Blog vs stream aggregator pt. 2
Contrary to my expectations, I actually got started on the whole stream thing, http://castrup.dk/blog/ being the spike I did this weekend.
It’s a spike, and I intend building it again only right this time, basing it on:
* The amazing Konstrukt library - http://konstrukt.dk,
* A home grown flat file storage mechanism,
* A home grown RSS extractor
I plan to build an interface for publishing stuff to the various services, utilizing their respective API’s, providing the added value of a single place to go for spamming stuff.
The thing that excites me the most (apart from how fast and effortless the spike was), is getting to work with Konstrukt, it really hits the nail from what I’ve seen so far; Solid MVC without all the crap built into other ‘frameworks’ (“Build your own blog in 5 seconds with ROR” - yeah, then spend a million years integrating anything not in there out of the box).
Also, I’m looking forward to using the flat file storage I built; It’s really much simpler than a database both with regards to setup should I release it eventually and in terms of use - and let’s face it; your blog isn’t going to generate a million concurrent inserts anytime soon..
Better get to it then ;)
