/ TechCrunch: https://techcrunch.com/ https://techcrunch.com/ Finance: Warren Buffet's letters to shareholders: https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html
• ftk_ 4y ago
  Little known but you can "subscribe" to YouTube channels without Google account by using RSS https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=${channelid} https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=${channe...
  • bhrgunatha 4y ago
    In fact there are 3 RSS feed types User : https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=<XXX> https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=<XXX> Channel : https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=<XXX> https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=<XXX> Playlist : https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=<XXX> https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?playlist_id=<XXX>
    • rakshithbellare 4y ago
      thanks, but the feeds are not updated, it looks like? for example https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=mkbhd https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?user=mkbhd lists some old videos!
      • progbits 4y ago
        Confusingly, mkbhd the user and channel are different: https://www.youtube.com/user/mkbHD https://www.youtube.com/user/mkbHD https://www.youtube.com/c/mkbhd https://www.youtube.com/c/mkbhd For some reason though using channel_id=mkbhd doesn't work. This is a working link: https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id=UCBJycsm... It is embedded on the channel page as <link> element, your RSS reader should accept the web page link and figure it out.
        • mdp2021 4y ago
          Yes, it is best if you use the "unique ID", available in the source HTM in case the URL contains a "human readable" version.
• haskell_melody 4y ago
  The best way I've found of discovering new blogs is Thinking About Things (https://www.thinking-about-things.com https://www.thinking-about-things.com). I was introduced to it recently and it's introduced me to great new blogs. I like it because it sends one article per email, so it's a slow drop that lets me evaluate each independently, instead of being one giant overwhelming list.
• karaterobot 4y ago
  This question has been asked before (if you search for `Ask HN blogs` you get a list of previous threads). This is not meant as a criticism, just sharing a bunch more resources for you.
  • rakshithbellare 4y ago
    thanks!
• mdp2021 4y ago
  For AI, try The Gradient - https://thegradient.pub/rss/ https://thegradient.pub/rss/
• rakshithbellare 4y ago
  GOAT = Greatest Of All Time
• tantalor 4y ago
  Goat blogs are actually called "glogs" Goat + Blog = Glog https://www.glennartfarm.com/goat-plus-blog-equals-glog https://www.glennartfarm.com/goat-plus-blog-equals-glog
• morsch 4y ago
  I installed an RSS reader on my phone a couple of weeks ago, and I've been pleasantly surprised. All my sites have feeds, and I've replaced compulsively reloading half a dozen websites with occasionally opening a reader app. And having a common interface is nice. I wonder why I stopped using a reader, a decade or so ago.
  • maneesh 4y ago
    Probably because they killed Google Reader
• gits1225 4y ago
  You should start here: https://blogsurf.io/rankings https://blogsurf.io/rankings
• splitbrain 4y ago
  Shameless plug: https://indieblog.page https://indieblog.page allows you to discover new blogs through the power of randomness. (previously on discussed on hackernews)
• abhinavk 4y ago
  I have them in my Firefox > Other Bookmarks. I just star them and forget.
• anthk 4y ago
  sfeed + sfeed_curses. Major news, a science podcast, slashdot and something else.
• darekkay 4y ago
  Here's my list: https://darekkay.com/personal-blogs/ https://darekkay.com/personal-blogs/
• __marvin_the__ 4y ago
  Chris Webb's BI blog (https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/feed/ https://blog.crossjoin.co.uk/feed/). Facebook Engineering and LinkedIn Engineering also support RSS.
• __rito__ 4y ago
  Here's my OPML dump [0], if you care. [0]: https://pastebin.com/NzZUT7aC https://pastebin.com/NzZUT7aC
• mindwork 4y ago
  I'm using Feedly. Checking it once a couple of weeks and happy about my flow. Here are the blogs that I follow: - https://jvns.ca/atom.xml https://jvns.ca/atom.xml - http://rachelbythebay.com/w/atom.xml http://rachelbythebay.com/w/atom.xml - https://blog.kowalczyk.info/atom.xml https://blog.kowalczyk.info/atom.xml - https://ashfurrow.com/feed.xml https://ashfurrow.com/feed.xml - https://sneak.berlin/feed.xml https://sneak.berlin/feed.xml - https://sookocheff.com/index.xml https://sookocheff.com/index.xml - https://www.hanselman.com/blog/feed/rss https://www.hanselman.com/blog/feed/rss - https://zachholman.com/atom.xml https://zachholman.com/atom.xml - https://www.wezm.net/v2/rss.xml https://www.wezm.net/v2/rss.xml - https://alexdanco.com/feed/ https://alexdanco.com/feed/ - https://tyler.io/feed/ https://tyler.io/feed/ - https://tylertringas.com/feed/ https://tylertringas.com/feed/
• unclet 4y ago
  I am actually using my own designed feed reader WebFeed, which only runs on browser, and depends no cloud side service. https://taoshu.in/webfeed/turn-browser-into-feed-reader.html https://taoshu.in/webfeed/turn-browser-into-feed-reader.html