--- title: "From RSS to Atom" url: https://daily.dev/posts/from-rss-to-atom-c07gmou1t source_url: https://susam.net/from-rss-to-atom.html type: article source: "Susam Pal" published: 2026-05-04T04:08:14.061Z updated: 2026-05-04T04:08:37.166Z tags: ["webdev"] reading_time: 5 upvotes: 0 comments: 0 language: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # From RSS to Atom **[Susam Pal](https://daily.dev/sources/susam-net)** · 5 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A developer shares their experience migrating a personal website from RSS to Atom feeds in 2026, describing it as long-overdue 'impulse coding'. The post covers the key technical differences between RSS and Atom, including Atom's requirement for URI-based entry IDs (using UUID URNs), RFC 3339 timestamps, and explicit content type declarations. A shell command using sed and uuidgen was used to replace old key attributes with UUIDs. To avoid spamming subscribers with re-appearing old posts due to changed IDs, a workaround was implemented to only include new posts in the feed going forward. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Atom is better than RSS, in ways that matter](https://daily.dev/posts/atom-is-better-than-rss-in-ways-that-matter-sfkrgevjh) · Hacker News · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [Thoughts, notes and what I read](https://daily.dev/posts/thoughts-notes-and-what-i-read-rjcc7yeqo) · RUBYLAND · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [How to make your own static site generator](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-make-your-own-static-site-generator-jfrbheb6t) · Lobsters · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#webdev](https://daily.dev/tags/webdev) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/from-rss-to-atom-c07gmou1t)