Vibe coding has made it trivially easy to create small, single-purpose apps, but we lack a lightweight syndication system to share and discover them. The article argues that the web needs something like RSS — not for blog posts, but for the growing abundance of vibe-coded tools, enabling a decentralized ecosystem of micro-apps rather than relying on centralized app stores or social media feeds.
Matt Webb proposes an RSS feed for sharing vibe-coded micro-apps, comparing app publishing to blogging. Inspired by this, Simon Willison added an Atom feed to his /elsewhere/tools/ page, which aggregates apps from his tools.simonwillison.net site.
Martin Paul Eve argues that preserving a blog beyond one's lifespan is difficult, highlighting the challenges of long-term digital preservation. The author mostly agrees with this perspective while noting some differences in approach.
RSS Club is a WordPress feature that creates posts visible only to RSS/Atom subscribers, not on the website itself. The article explains how to implement this functionality for WordPress sites.
The author introduces RSS Club, a series of posts exclusively visible to RSS/Atom subscribers and not accessible via web search engines or social media syndication.
The author discusses using RSS over Atom for feed distribution, noting that while called "RSS Club," it could be described as "XML-based distributed feed club." The post also mentions experimenting with local-only and privacy-conscious view tracking for stories.