Web Service Over the last couple of days, I have been testing a new way for reliably fetching and caching RSS data from your favourite RSS feeds. Ironically, my preliminary implementation of this reliable method wasn’t all that reliable usually not adding new articles to the database. Luckily, I caught this issue within 24h and has […]
Category archives: release
Marked Read
In the v1.2 release of Elytra, a few users of Elytra started to report unusual behaviour in the app when marking multiple articles as read especially with the backdated articles setting. This was caused due to an issue with the API of Elytra which behaved unexpectedly due to a misconfiguration in the iOS App. Today’s release […]
The Spring Update
Elytra’s Spring update has been available for a while on the App Store, but due to personal reasons and prior commitments, I was unable to write this post. So let’s get down to it. To celebrate the Spring Update, I also took the opportunity to update the main website as well. I’ll be making a […]
Elytra November Update
Happy Holidays! October has been a great month for Elytra on multiple fronts: The app’s first few subscriptions kicked in after the 14-day free trial periods. Many of you’ll sent me emails regarding the pricing, some left App Store Reviews (being able to respond to them is a great feature) raising their concerns. I have […]
1.1.0 Roadmap
I’ve spent the weekend planning for the upcoming 1.1.0 release of Elytra. It’s been a very enlightening weekend for me as to what ya’ll are looking for in an RSS Reader as well as some features and improvements I want to bring to the app. This is what the Roadmap is currently looking like for […]
1.0.2 is now Available
Elytra 1.0.2 is now generally available on the App Store. You can read the full change-log on the App Store (I wont repeat it here) but there are a few changes which I’ll be talking about in this post. New On-Boarding When I was Beta testing the app, Craig Hockenberry gave me critical feedback that […]
Hello, App Store
Elytra 1.0.0 is now generally available on the App Store. There’s also a shiny new website. From having of the most volatile, overwhelming pre-releases announced on Twitter, to getting some really cool, critical, and supportive Beta Testers, to the Subscriptions rejection a few weeks earlier, my journey with Elytra has been an absolute roller coaster. […]