Notes on building a distraction-free RSS and Atom reader. 2026-02-06T00:00:00Z https://feedmyowl.com/ feedmyowl 2026-02-06T00:00:00Z https://feedmyowl.com/blog/welcome/ <p>feedmyowl is built for focused reading.</p> <p>Most feed readers optimize for engagement. feedmyowl does not.</p> <h2>what feedmyowl does</h2> <ul> <li>Fetches RSS and Atom feeds when you ask it to.</li> <li>Shows articles in a clean interface designed for reading.</li> <li>Lets you fuzzy-search loaded articles directly in the reading workspace.</li> <li>Keeps controls and visual noise to a minimum.</li> <li>Imports feed files and keeps folder organization in a single-level model.</li> <li>Exports your feed library so you can move or back up your subscriptions.</li> </ul> <h2>what feedmyowl avoids</h2> <ul> <li>No push notifications.</li> <li>No unread badges or counts.</li> <li>No recommendation engine.</li> <li>No social features.</li> </ul> <p>As of 2026-02-11, feedmyowl ships with hardened defaults: Manual refresh only (background jobs deferred). Feed fetch hardening includes SSRF blocking, redirect revalidation, timeout + retries, plus conditional fetch support (ETag / Last-Modified) and reliable dedupe (GUID + content fingerprint with DB uniqueness).</p> <p>As of 2026-02-12, add-feed discovery is more deterministic for site URLs: if a non-<code>www</code> host fails, feed discovery also probes <code>www.&lt;host&gt;</code> candidates, and add attempts now surface explicit errors instead of appearing to do nothing.</p> <h2>import and export (beginner friendly)</h2> <ul> <li>Import supports OPML/XML and FeedMyOwl JSON.</li> <li>If your OPML file uses folder paths like <code>/Tech/Web</code>, feedmyowl flattens that into one folder label: <code>Tech / Web</code>.</li> <li>If one imported feed belongs to multiple folder paths, it can be assigned to multiple folders.</li> <li>Import includes a preview-before-import step. Upcoming improvements include: selective export, clearer duplicate rules, richer portable JSON, and scheduled backups.</li> </ul> <p>The goal is simple: help you read without distraction.</p> <p><a href="https://app.feedmyowl.com/">open app ↗</a></p>