Richard Stelling

The UK must protect Cyprus 🇨🇾

This is NOT our war but we must defend those who have aided us for decades.

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The Swift Performance team isn’t *my* team, but they’re in my hallway. Or in London if you’d prefer. They’re looking for an engineer who’s not afraid of optimizers. jobs.apple.com/en-us/detail...

It provides something Ian can’t - or won’t - do: a publicly accessible RSS feed that works in whichever podcast player you prefer.

Page: u.giftcast.app/KMKx99Q0mw

RSS Feed: feeds-uat.giftcast.app/KMKx99Q0mw

My cobbled together robot servant has now been tasked with checking the Friday morning email and updating the feed automatically.

In the last six hours, driven by nothing more than a desire to listen to Striking 13 in the podcast player of my choice while walking to Tesco on a Friday, I used that system, and, somewhat ironically given this week’s theme, AI. Extracting the audio links, building the feed, and publishing it.

Just before Christmas I spent the best part of two weeks building a small system for myself.

It has since gathered tens of rather indifferent users.

An RSS 2.0 feed is, almost invisible. If audio exists publicly on the internet and doesn’t require a sign-in, you can create a feed from it.

For years I’ve wanted a simple way to curate podcast feeds. One of the beauties of these technologies, designed in a more open era of the internet, perfected without the slightest thought for monetisation.

It’s a thoughtful, intelligent piece of writing each week. Insightful, well-considered, and sprinkled with comic vignettes of a man half-negotiating a midlife crisis while trying to make sense of a modern world he has little interest in — and perhaps even less ability to navigate.

Whether out of inability or indifference, the rather wonderful Striking 13 podcast by Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social seems — as far as I can tell — to be available only on Spotify, via a direct link from the Friday morning email, or through Substack.

Pay your fucking taxes!

Can you send me a project with a minimal example and I’ll take a look

This applies to young people too, if ANYTHING changes with your bowel health, ask your GP for this simple test 👇

We talk a lot about the special players we’ve bought, the diamonds in the rough. But should we now start talking about RLB as a special manager? Far from the finished article but he learns so much from every game, could he take us (in a season or 3) to unimaginable heights?

🤖🕵️‍♂️📮 When your agents need to talk, don’t let them shout into the void.
🔐✍️ Signed whispers (Ed25519) • ⚡️ edge-fast delivery on Cloudflare • 🧾 audit trails • 🧩 REST hooks for apps + agents.
🗝️🧠 Give them a mailbox. Not a mess. 👉 agent-mailbox.richardstelling.com#contact 

🎁 Giftcast is in beta!

Create custom podcast feeds - pick episodes, share one link, anyone can subscribe in their podcast app.

• Curate "best of" lists for friends
• Create topic playlists from shows
• Share your podcast journey

TestFlight 👉 https://testflight.apple.com/join/j7W59SHN 🎧

Here are a few @theresthistory.bsky.social The Rest is History custom feeds I created:
• The Rest Is History: The Nazis: u.giftcast.app/4sLQK0G7on
• Jack the Ripper series: u.giftcast.app/RTpSw9N9y4
• Modern Britain: u.giftcast.app/tr3pXtYpgo
• Titanic 🚢: u.giftcast.app/rge3vvVOv3

Join the Giftcast beta Available on iOS

If you have the time, here’s the TestFlight link to try the beta: testflight.apple.com/join/j7W59SHN

Join the Giftcast beta Available on iOS

@sturdyalex.bsky.social as part of a personal project to improve digital tools before the next election, I’m working on an iOS app that turns a hand-picked list of podcast episodes into a feed people can follow in the podcast app of their choice.

Best Podcast Episodes of 2025 A completely, 100% unofficial and independent list of the best Podcast Episodes of 2025. Remember to subscribe to any shows you like! This is just a sample, and in no order, please enjoy!

I’m looking for some new Podcasts so I crowdsourced this list of the best episodes of 2025… u.giftcast.app/uqx7rPs6pJ

All in one feed!

Join the Giftcast beta Available on iOS

This is nice… 🎧 Giftcast is now in TestFlight beta

Create and share your own podcast feeds, written in SwiftUI!

Join the beta 👉 testflight.apple.com/join/ebUXnvy8
Learn more 👉 u.giftcast.app
Join the community 👉 www.reddit.com/r/Giftcast/s...

Feedback very welcome while the beta is open.

Join the Giftcast beta Available on iOS

This is nice… 🎧 Giftcast is now in TestFlight beta

Create and share your own podcast feeds, written in SwiftUI!

Join the beta 👉 testflight.apple.com/join/ebUXnvy8
Learn more 👉 u.giftcast.app
Join the community 👉 www.reddit.com/r/Giftcast/s...

Feedback very welcome while the beta is open.

u.giftcast.app/4sLQK0G7on

The Rest is History Sampler: Titanic 🚢 Step back in time to the early 20th century and explore the creation and tragic sinking of the world’s most famous steamship, the Titanic. We’ll also delve into the lives and fortunes of those aboard.

u.giftcast.app/rge3vvVOv3

Siri, define the “paradox of tolerance” by Karl Popper

Yes! The 9 y/o loves it too 🤦🏼‍♀️

I will love you until by So Good

Swift Student Challenge Showcase your love of coding by submitting your app playground to the Swift Student Challenge.

Apple announced the submission date for this year's Swift Student Challenge.

Students worldwide can showcase their creativity by submitting app playgrounds to the Apple Developer community.

developer.apple.com/swift-studen...

Anyone on the left who thinks that the BBC falling would help their politics, here and abroad, is an unbelievable fool

Android Doesn’t Deserve Swift—But We Did It Anyway - Pierluigi Cifani YouTube video by NSSpain

Swift on Android is rapidly taking off! Here's the first talk I've seen on a conference - and it's a solid one!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIGl...