Working on the RSS Cloud WordPress Plugin
I've been continuing to work on the modern testing infrastructure so I can make sure the RSS Cloud plugin for WordPress is up to date. The maintainer rightfully wants to keep it as simple as possible, so I want to respect his wishes. The default settings…
Defending the Open Web Is Not Enough
This article really gave me food for thought about what's required to support the open web. 77% of news publishers now focus on subscriptions. Independent journalists are fleeing to Substack. Podcasters signed 9-figure Spotify exclusives. Not because they…
Learning Modern WordPress Plugin Development
I've been out of the WordPress plugin game for a while now. I closed my Nofollow Links plugin back in 2021 and haven't kept up since then. However, now I'm running WordPress again and looking to get back up to speed. Since I built and maintain the…
It gives me hope in these dark times to know that Taco is still putting out new music.
A new study from MIT and Columbia found something pretty shocking.
Readers actually prefer content written by AI, as long as they don't know it's AI.
In the study, people read articles and rated them on how clear, helpful, and engaging they were (though notably not "entertaining").
AI-generated-
As a liberal who frequently disagreed with Charlie Kirk I always enjoyed his videos. I appreciated his skill and patience in debating people who did not show up with the same good faith he did. This is a major loss for all of America.
Only 90s Web Developers Remember This.
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"It's so much harder finding good marketing channels for SaaS companies today than it was."
In 2024, the main theme of my newsletter will be running real-world marketing experiments and sharing the results with subscribers.
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This is a test post experimenting with the api.
Say hi & make sure to follow @davew.bsky.social who gave us podcasting, RSS early on and a host of other things in his career. Also read scripting.com for great insights into everything & great recipe for potato lakes. I have learned so much from over the years since I received davenet on apple link
Okay it does look jarringly like Twitter.
Here's a picture from my blog.
I like that there was a hat/tip to RSS on their home page.
Does this mean that they will support RSS in both directions?
If so, let's work on getting that just right.
