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Custom Domain Names On Heroku Via Namecheap

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I currently have domains mixed between GoDaddy (Ugh), iWantMyName (Impressive), and Namecheap (Not bad, not great).

Just as a quick note for those of you wanting to set up custom domain names for Heroku on a domain name registered via Namecheap.

  • Make sure the DNS is under Namecheap’s control, unless you want to roll it yourself.

  • Select the domain you want to set up.

  • Left Menu: “URL Forwarding” under Host Management

  • Set the “IP ADDRESS/URL” of both “@” and “www” to be “proxy.heroku.com.” Never forget the period at the end. Don’t forget to set the Record Type as CNAME “(Alias)”.

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  • Wait, up to 24 hours. Usually faster.

And done. Quite simple. On GoDaddy? Ugh. I don’t want to encourage using such a trashy UI.

FeedSt: Real-Time Feed Updates By PubSubHubbub, Superfeedr, And Heroku

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One of the few key features I’d like to implement on FeedSt is real-time updating feeds. Or as real-time as I can get them.

Thanks to PubSubHubbub (PSHB), this is actually going to be possible. I’ve been working with Superfeedr to make the backend work. Add Heroku into the mix, and I’m left to wonder, why there aren’t at least 10 companies doing the same thing. (Unless there are, and I just haven’t found them yet.)

Real-Time

What drives me up the wall is when I post something on this blog, and it takes about half a day to a full day before it shows up in my Google Reader.

It’s not Google Reader’s fault, exactly: They’re merely saving their resources for feeds that are more popular or more updated. It’s more of the problem with the requirement of polling of feeds.

Sidenote: And actually, if you were using a desktop feed reader (like NetNewsWire, of which the beta works with Google Reader), this isn’t a problem at all. You can personally set the time interval that the application grabs and parses the feed. Of course, there’s are plenty of Pros and Cons for going online and offline.

In my opinion, the fact that not all feeds are hit with the same time interval breaks the fair access model that the Internet has become widely known for. I will always get a kick out of the fact that you can visit google.com as easily as you can visit joshkim.org.

PSHB is the fix for this. And actually, Anil Dash talks a lot more about the Pushbutton Web, definitely worth the read.

Exciting New Technologies

They’re exciting, and they’re new. Now to make something awesome with them.