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I'm a GReader refugee that migrated to TT-RSS, and then FreshRSS. But somewhere in there, I wrote my own version of this same idea: pulling RSS feeds server s
by rpdillon 1y ago
I'm a GReader refugee that migrated to TT-RSS, and then FreshRSS. But somewhere in there, I wrote my own version of this same idea: pulling RSS feeds server side via cron every several hours and rendering a rollup. Never put the code online, but here's a paste of it if anyone is interested. I called it "Cooler" since it was designed to surface good water cooler chat topics. It's just a single Python script with a couple of dependencies.
https://textbin.net/kdhkz0nnyx https://textbin.net/kdhkz0nnyx
It tracks no state, but does color by source, and fades with age so you get a good feel of what site the post came from and how long ago. I had an idea to version control the static HTML after it was generated, so you could rewind time and see what the top stories were, but haven't gotten around to it.
If anyone cares, I'll host the full repo and share.