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I just Fever (http://www.feedafever.com/ http://www.feedafever.com/). You host it yourself, and it does the job perfectly.

by kmfrk 14y ago

initself 14y ago
PHP and MySQL, yuck!
- throwaway420 14y ago
  Is the software any less useful because it's not created in a trendy language? One of the advantages that PHP has is that virtually any cheap web-host in the world can run it. It's not a bad choice to sell a self-hosted product in PHP because of this advantage. I'm not a huge fan of PHP for many types of projects, but I don't see how it benefits anybody to reflexively hate on something just because of a technology choice.
  - wpietri 14y ago
    PHP was such a security nightmare for so long that I am very reluctant to enable it on any box I actually care about. (It could well be better. It's been a long time since I was sysadmining many boxes.) So for a project I have to do the hosting on, language choice still matters to me.
    - hadem 14y ago
      And you're a huge fan of Ruby on Rails right...?
      - kristopolous 14y ago
        And he's also part of the Long Now Foundation and did volunteer coding for MediaWiki (Don't know the guy, just googled around). No need to be mean to a nice guy. :-\
      - gmac 14y ago
        Whatever else he's running, adding PHP to it increases the risk.
        maratd 14y ago
        That's true of any piece of software you add.
      - wpietri 14y ago
        I've worked in RoR, but calling me a huge fan would be a stretch. I have a number of substantial issues with it. Maybe it's just what I've happened to see, but my impression is th I certainly had to do a lot more upgradingat the PHP platform security issues were more frequent and more substantial than RoR has been. I certainly had to do a lot more upgrading. Maybe it's different these days. But the major difference I've seen up close is that RoR makes it much easier for average programmers to be productive while still coding securely. If I'm going to be running J. Random Hacker's code on a personal server, I'm going to worry less with Rails. All that said, I'd also be reluctant to install a Rails app. Just less reluctant than PHP.
        wpietri 14y ago
        Oops. Sorry for the word salad in paragraph 2. Caught once again by the middle mouse button.
- krapp 14y ago
  If it works, it works.
- pwenzel 14y ago
  It works reliably on simple shared host. The developer rolls out automatic updates as well. PHP is a perfectly fine solution for this purpose.
- pinchyfingers 14y ago
  We're here to make $$$, not to be trendy. There's plenty of good reasons to use PHP, especially if commercial viability is a primary goal.
- dan15 14y ago
  PHP and MySQL aren't that bad (and support for them is pretty much guaranteed on every web host). However, the fact that it supports PHP 4.2 and MySQL 3.23 makes me wonder how old the code base is! Makes me think it's using so many obsolete PHP methods, the deprecated MySQL extension, and is all procedural code (which almost always seems to be spaghetti code with PHP).
  - Mahn 14y ago
    So what if it works, it's not like you are going to have to scale it to millions of users. Just make sure it's firewalled and you're good to go.
karsonenns 14y ago
Is this any good? Do you have the ability to customize it yourself?
- deleted 14y ago
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- kmfrk 14y ago
  I don't know what you mean by customize, but the extent of customization only extends to grouping feeds in folders and choosing how and in which order to display them. So I wouldn't call it customizable.
pwenzel 14y ago
Agreed. I moved to Fever ages ago, never looked back. Works great on my iPhone too. Combined with Instapaper, I have feel like I have achieved the perfect reading workflow.
- fendmark 14y ago
  I also vouch for Fever. Someone on HN recommended Fever to me when Bloglines initially bit the dust a couple years ago and it meets every need I've wanted from an RSS reader and more. The genius of it's design is that Fever gets more useful the more RSS feeds you subscribe to, which initially seems counter-intuitive, but is brilliant.
dfgonzalez 14y ago
Bought it a few years ago... and I wouldn't recommend it. It was created in a pre-iPad/iPhone era and it's not comfortable to use from anywhere else than a PC.
- philwebster 14y ago
  I haven't used Fever personally, but I do know the popular Reeder RSS client for Mac and iOS has Fever support.
  - frossie 14y ago
    The problem is that reading their website it seems like it does not support multiple users? If I am going to self-host, I'd rather do it in a way that can support my family and friends.
  - getdavidhiggins 14y ago
    (Currently) only the iPhone version of Reeder supports Fever. The iPad version does not. In version 2.0 the dev team might add support for Fever.
- kmfrk 14y ago
  That's true, but you'll have to recommend something as an alternative instead, since there is only a finite amount of RSS services; I say that as an RSS power user. Beggars can't be choosers. :)
kbenson 14y ago
Quicktime required for the demo video? Seriously? Sorry, I don't have quicktime installed on this computer, and the days of me installing local applications/plugins to watch video online are over.

