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Hi!, I’m Andrew Shell a Senior Web Engineer from Madison, WI.
I’m a software developer, writer, and community builder passionate about open-source technology and collaboration.
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Recent Posts
Enhancing FreshRSS with rssCloud Support
I've been using FreshRSS for a while as a backend for NetNewsWire and decided to finally create an extension to add rssCloud support. This not only does what you'd expect: subscribe to feeds that support rssCloud <cloud> elements. But it also supports subscribing via...
I ♥ RSS
Today, I launched I ♥ RSS, a directory for people who love RSS. I've already added the badge to my footer and submitted my site to the directory. It also shows a nice live blogroll on the homepage (powered by FeedLand). If you love RSS as much as I do, take a look and add your...
rssCloud Server 4.0 Now Supports WebSub Notifications
Over the weekend, I released rssCloud Server 4.0 and wanted to discuss how I added WebSub support to the server. WebSub is an alternative protocol that has the same purpose as rssCloud: to notify subscribers of real-time updates. Back in 2020, Dave Jones had suggested I...
Announcing the rssCloud Server 4.0 Release
Last night, I finally released the 4.0 rewrite of the rssCloud Server. I'm very paranoid about breakage, so technically there was a version 3.0 that came out in May, but it was a necessary step to shore up the old codebase before the big rewrite. The big changes have been...