Feeds!
Ok, I really wanted to talk about this feature, but I decided a while ago not to talk about stuff that wasn't released unless I needed specific feedback.
So, I went and did an early release today just so I could blog about it :)
Anyway, simplename now has an RSS feed (and atom) that lets you pick up expiry notices for simplename-managed domains. A simple URL format allows you to subscribe to an arbitrary set of up to 25 domains and 20 days before expiry, the feed will be populated with an expiry notice, one per expiring domain.
The main reason I liked it was that the idea came from Kirk on the nz2.0 list, and I thought it was a good idea. Less than an hour later I had an implementation and I released the next day. The idea of being able to take simple features I find exciting and run with them is definitely a perk of the job.
Also, thanks to Turbogears and the FeedController for making support for atom/rss/etc trivial :)
So, I went and did an early release today just so I could blog about it :)
Anyway, simplename now has an RSS feed (and atom) that lets you pick up expiry notices for simplename-managed domains. A simple URL format allows you to subscribe to an arbitrary set of up to 25 domains and 20 days before expiry, the feed will be populated with an expiry notice, one per expiring domain.
The main reason I liked it was that the idea came from Kirk on the nz2.0 list, and I thought it was a good idea. Less than an hour later I had an implementation and I released the next day. The idea of being able to take simple features I find exciting and run with them is definitely a perk of the job.
Also, thanks to Turbogears and the FeedController for making support for atom/rss/etc trivial :)
posted by PhiRatE at
1:12 PM
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