RSS feeds for Reddit, GitHub, YouTube, etc.

RSS feeds for various places, e.g., Reddit, GitHub, YouTube, do exist, but they are hard to discover.

One way to use them is in Thunderbird’s RSS reader. Though it is very unintuitive to use.

Reddit

The RSS feed URL for a subreddit can be constructed by adding “.rss” at the end of the subreddit URL.

Example: For the Keychron subreddit, r/Keychron, it is:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Keychron/.rss

Yes, there is a slash before “.rss”. I don’t know if the slash could be left out, but it positively works with it included.

GitHub

Commits in a particular Git branch

The RSS feed URL for the branch can be constructed by adding “.atom” at the end of the commits page’s URL.

For example, for the commits in Git branch “wireless_playground“ in Keychron’s fork of QMK:

https://github.com/Keychron/qmk_firmware/commits/wireless_playground.atom

Git branches in a particular Git repository

For example, the Git branches in Keychron’s fork of QMK: That appears not to be possible for discovering new Git branches that are added. It requires checking this page for changes. Or something more elaborate, e.g., using Git from the command line in an automated fashion to produce a (public) RSS feed. For simple web hosting, the necessary information could be pushed to it by using SSH-based file transfer.

For existing Git branches, the RSS feeds for them can be consolidated into a single place, by using a single “inbox” in Thunderbird.

Thunderbird RSS reader tips

TBD