I just Fever (http://www.feedafever.com/ http://www.feedafever.com/). You host it yourself, and it does the job perfectly.

by kmfrk 14y ago

I just Fever (http://www.feedafever.com/ http://www.feedafever.com/). You host it yourself, and it does the job perfectly.

initself 14y ago

PHP and MySQL, yuck!

throwaway420 14y ago
Is the software any less useful because it's not created in a trendy language? One of the advantages that PHP has is that virtually any cheap web-host in the world can run it. It's not a bad choice to sell a self-hosted product in PHP because of this advantage. I'm not a huge fan of PHP for many types of projects, but I don't see how it benefits anybody to reflexively hate on something just because of a technology choice.
- wpietri 14y ago
  PHP was such a security nightmare for so long that I am very reluctant to enable it on any box I actually care about. (It could well be better. It's been a long time since I was sysadmining many boxes.) So for a project I have to do the hosting on, language choice still matters to me.
  - hadem 14y ago
    And you're a huge fan of Ruby on Rails right...?
    - kristopolous 14y ago
      And he's also part of the Long Now Foundation and did volunteer coding for MediaWiki (Don't know the guy, just googled around). No need to be mean to a nice guy. :-\
    - gmac 14y ago
      Whatever else he's running, adding PHP to it increases the risk.
      - maratd 14y ago
        That's true of any piece of software you add.
    - wpietri 14y ago
      I've worked in RoR, but calling me a huge fan would be a stretch. I have a number of substantial issues with it. Maybe it's just what I've happened to see, but my impression is th I certainly had to do a lot more upgradingat the PHP platform security issues were more frequent and more substantial than RoR has been. I certainly had to do a lot more upgrading. Maybe it's different these days. But the major difference I've seen up close is that RoR makes it much easier for average programmers to be productive while still coding securely. If I'm going to be running J. Random Hacker's code on a personal server, I'm going to worry less with Rails. All that said, I'd also be reluctant to install a Rails app. Just less reluctant than PHP.
      - wpietri 14y ago
        Oops. Sorry for the word salad in paragraph 2. Caught once again by the middle mouse button.
krapp 14y ago
If it works, it works.
pwenzel 14y ago
It works reliably on simple shared host. The developer rolls out automatic updates as well. PHP is a perfectly fine solution for this purpose.
pinchyfingers 14y ago
We're here to make $$$, not to be trendy. There's plenty of good reasons to use PHP, especially if commercial viability is a primary goal.
dan15 14y ago
PHP and MySQL aren't that bad (and support for them is pretty much guaranteed on every web host). However, the fact that it supports PHP 4.2 and MySQL 3.23 makes me wonder how old the code base is! Makes me think it's using so many obsolete PHP methods, the deprecated MySQL extension, and is all procedural code (which almost always seems to be spaghetti code with PHP).
- Mahn 14y ago
  So what if it works, it's not like you are going to have to scale it to millions of users. Just make sure it's firewalled and you're good to go.

karsonenns 14y ago

Is this any good? Do you have the ability to customize it yourself?

deleted 14y ago
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kmfrk 14y ago
I don't know what you mean by customize, but the extent of customization only extends to grouping feeds in folders and choosing how and in which order to display them. So I wouldn't call it customizable.

pwenzel 14y ago

Agreed. I moved to Fever ages ago, never looked back. Works great on my iPhone too. Combined with Instapaper, I have feel like I have achieved the perfect reading workflow.

fendmark 14y ago
I also vouch for Fever. Someone on HN recommended Fever to me when Bloglines initially bit the dust a couple years ago and it meets every need I've wanted from an RSS reader and more. The genius of it's design is that Fever gets more useful the more RSS feeds you subscribe to, which initially seems counter-intuitive, but is brilliant.

dfgonzalez 14y ago

Bought it a few years ago... and I wouldn't recommend it. It was created in a pre-iPad/iPhone era and it's not comfortable to use from anywhere else than a PC.

philwebster 14y ago
I haven't used Fever personally, but I do know the popular Reeder RSS client for Mac and iOS has Fever support.
- frossie 14y ago
  The problem is that reading their website it seems like it does not support multiple users? If I am going to self-host, I'd rather do it in a way that can support my family and friends.
- getdavidhiggins 14y ago
  (Currently) only the iPhone version of Reeder supports Fever. The iPad version does not. In version 2.0 the dev team might add support for Fever.
kmfrk 14y ago
That's true, but you'll have to recommend something as an alternative instead, since there is only a finite amount of RSS services; I say that as an RSS power user. Beggars can't be choosers. :)

kbenson 14y ago

Quicktime required for the demo video? Seriously? Sorry, I don't have quicktime installed on this computer, and the days of me installing local applications/plugins to watch video online are over.