I started considering the idea of using Superfeedr well over six months ago, but still had concerns about their stability and viability – ultimately I got over that and realized that I need to outsource this part of chi.mp. This week I finally pushed out code for chi.mp that uses SuperFeedr’s PubSubHubBub hub to receive feed updates. Initially I used their XMPP interface, however after repeated encouragement from Julien @ Superfeedr I made the switch over to PubSubHubBub with only a small amount of work.

I still have to move a bunch of feeds over to use Superfeedr but I feel at least part of the burden of managing all of these various feeds beginning to leave my shoulders, and for that I am very thankful.

This was a tough but important release. We’ve implemented some significant architectural changes to improve the performance of the system and to make it easier for us to support a growing community of owners over the next few months. The actual release process was relatively smooth, but any time you make a major changes to your operational architecture (like moving certain processes from a single machine to multiple machines) you face new integration challenges. Ultimately I am pleased with the results and feeling very good about our ability to grow going forward.