Scripting News: Sunday, July 19, 2026

Sunday, July 19, 2026

Today we have our first example app for WordPress. We started with an app I wrote that keeps scripting.com in sync with daveverse.org, a WordPress site. I have the app running in a tab on my desktop, you don't need a server for this. We use WordLand to bridge us, but if you have good WordPress code that uses their API, you won't need that. This is also a firehose app, it doesn't read the feed, it lets rss.chat tell us, over a websocket when something new has been posted or updated. We need to break through in Inbound RSS. If every social site supported it, that would be the end of lock-in in the social web. Great place for WordPress to lead. #

Way back in March as I was starting to work with Claude Code, I think -- we put together a pretty nice outliner that is remarkably feature-rich. I barely remember doing this. It's what got me moving in this direction, and next month we started doing what became rss.chat. #

I wonder if it makes sense to try to implement standard.site in the context of rss.chat?#

Just finished The Expanse for the third time. Realized that the inners of today are Silicon Valley and the Belters, that’s the web.#

Linkblog items for the day

Idaho pushed anti-trans laws for years. Then a teen died. nbcnews.com

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