Notes on reading, keeping, and owning your words.
Save with a reason, not a star
A star is a promise you rarely keep. Riverbed asks for one line: why does this matter to you? That line is the difference between a hoard of bookmarks and a library you revisit.
Why I Built My Own RSS Reader
I've read in feed readers for years, marked things as read, and moved on. Nothing I read ever went anywhere. Riverbed exists because reading without doing anything about it wasn't enough.
My Reading Workflow: RSS to Obsidian, With Nothing Lost in Between
I read feeds a few times a day, save the good ones with a reason why, and every save is stored as a markdown file in my Obsidian vault. Here's the whole process, including the part an AI assistant does.
Hidden RSS feeds: Reddit, GitHub, YouTube, and more sites that still publish one
Reddit, GitHub, and YouTube all still publish RSS. None of them link to it anywhere. The URL patterns for each, tested and working, plus how to find a feed on almost any other site.
What RSS still solves in 2026
Algorithms decide what most people read. RSS is the quiet alternative that still works: you pick the sources, you see everything they publish, and nothing sits between you and the writing.
Choosing a feed reader: a Feedly alternative that fits how you read
Feedly, Inoreader, NetNewsWire, Lire: the readers all sync the same feeds. What separates them is what happens after you read. Here is how to choose.
Reading into a vault you own: markdown workflows for RSS
If you keep notes in Obsidian or a plain folder of markdown, your reading should land there too. Here is a workflow that turns articles you keep into durable notes you own.