Blog = Build log

2 years back when I started work, I came across a number of blogs on Java and Oracle (my primary area of work) that I wanted to keep track of. But I never heard of RSS then, and I used to bookmark and follow-up on each of them, by manually going to each page (alright, I admit I like doing and repeating dumb work)

But once I started using a RSS reader (GoogleReader in my case since it is an online application), I was turned on by RSS by the simplicity of it. I recollected a fleeting note by my friend about RDF and Semantic web, long back while I was in college. Another friend of mine sent this video link to me, titled “RSS Beyond Blogging”. Why do we have to restrict RSS to blogs and sites? This thought was perpetual.

Recently at work, I was getting a lot of build-report mails in my Inbox (and irritated ofcourse, coz I was not interested in most of them), Why cant we have a RSS feed for the build reports, so that I can check when I want and leave my Inbox unspammed.

My idea of a build-report management is to post the build logs/reports under a Blog.

How to use it:

• After every build, the log/report is posted in the blog, with an appropriate title
• The posts can be tagged as Build "Success/Failure","Nightly/Adhoc", UnitTesting "Success/Failure" and more based on your req.
• People can subscribe to tags to be alerted of what they are looking for.

What do you think?

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Footnote:

Please let me know if -

• someone thinks its nice and implements it (I never got to implement this idea)
• you use RSS in any unconventional way