Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 30/09/2026Reddit to Stop Providing RSS feeds: ranchero.com/2026/09/30/reddit-to-s… 000
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 22/09/2026That About Wraps It Up for Stock Mac UI: inessential.com/2026/09/22/that-abo… 5113
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 21/09/2026Now that we’re a year (and two OSes) into Liquid Glass, I’m curious about how Mac apps have adapted to it. What are some of the current best-looking and best-designed apps on macOS 27? 010
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 08/09/2026The open source xsukax X RSS Generator is a “lightweight, self-hosted RSS 2.0 feed generator for public X (formerly Twitter) profiles, built entirely as a single PHP application with SQLite caching.” 001
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 04/09/2026Fread is an open source “decentralized microblogging client that seamlessly integrates Mastodon, Bluesky, and RSS” for Android. 010
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 02/09/2026Reminder: Apple is not your friend, even with a new CEO. Apple will continue to do some good things and some very bad things. Any feelings of love you have toward Apple is not reciprocated: Apple has no feelings. It’s a mult... micro.inessential.com/2026/09/02/re… 111
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 02/09/2026In Using Cloudflare on your website could be blocking RSS users, the Open RSS folks explain how CloudFlare’s bot blockers stop RSS readers from reading feeds. (This article is a couple years old, but I saw it again on Mastodon today and it’s still relevant.) 020
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 02/09/2026Sander van Dragt’s DailyFeed is an RSS reader that brings you the news once a day. Sander explains: "A reader that updates all day is never done with you. There is always one more item, so you check again, and again, and the rea... ranchero.com/2026/09/02/sander-van-… 000
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 31/08/2026Matt Birchler’s new browser-based RSS reader Birchfeed works with NetNewsWire, Unread, Reader Classic, and other native apps. Matt writes: "The place I feel most RSS apps fall down is in the web reader experience. Sure, you can read... ranchero.com/2026/08/31/matt-birchl… 010
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 29/08/2026Brett Terpstra’s new Marked Share is a "free online publishing service designed to give your Markdown a beautiful, permanent home on the web. And while it integrates seamlessly into Marked 3, it also works completely standalone in any browser. 010
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 28/08/2026Feedecho, inspired by EchoFeed (which is shutting down), is an open source self-hosted cross-poster — you can route items from feeds to “Mastodon, Bluesky, micro.blog, and email using configurable templates.” There’s a hosted version at feedecho.net. 020
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 26/08/2026Yesterday I thought it might be fun to get more into neovim — I’d downloaded and tried it a bit previously, and it seemed interesting. Anyway, I went to its home page to see if I could learn something useful there, and I saw a DHH quote. Nope. The DHH rule says nope. brew uninstall neovim 6142
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 26/08/2026After Fixin’ the Bugs: inessential.com/2026/08/26/after-fi… 010
Reposted by Brent SimmonsJoseph Heck @heckj.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Very happy to have the combined docs site public and building with a pipeline of PR to publication. if you’re interested in the details and where it’s going, swing by the Swift Forums: forums.swift.org/t/swifts-new...forums.swift.orgSwift's New Documentation SiteThe Swift project has new hosted documentation, now live. The tl;dr: latest release (canonical) docs (built from release/6.4.x branch): https://docs.swift.org/latest/documentation/ main branch docs... 084
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 25/08/2026Mt. Rainier and cool cloud as seen from the air this past July. 030
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 25/08/2026On my blog — Tech Choices: inessential.com/2026/08/24/t...inessential.cominessential: Tech Choices 051
Reposted by Brent SimmonsXcoders @xcoders.bsky.social · 08/07/2026Xcoders Social July 16: xcoders.org/2026/07/08/xcoders-soci… 101
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 11/03/2026Jeff Johnson writes, in If computers are the future, why are computer users expected to be permanently illiterate?: "The iPhone seems to have engendered a culture of anti-intellectualism and learned helplessness so pervasive that users ha... ranchero.com/2026/03/11/learned-hel… 010
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 09/03/2026From open web champion Manton Reece comes a new RSS reader Inkwell: "Inkwell is built around three main tabs: Today, Recent, and Fading. Today is for the latest blog posts. Recent is for posts yesterday or the day before. And Fading is ... ranchero.com/2026/03/09/inkwell-new… 011
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 04/03/2026Different corner radiuses: ranchero.com/2026/03/04/different-c… 010
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 03/03/2026I Tried to Explain What I Do: inessential.com/2026/03/03/i-tried-… 000
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 03/03/2026Gazette: newsletter to RSS: ranchero.com/2026/03/03/gazette-new… 000
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 02/03/2026Seattle Xcoders Talks This Week Considered Unmissable: inessential.com/2026/03/02/seattle-… 000
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 26/02/2026Beagle Bros love: ranchero.com/2026/02/26/beagle-bros… 000
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 20/02/2026Unread remains cool: ranchero.com/2026/02/20/unread-rema… 110
