Why I love RSS

December 11, 2025 • 2 min read

I used to subscribe to a bunch of blogs and Substacks — mostly engineering-focused newsletters. But I never read them. They piled up in my inbox when I wasn’t “in the mood.” I thought maybe if I forwarded them to my work email, I’d catch up during slow moments at work. That didn’t work either — too much else going on.

Inbox = never the right place for reading.

Then I came across Herman’s post on email digital hygiene. So I tried something else: I installed the iOS app Inoreader and moved all my subscriptions there. For a few newsletters that don’t support RSS I used Kill the Newsletter to convert them.

Now — whenever I feel like reading, I open Inoreader. My email stays for actual tasks. And I actually enjoy what I read.

This small change turned information from being pushed to me into something I pull when I’m ready. Learning became enjoyable again.

So basically I added a RSS feed to this blog.


WDYT about this post? I read you here:

Get notified of new blog posts?

RSS FeedGet an Email

RSS is the correct choice, btw.