<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:49:46 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@preslavrachev/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Ready for takeoff 🛫 ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Spent my Sunday in a flight that took literally six hours, for what should have normally taken around two. Too much ❄️ caused a bit of complication, but luckily, we made it safely back home. Steepshot]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/plane/@preslavrachev/ready-for-takeoff--2018-12-18-06-28-25</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/plane/@preslavrachev/ready-for-takeoff--2018-12-18-06-28-25</guid><category><![CDATA[plane]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preslavrachev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 18 Dec 2018 06:28:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKWD37f7ZzbRDZbXM2LpWZciMZho24SiQdnnKyWL7RKcevXKnDvhvyKjM8?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Medium Is Turning into the Walled Garden It Did Not Want to Be]]></title><description><![CDATA[A few days ago, I got a question from an online friend of mine, whether to self-host his new blog, or start directly on Medium. I advised him to self-host and use Medium only for content distribution.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/medium/@preslavrachev/medium-is-turning-into-the-walled-garden-it-did-not-want-to-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/medium/@preslavrachev/medium-is-turning-into-the-walled-garden-it-did-not-want-to-be</guid><category><![CDATA[medium]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preslavrachev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 06 Sep 2018 17:42:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4bEjbgCbFMvAQkE6aXPPrPNrSUET81BfNjVxhdcjK6cCTXtba8ae7WChfgYrnVZLjc66yrZeVBAQgqMc3MFejQmL44uhty2S88cVKsxfuyPPUqeZqHWbtUoWZxWPDZWhWiHbw2aNFWXHaZwgj2jcpYERnDHHF6yoyRHQdumdnaSxPs79cK?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[From a recent chat with a friend of mine]]></title><description><![CDATA[This is the answer to “How have you been doing lately?”. Indeed, a picture is worth a thousand words. 😂 Steepshot IPFS IOS Android Web]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/sunday/@preslavrachev/from-a-recent-chat-with-a-friend-of-mine-2018-09-02-11-37-24</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/sunday/@preslavrachev/from-a-recent-chat-with-a-friend-of-mine-2018-09-02-11-37-24</guid><category><![CDATA[sunday]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preslavrachev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2018 11:37:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKXZV5Wnwfeodtm1AhJFEFeW496qXNwJzsz4XjmxP66RS3Bj9Wvts7JXWN?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A new day, a new mug]]></title><description><![CDATA[Started the work day with a new coffee mug brought to me from Ireland. 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This is the story of a person who had set out to]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/book/@preslavrachev/book-review-bad-blood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/book/@preslavrachev/book-review-bad-blood</guid><category><![CDATA[book]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preslavrachev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 18 Aug 2018 11:53:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/7DceLgR4szFxiusQ3nfXAnVTGTbKxHSBUcMUTjjM3ADeH75QSpJf8SfY3z62j76dMddTXzzEmq2YfvT6gfRoU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Data Science on Your iPad]]></title><description><![CDATA[This article is a follow-up transcription to a talk I recently gave at a local Munich machine learning meetup. 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After an onslaught]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bike/@preslavrachev/there-is-a-new-bike-sharing-service-in-t-2018-08-06-11-47-21</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bike/@preslavrachev/there-is-a-new-bike-sharing-service-in-t-2018-08-06-11-47-21</guid><category><![CDATA[bike]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preslavrachev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Aug 2018 11:47:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3HaJVvr6qfoEFgBir1jy4DeK1wwhDm7oNHzc1b8roaJY8MKhcH58bqDFBkAcTZrdVycjcsV9D6C4Sim1p66Y3DP72QGwYvzLXV3XbL2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[TWIL Jul30-Aug05 2018]]></title><description><![CDATA[NOTE: TWIL (This Week I Learned) is a collection of interesting findings I discover on a week-by-week basis. Hosted and curated entirely on GitHub. Programming Articles Teenager Finds Classical Alternative]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/twil/@preslavrachev/twil-jul30-aug05-2018</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/twil/@preslavrachev/twil-jul30-aug05-2018</guid><category><![CDATA[twil]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preslavrachev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2018 16:29:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/BRWJ2YmdUFozvi1TFqcAtjm7Ws7fgbZhhShVS6ja6FJ2G5bU?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[21K #4 (Self-Organized)]]></title><description><![CDATA[This morning, I finished my fourth half marathon for this year. Technically, it was all self-organised, so it does not count as a real half-marathon, but hey, I did run the distance, didn’t I? In spite]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/running/@preslavrachev/21k-4-self-organized</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/running/@preslavrachev/21k-4-self-organized</guid><category><![CDATA[running]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preslavrachev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 05 Aug 2018 16:10:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9RTqgzgfVW71znEUESPy7psdHQUQw82ducSGauuymYUPrZiazxfkEqqsUyuCWqMhxJYbY1nF18?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Programming: More Puppy, Less Fatigue]]></title><description><![CDATA[instead of showing people the current form of JavaScript as a matured, highly domesticated and fierce animal, we should get people to know it as a puppy. That’s how I got to know it. 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The former is better for]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/ethereum/@preslavrachev/i-am-just-going-to-leave-this-here</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/ethereum/@preslavrachev/i-am-just-going-to-leave-this-here</guid><category><![CDATA[ethereum]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preslavrachev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 18:33:15 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Spotted this piece of beauty on a random walk around my neighborhood]]></title><link>http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@preslavrachev/spotted-this-piece-of-beauty-on-a-random-walk-around-my-neighborhood</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/photography/@preslavrachev/spotted-this-piece-of-beauty-on-a-random-walk-around-my-neighborhood</guid><category><![CDATA[photography]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[preslavrachev]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Jul 2018 11:40:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/HNWT6DgoBc14riaEeLCzGYopkqYBKxpGKqfNWfgr368M9WjFAY7Kr3QLoZ8sphE9AKvydthyiAypMtwygKyr4PiDSLrYrkiStrhRTQczXQA4n5Lr4Yygfpkwhrn?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Setting up a Private Ethereum Test Network]]></title><description><![CDATA[I want to play around with a few Ethereum smart contracts, without spending real money before the final versions are ready. 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