Like, I don’t want to hear about the Steam Machine’s price, registration date, or launch date 8 hours after the news comes out. I want to hear about it instantly! I want to be woken up. I want an Android App that subscribes to a webhook, runs in the background, and sounds an alarm when there’s news. You know, like an Amber Alert but for Steam hardware.
Any of you nerds want to help design this?
I’m imagining not just the API, but also a front-end website where trusted users (admins and volunteers) can ring the bell when real news comes out by posting a link. Whether it’s an announcement about the price, or even an announcement that that announcement will be soon. Any real news from Valve.
Yes, I’m stoned, but my idea is brilliant nonetheless! This is totally worth the effort. If no one wants to help, maybe I’ll vibe code it. I know Lemmy loves that!
For real, though, are there any existing services I could use besides opening Lemmy every hour?
The official Steam hardware pages support RSS. That’s how I stay up-to-date.
I think it’s this one.
RSS really is the most elegant, easiest, most customizable way to do this. Valve really is the GOAT when it comes to actually treating customers well (and don‘t think of them as dumb).
That link goes to a to a forum, which doesn’t have subscriptions. I figured out the answer, though.
Note: if you go to the page in step 2 yourself, the RSS link will likely be in your local language. My link above is in English.
Any recommendations on rss readers? Do I “need” to self host an aggregator or is that just if I want it cross device? Have yet to use rss and these questions were surprisingly difficult to find with a search
I just installed Read You from F-Droid.
I think self-hosting an aggregator lets you keep a cross-platform record of what you’ve read and what not. You mostly just need an app.
Never would have guessed this. Common Valve W.
Well, that’s a good idea. I haven’t thought about RSS in ages. Like I forgot that was even a thing. I could write a back-end that polls the RSS feed for its last updated date, and if I find something, then notify subscibers. Subscribers like an app someone makes.
I don’t know much about writing Android apps, but I feel like if I were to write the stupidest one, post it on GitHub, and advertise the project to people, someone will be so offended at its stupidity that they’ll fix it for me.
I can handle the back-end stuff just fine.
Just kidding. I’ll go find some RSS app that has notifications. I just like making things, and making a “Steam Hardware Alert” app seems like fun.