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I am quite surprised and a bit disappointed that almost none of them have RSS. But thank you!

by i_k 10mo ago

petercooper 10mo ago
Not RSS exactly but this OPML has feeds for several hundred such blogs if you can filter down from there: https://peterc.org/misc/engblogs.opml https://peterc.org/misc/engblogs.opml
- phrotoma 10mo ago
  Your website is a work of art. Bravo <3
  - petercooper 10mo ago
    Thanks, I just treat it like my teenage bedroom, a trash heap with the occasional useful thing buried somewhere :-D
- akutlay 9mo ago
  Great list, thank you. The only thing to note is that whenever I imported a large list like this in the past, I always stopped checking my RSS reader after a while because the content wasn't interesting. I think finding RSS/adding it to a reader should happen organically over time.
  - domysee 9mo ago
    This may be because most feed readers don't have a proper way to triage items. Adding a feed doesn't mean you want to read everything from said feed. Usually only a subset of articles are interesting. I built a feed reader with that concept in mind, having a separate triage stage where you only decide if it's worth reading or not. This will make it easier to handle large feed lists and find the best articles from them. https://lighthouseapp.io/ https://lighthouseapp.io/
    - theshrike79 9mo ago
      I just build feed hydrators that get the feeds, filter them and generate a new feed for FreshRSS to consume. For example my HN feed only surfaces articles with enough votes + comments and a few other variables. All high-content feeds also have a maximum number of items, if it goes over they're marked as read.
onion2k 10mo ago
Spotify and Tailscale do... https://engineering.atspotify.com/feed https://engineering.atspotify.com/feed https://tailscale.com/blog/index.xml https://tailscale.com/blog/index.xml
embedding-shape 10mo ago
> I am quite surprised and a bit disappointed that almost none of them have RSS. I think it's on purpose. It is to signal that these (those without RSS) aren't really "engineering" blogs at all, they're marketing websites aimed to help with recruiting and making the organization seem "engineering-like".
- zbentley 10mo ago
  What? That makes no sense. RSS is beloved and known among engineers. Marketers? Not so much.
  - embedding-shape 10mo ago
    Exactly, so if the blog doesn't have RSS, you know they're probably made from marketers with no input from engineering, otherwise they'd have RSS on the blogs. Edit: Ah, noticed I made a without/with typo, fixed that, should make about 2% more sense now for the ones who the original meaning was unclear :)
    - zbentley 10mo ago
      Oh, I read your post backwards (thought you said RSS == more likely fluff). My fault, sorry!
      - embedding-shape 10mo ago
        To be fair to you, my original comment did say: > It is to signal that these (those with RSS) aren't really "engineering" blogs at all So now when I corrected that with/without typo, it looks like your previous comment doesn't make sense, but it kind of did, at the time. Sorry about that and thanks for making me realize the typo!
reallydoubtful 10mo ago
Most of them have feeds. * https://engineering.fb.com/feed https://engineering.fb.com/feed * https://netflixtechblog.com/feed https://netflixtechblog.com/feed * No feed for stripe * https://www.uber.com/en-GB/blog/london/engineering/rss/ https://www.uber.com/en-GB/blog/london/engineering/rss/ * No feed for LinkedIn * https://engineering.atspotify.com/feed https://engineering.atspotify.com/feed * https://tailscale.com/blog/index.xml https://tailscale.com/blog/index.xml * https://careersatdoordash.com/engineering-blog/feed https://careersatdoordash.com/engineering-blog/feed * https://dropbox.tech/feed https://dropbox.tech/feed
- omgitspavel 10mo ago
  there is a feed for stripe: https://stripe.com/blog/feed.rss https://stripe.com/blog/feed.rss
- KomoD 10mo ago
  linkedin feed: https://www.linkedin.com/blog.rss https://www.linkedin.com/blog.rss
spondyl 10mo ago
Some of them redesign their blog layouts every 6 months, abandoning and then eventually rediscovering RSS. It's extremely annoying.
talonx 9mo ago
I remember Firefox used to have this cool feature where you could detect any RSS feeds on the page you have open. Now if I don't see it on a page I check the page source - some blogs don't advertise the feed but it's there.

