A Privacy-First News App
Over the last few months, I have been working on RSSTracker, a news tracking app powered by RSS feeds that lets you track terms while collecting zero personal data from users. In my day job, I work in Digital Equity, and I see first hand how logins and accounts are a huge barrier to entry for many people. I also see people unwittingly giving over large amounts of personal data to apps without really being aware of how that data is used.
RSSTracker Retrospective
Over the last few months, I’ve undertaken a fairly substantial programming project: writing a cross platform mobile app with Kotlin Multiplatform. Up until now, I have done some relatively small projects, like my Chess Picker Go webapp, or my small Music Theory API and Demo in C#. I’ve hopped languages a ton and had a relatively hard time committing to something. Then again, as a hobbyist, I’ve been lucky not to have to commit to anything. I have a day job that pays the bills, so I’m free to try out all kinds of goofy programming languages without worrying too much about the job market.