[Ruby] Feedtools Alternative?

[John Wulff]

> Like, the one that Dave Thomas wrote about way back when? You're in
> Washington?!? COOL!

Same Near-Time, different product.  Dave Thomas was talking about Flow, a
now defunct Cocoa app.  Near-Time.net is the new app along the same vein,
this time web based.  I'm just a Jr. Developer (tasked with things like
improving feed performance).  I live in the U-District and, when not working
for Near-Time, I am an Informatics major at the UW.  I look forward to
attending future meetings.

> That said, feedtools is horrible. Really really big. Really really
> slow. And I don't know of an alternative unfortunately. ...

Looks like another Ryan also heard my cal:
http://www.ryandaigle.com/articles/2006/09/14/whats-new-in-edge-rails-get-your-rss-atom-feeds-for-free

I'll play around with this and see how it stacks up.

On 9/14/06, Ryan Davis <ryand-ruby at zenspider.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sep 14, 2006, at 12:10 AM, John Wulff wrote:
>
> > I'm noticing some slowdowns from Feedtools as some of our (Near-
> > Time.net)
> > feeds are getting more and more traffic.  What do you all use to
> > generate
> > your feeds?
>
> THE near-time???
>
> Like, the one that Dave Thomas wrote about way back when? You're in
> Washington?!? COOL!
>
> That said, feedtools is horrible. Really really big. Really really
> slow. And I don't know of an alternative unfortunately. I looked into
> profiling it and pulling it apart (it does nasty things to urls over
> and over and over) but it was too tangled for my little brain.
>
> Any chance of you coming to a meeting anytime?
>
>
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