I am quite surprised and a bit disappointed that almost none of them have RSS. But thank you!

by i_k 10mo ago

I am quite surprised and a bit disappointed that almost none of them have RSS. But thank you!

Not RSS exactly but this OPML has feeds for several hundred such blogs if you can filter down from there: https://peterc.org/misc/engblogs.opml https://peterc.org/misc/engblogs.opml

phrotoma 10mo ago
Your website is a work of art. Bravo <3
- petercooper 10mo ago
  Thanks, I just treat it like my teenage bedroom, a trash heap with the occasional useful thing buried somewhere :-D
akutlay 9mo ago
Great list, thank you. The only thing to note is that whenever I imported a large list like this in the past, I always stopped checking my RSS reader after a while because the content wasn't interesting. I think finding RSS/adding it to a reader should happen organically over time.
- domysee 9mo ago
  This may be because most feed readers don't have a proper way to triage items. Adding a feed doesn't mean you want to read everything from said feed. Usually only a subset of articles are interesting. I built a feed reader with that concept in mind, having a separate triage stage where you only decide if it's worth reading or not. This will make it easier to handle large feed lists and find the best articles from them. https://lighthouseapp.io/ https://lighthouseapp.io/
  - theshrike79 9mo ago
    I just build feed hydrators that get the feeds, filter them and generate a new feed for FreshRSS to consume. For example my HN feed only surfaces articles with enough votes + comments and a few other variables. All high-content feeds also have a maximum number of items, if it goes over they're marked as read.

onion2k 10mo ago

Spotify and Tailscale do... https://engineering.atspotify.com/feed https://engineering.atspotify.com/feed https://tailscale.com/blog/index.xml https://tailscale.com/blog/index.xml

embedding-shape 10mo ago

> I am quite surprised and a bit disappointed that almost none of them have RSS. I think it's on purpose. It is to signal that these (those without RSS) aren't really "engineering" blogs at all, they're marketing websites aimed to help with recruiting and making the organization seem "engineering-like".

zbentley 10mo ago
What? That makes no sense. RSS is beloved and known among engineers. Marketers? Not so much.
- embedding-shape 10mo ago
  Exactly, so if the blog doesn't have RSS, you know they're probably made from marketers with no input from engineering, otherwise they'd have RSS on the blogs. Edit: Ah, noticed I made a without/with typo, fixed that, should make about 2% more sense now for the ones who the original meaning was unclear :)
  - zbentley 10mo ago
    Oh, I read your post backwards (thought you said RSS == more likely fluff). My fault, sorry!
    - embedding-shape 10mo ago
      To be fair to you, my original comment did say: > It is to signal that these (those with RSS) aren't really "engineering" blogs at all So now when I corrected that with/without typo, it looks like your previous comment doesn't make sense, but it kind of did, at the time. Sorry about that and thanks for making me realize the typo!

reallydoubtful 10mo ago

Most of them have feeds. * https://engineering.fb.com/feed https://engineering.fb.com/feed * https://netflixtechblog.com/feed https://netflixtechblog.com/feed * No feed for stripe * https://www.uber.com/en-GB/blog/london/engineering/rss/ https://www.uber.com/en-GB/blog/london/engineering/rss/ * No feed for LinkedIn * https://engineering.atspotify.com/feed https://engineering.atspotify.com/feed * https://tailscale.com/blog/index.xml https://tailscale.com/blog/index.xml * https://careersatdoordash.com/engineering-blog/feed https://careersatdoordash.com/engineering-blog/feed * https://dropbox.tech/feed https://dropbox.tech/feed

omgitspavel 10mo ago
there is a feed for stripe: https://stripe.com/blog/feed.rss https://stripe.com/blog/feed.rss
KomoD 10mo ago
linkedin feed: https://www.linkedin.com/blog.rss https://www.linkedin.com/blog.rss

spondyl 10mo ago

Some of them redesign their blog layouts every 6 months, abandoning and then eventually rediscovering RSS. It's extremely annoying.

talonx 9mo ago

I remember Firefox used to have this cool feature where you could detect any RSS feeds on the page you have open. Now if I don't see it on a page I check the page source - some blogs don't advertise the feed but it's there.