Scripting News: Sunday, November 19, 2023
Sunday, November 19, 2023 Found and fixed an error in the implementation of FeedLand's new reading lists feature. # One of the fundamental laws of programming. A problem that seems insurmountable often succumbs to a good night's sleep. # Brilliant post about RSS from Colin Walker. I agree with all of it. When a protocol or format is much more complicated that it needs to be, there's usually a reason, the proponents want to say they're compatible and open without having actual interop . # BTW, I read in a news article the other day that I developed iPodder, the first podcasting client in 2004. This is not true. The first podcasting client was Radio UserLand in 2001. I did not write iPodder , it was a community effort. # I admire Jeff Jarvis for his spunk , and on matters of journalism it's amazing how often I fully and enthusiastically agree with his point of view. But I have to just as strongly disagree with him about OpenAI, the company ...