invite them to come here and join the conversation.

i'm sure they'll want to do some part of this.

we're on the web, we should get to know each other and work together. ;-)

I'm also exploring Buttondown, a newsletter mailing list software, which uses Markdown as its native format for composing emails, as part of my job managing a WordPress site for a non-profit. Buttondown can subscribe to any RSS feed and turn the items into a draft email (with the items' content converted from HTML to Markdown) that you can then tweak before sending it out to subscribers. I was able to create a custom RSS feed out of WordPress that has <source:markdown> content for its items, and now I'm trying to convince the Buttondown people to parse that out and have it appear in the draft without modification.

It's in a private repo. It's just a hobby project, to learn more about all the various RSS feeds out there in the wild. I was able to add some of the demo.rss.chat functionality in it in a short period of time--creating and editing posts, creating a websocket firehose. Next up is adding and showing replies.

At least we've started building a new nest on the web outside the silos.

Just make sure they are challenged when they say their silo is the web. ;-)

Is there public info about your feed reader, Elixir? I tried doing a search and think I saw mention of it, or it could have been something else.

Reply test from demo.rss.chat

Reply Test from chatouk

— via @chris, https://chatouk.sofab.ch/p/4rZ4ewlOI4xq

That we have to do any of this is reason to boycott the entire web. It's not useful anymore. It's actively hostile to us. https://pluralistic.net/2026/07/21/dickovers/

I had already started building a feed reader in Elixir in the past month or so. Now I'm adding RSS chat features. Very nice work, Dave. Long live RSS! Long live Markdown!

When you click on New Post it starts a new post.

There is a command that does what you want, in the Menu at the top of the page, Focus on Editor. Probably not a great name, and not something people will know to look for, but now you know to look for it when you accidentally or intentionally click outside the edit box.

Saved does work, if you reload the page while editing, the text will still be there.

Worknotes, updates on new features and fixes in RSS.chat, are now a feed.

8 Track via @thechelsuk https://thechels.uk/8-track +music +sharing +blogging

I like that you made this a playlist. And on Apple Music no less (if only because that's the streaming service I use). An easily overlooked step is to make a playlist out of a list of tracks people recommend.

The SAVED indicator in the composer seems to "lie to me":
type something, see SAVED,
then cancel the overlay — or accidentally click outside it — and click New post again: the text is gone.
Bug, or am I missing something?

we will get around to that, i promise. ;-)

Thank you Dave!

On smartphones, the top bar could be more responsive:

That's what I wanted to point out: "Le voyage rapide à FeedLand s'est bien passé!" is shown twice on the same page.

Day two on rss.chat. What's occuring?

Picking 8 tracks. That’s it. That’s the album. Feel free to share yours.

https://thechels.uk/8-track

Testing with an image

The only other place at this time is the rss.chat repo.

Are technical questions, bug reports, and feature suggestions welcome here, or is there another place for them?

How to maintain a Sell rating on Apple – Asymco
https://asymco.com/2026/07/20/how-to-maintain-a-sell-rating-on-apple/ +apple +AAPL +WallStreet +Analysts

This a reply to my own post, hello!

Hello world!

i totally miss that place. dan dan noodles. we were blessed.

Twenty years ago. How did that happen? Fun.

This makes me want to capture more ephemera from my life, for my own amusement and without any grand plan for what to do with it.