Social Media Automation & RSS Marketing Blog

Serve an RSS feed from AWS Lambda and DynamoDB: query an index, escape XML, use RFC 822 dates, add cache headers, deploy and auto-post new items.

How botanical gardens and arboretums can share bloom reports, events, plant sales and conservation stories on social media automatically from an RSS feed.

Build a Vapor RSS feed with Fluent: query published posts, escape XML, use stable GUIDs and RFC 822 dates, set cache headers and auto-post new items.

How swim schools and aquatic centres can share terms, timetables, holiday courses and water safety guides on social media automatically from an RSS feed.

Generate a static RSS feed with a Python script and SQLite, refresh it with cron, write it atomically, monitor it and auto-post every new item to social media.

How planetariums, observatories and astronomy clubs can share shows, observing nights, sky guides and lectures on social media automatically from an RSS feed.

Find the feeds of phpBB, NodeBB and XenForo, choose the safest one, protect members and channels and auto-post new forum topics to social media and chat.

How tailors, alteration shops and custom clothiers can share projects, fabrics, wedding packages and fitting offers on social media from an RSS feed.

Use the MediaWiki recent changes feed with filters for namespace, bots and edits, protect your channels from spam and auto-post new wiki pages everywhere.

How cooking schools and culinary studios can share classes, recipes, chef profiles and gift vouchers on social media automatically from an RSS feed.

Find the Atom and RSS feeds of Gitea, Forgejo and Codeberg, write release notes that read well and auto-post every new version to your social channels.

How orchestras, choirs and community ensembles can share concerts, programme notes, auditions and ticket releases on social media from an RSS feed.