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 19/02/2026Stress-free RSS reader FeedCity debuted last year: ranchero.com/2026/02/19/stress-free… 010
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 18/02/2026New RSS reader Today: ranchero.com/2026/02/18/new-rss-rea… 021
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 18/02/2026New RSS reader Current: ranchero.com/2026/02/17/new-rss-rea… 041
Reposted by Brent SimmonsStuart Breckenridge @stuartbreckenridge.net · 07/02/2026Many hours of coding later: stuartbreckenridge.net/netnewswire-... #NetNewsWirestuartbreckenridge.netNetNewsWire 7 for iOS Out NowThe first major overhaul of NetNewsWire's iOS UI. 171
Reposted by Brent SimmonsNetNewsWire @netnewswire.com · 27/01/2026NetNewsWire 7 for Mac is shipping! netnewswire.blog/2026/01/27/n...netnewswire.blog NetNewsWire - NetNewsWire 7 for Mac NetNewsWire 7.0 for Mac is now shipping! The big change from 6.2.1 is that it adopts the Liquid Glass UI and it requires macOS 26. (Note to people who aren’t on macOS 26: we fixed a lot of bugs in 6.2... 1295
Reposted by Brent SimmonsXcoders @xcoders.bsky.social · 30/10/2025Special Fifth Thursday at Waterwheel Tonight: xcoders.org/2025/10/30/special-fift… 011
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 04/10/2025On my blog — Why NetNewsWire Is Not a Web App: inessential.com/2025/10/04/w... “I still bristle, after all these years (now more than ever), at having to publish NetNewsWire for iOS through the App Store.”inessential.cominessential: Why NetNewsWire Is Not a Web App 2111
Reposted by Brent SimmonsXcoders @xcoders.bsky.social · 17/09/2025No Longer on Meetup: xcoders.org/2025/09/17/no-longer-on… 011
Reposted by Brent SimmonsXcoders @xcoders.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Just posted: Last Summer Social Meeting: xcoders.org/2025/09/17/l...xcoders.orgLast Summer Social Meeting 011
Reposted by Brent SimmonsJake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Happy 79th birthday to musician and composer Ralf Hütter - best known as the lead singer, keyboardist and founding member of Kraftwerk. 4344
Reposted by Brent SimmonsJake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 09/08/2025Tonight on Twitch I’m hosting “The Best of 1991” shoegaze, dream pop, electronic, hip hop, trip hop, industrial, grunge, college rock, indie, etc ... the assortment was and will be vast. Live (and free of charge) starting at 8pm central here: twitch.tv/djjakerudh 14611
Reposted by Brent SimmonsManton Reece @manton.org · 20/06/2025New single-page site from Brent Simmons: No Learnings. 172
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 06/06/2025Retirement day! inessential.com/2025/06/06/r...inessential.cominessential: Retirement Day 4201
Reposted by Brent SimmonsJake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 31/05/2025Tonight I’m presenting “The Best of 1985.” With releases by New Order, Kate Bush, INXS, Tears For Fears, REM, The Cure, The Smiths, The Cult, Replacements & The Jesus & Mary Chain alone, there will be no lack of stellar content! Live at 8pm central here: twitch.tv/djjakerudh 6498
Reposted by Brent SimmonsJake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 24/05/2025Starting at 8pm central tonight, I’m hosting ‘The Best of 1984’ in sound & vision via my Twitch channel at twitch.tv/djjakerudh. 5+ hours of Depeche Mode, The Cure, Bunnymen, REM, Replacements, Psychedelic Furs, Cocteau Twins, New Order, Talk Talk, Smiths, Siouxsie & more. 05212
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 23/05/2025My Wildly Incorrect Bias About Corporate Engineers: inessential.com/2025/05/23/l...inessential.cominessential: My Wildly Incorrect Bias About Corporate Engineers 231
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 23/05/2025I’ll have lots more time for NetNewsWire (and perhaps other apps)! 040
Reposted by Brent SimmonsMatt Massicotte @massicotte.org · 23/05/2025Things are getting worse. Apple developer community has a responsibility to respond and WWDC is our opportunity. www.massicotte.org/resolvemassicotte.orgResolveA little while ago I got worked up and I wrote a thing. It received more attention than I expected and I want to thank everyone out there for the words of encouragement and support. You all give me tr... 2274
Reposted by Brent SimmonsRosyna Keller @rosyna.bsky.social · 19/05/2025It’s come to me desperately asking for help via a GoFundMe. I have no money for health insurance, rent, or medication. I’m screwed as of June 1st without help. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. gofund.me/5dfd5a7bgofund.meDonate to Support Rosyna's Journey to Stability, organized by Rosyna KellerHello, my name is Rosyna Keller. Then end of May is coming up and I have absolutel… Rosyna Keller needs your support for Support Rosyna's Journey to Stability 012
Reposted by Brent SimmonsJake Rudh @jakerudh.bsky.social · 13/04/2025Going live now via my Twitch channel at twitch.tv/djjakerudh presenting ‘The Best of 1982’ and the 5th anniversary of the channel! The Cure, Depeche Mode, Duran Duran, Kate Bush, XTC, Simple Minds, Yaz, The Clash, Siouxsie & the Banshees, INXS, Roxy Music, Talk Talk, The Jam, Devo, Bauhaus, etc 2357
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 25/02/2025I’ve been doing some C programming lately — not NetNewsWire, don’t worry! (it’s a personal project) — and just last night I learned about pthread_once and I’m over the moon. What a wonderful thing! (I used to use dispatch_once frequently in Objective-C code. I assume it uses pthread_once.) 020
Brent Simmons @inessential.com · 17/02/2025Just today I learned about Codeberg, “a non-profit, community-led effort that provides Git hosting and other services for free and open source projects.” I have open source projects, and plan to have more, and getting away ... micro.inessential.com/2025/02/17/ju… 071
Reposted by Brent SimmonsNetNewsWire @netnewswire.com · 11/02/2025We’re 22 years old today! Shipped 1.0 on this day in 2003. Happy that the best years are still ahead! 🐣🎩🎸 0322
