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Thoughts on RSS, product design, privacy, and creating useful software.
A retrospective on adding AI to Newsbin 2.0 — and why I took Apple's approach: on-device, optional, and quiet enough that the best of it is the part you never notice.
Read post →Newsbin 2.0 adds For You, Breaking News, Top Stories, summaries, and Smart Tags, all powered by AI that runs on your device or your own key. Private by default, entirely optional, and arriving July 25, 2026.
Read post →A year in, I've learned the uncomfortable truth every indie developer eventually meets: building a good app is the easy half. Getting anyone to find it is the real work.
Read post →I rebuilt xetabit.com from scratch: a faster, cleaner, theme-aware site built with Astro. Here's what went into it and why.
Read post →Switching RSS readers is a 60-second job, and your feeds come with you. Here is how to export your subscriptions as OPML and import them into Newsbin: no lock-in, nothing left behind.
Read post →Most RSS readers stop at iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Here is what good glanceable RSS looks like on Apple Watch and Vision Pro, and the few apps that actually go there.
Read post →An honest comparison of Newsbin and NetNewsWire, two native Apple RSS readers. Platforms, sync, privacy, price, and which one fits you.
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