This is basically what I do too.

I'm using Feedbin (paid, $5/month) as I find their Twitter integration superior to anything else I've seen (it shows threads as one entry, it retains some of the Twitter UI elements, and it fetches the content of links so I can read them there, I can just add people to a Twitter list and subscribe to that list in Feedbin). It also lets me add Twitter searches which lets me read people's replies.

One more source you can add is Reddit. I usually only go for the top posts, like this: https://www.reddit.com/r/coolgithubprojects/top/.rss

I then use Instapaper for deferred reading.

Thanks for the Reddit tip

Miniflux sounds like a better, more complete version of my side-project[1], I had rolled my own at the time because I wanted offline caching but it's obviously not that useful anymore in our current work-from-home world...

[1] https://github.com/TimDeve/rasasa

Rolling your own is always an interesting way to learn more about a certain topic, +1. The UI looks slick too!

Thanks, the screenshots were quite out of date actually so I updated them.

What is the point of using a selfhosted RSS solution and then use Pocket?

Personally, to offload articles I want to read later on and for reading longer articles, in a deferred fashion.

Pocket’s UI and reading experience suits me very well.

I think what OP meant was why go the self-hosted route for the feed reader but not the read-later application.

Still need to find a good read-later alternative, could be an idea. Pocket is just my long-used application, got so used to it

I tried Wallabag [0] but it didn't feel as polished as Instapaper, or Pocket. Especially the mobile application.

[0]: https://github.com/wallabag/wallabag

> I found myself checking the HN frontpage way too often, only to make a visual diff in my brain to skim through the articles I already read.

Check out hckrnews[0]. It gives you a clean chronological list of entries that you can filter down to top 10, 50%, frontpage and all.

It also marks the point where you last visited, and dims the entries that you clicked.

[0]: https://hckrnews.com

Nice! Still need to check an additional feed/website though