feat(garden): generate rss

src/garden/feed.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+
+import markdown
+import pathlib
+import sys
+import re
+import glob
+
+def print_usage():
+    print("\nusage: python feed.py ROOT\n")
+    print("\n")
+    print("\t\ROOT\tbase folder")
+
+def validate():
+    # check args for at least one file path
+    if len(sys.argv) < 2:
+        print_usage()
+        sys.exit(1)
+
+validate()
+
+base_folder = sys.argv[1]
+
+def get_paths() -> [str]:
+    return [x for x in glob.glob(f"{base_folder}/*.md")]
+
+def get_text(path):
+    with open(path) as f:
+        return f.read()
+
+#def to_html(md : str) -> str:
+#    return markdown.markdown(md, extensions=["fenced_code"])
+
+def get_entry(path):
+    return get_title(get_text(path))
+
+def get_title(md):
+    return re.compile(r"^# (.+)\n").match(md).group(1)
+
+def get_entries() -> [str]:
+    return "\n\n".join([get_entry(p) for p in get_paths()])
+
+def get_header() -> str:
+    return """<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
+<channel>
+    <title></title>
+    <link>https://ktyl.dev/garden</link>
+    <description></description>
+    <atom:link href="https://ktyl.dev/garden/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
+"""
+
+def get_footer() -> str:
+    return "\n</channel></rss>"
+
+print(get_header())
+print(get_entries())
+print(get_footer())

src/garden/feed.xml

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+
+python feed.py `pwd`
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0">
+<channel>
+    <title></title>
+    <link>https://ktyl.dev/garden</link>
+    <description></description>
+    <atom:link href="https://ktyl.dev/garden/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/>
+
+Digital Gardens
+
+RSS
+
+</channel></rss>

src/garden/gardens.md

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+# Digital Gardens
+
+* Obsidian
+* Notion
+* Git

src/garden/rss.md

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 # RSS
 
-Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is a an ancient file format for communicating updates over the Web.
+Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is an ancient file format for communicating updates over the Web, and my personal favourite.
 
-## Stubs:
+* [It's Time for an RSS Revival](https://www.wired.com/story/rss-readers-feedly-inoreader-old-reader/)
 
-* readers
-* feed generation
+### Stubs:
 
-## YouTube Subscriptions
+* my curated feeds
+* reader applications
+
+## Technical Simplicity
+
+From a technical perspective, like [Gemini](gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space) [\(HTTP\)](https://gemini.circumlunar.space/) it's grokkable with a couple good reads of the specification.
+I wrote [a simple generator](https://ktyl.dev/blog/2022/6/3/rss.md)] for my blog posts, and am now working on [a simpler one](./feed.py) for the garden.
+To start with, I'd like to generate it as simply as possible, from just a directory structure, but I can already see I'd like to do more with it.
+
+I work predominantly in [Git](https://git-scm.com/) repositories, which, like a directory, or a garden, is tree-based.
+My blog's feed has a chronological hierarchy, but at present it's based on manually creating and naming folders.
+It's also very much a _published_ format, rather than a living one.
+This is silly!
+Instead, I'd like to structure my feed around a Git repository, as I think it'd be a much better descriptor of activity.
+
+## Managing YouTube Subscriptions
 
 There are many reasons to avoid the YouTube homepage, such as recommended videos or the accursed Shorts.
-Since RSS feeds are published per-channel, it's totally possible to circumvent its subscription system entirely - including having to make an account - and keep track of channels one enjoys with RSS feeds instead.
+YouTube publishes channel-specific RSS feeds, making it totally possible to circumvent its subscription system entirely - including having to make an account - and keep track of channels one enjoys with RSS feeds instead.
 Get a channel's ID:
 
 1. Go to the channel's page