I try to scratch that itch with https://www.pipes.digital/. It's a bit different and not fully complete, but it's also a flow and block based visual editor that can manipulate RSS/XML data. Maybe have a look?
At $20/mo there are alternatives (Zapier comes to mind) that may cover your needs as well. There's also Node-RED for those wanting something self-hosted (though it won't be as straight-forward).
The interesting thing about Pipes for me was that I could correct small things quite easy (and read my feeds later using Google Reader -oh, those were the times!-), and besides it being free it was maintained by a "familiar" site. At this point I'd rather invest my time in a tool I can control!
Are there open source alternatives to this? I only found out about it once it was announced it would be getting shut down sometime back. It seems interesting at the very least. I feel like someone could remake this, it's basically SQL for "requests" or something similar or am I wrong?
Anyway, I prefer CSS selectors nowadays for querying html
var text=await fetch('https://cors-anywhere.herokuapp.com/https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18785255').then(r=>r.text())
var d=new DOMParser().parseFromString(text, 'text/html');
d.body.querySelector('.comment-tree').rows
The backstory was Yahoo! Buzz Marketing paid for the wrapping on their car for several employees they selected over the years. You didn’t get paid for having it done, but there were unofficial perks that came with it (along with several strict rules, like something as simple as getting pulled over could cause you to be terminated, depending on circumstances).
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[ 3.0 ms ] story [ 49.0 ms ] threadI really just want a grep for the internet that runs at scale. With open logic so I know exactly what it’s doing.
I try to scratch that itch with https://www.pipes.digital/. It's a bit different and not fully complete, but it's also a flow and block based visual editor that can manipulate RSS/XML data. Maybe have a look?
At $20/mo there are alternatives (Zapier comes to mind) that may cover your needs as well. There's also Node-RED for those wanting something self-hosted (though it won't be as straight-forward).
The interesting thing about Pipes for me was that I could correct small things quite easy (and read my feeds later using Google Reader -oh, those were the times!-), and besides it being free it was maintained by a "familiar" site. At this point I'd rather invest my time in a tool I can control!
https://github.com/vespa-engine/vespa
https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeremyjohnstone/sets/721576332...
Were you paid to drive that? Were you just a huge Yahoo fan? An early employee?