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Confessions of a SysAdmin
Personal blog · blog.amen6.comsecuritysystems
Confessions of a SysAdmin is a personal blog at blog.amen6.com about security and systems. Since 2025, 4 different Hacker News readers have linked it 4 times, most often “No Shorts Please Hidden YouTube RSS Feed URLs”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-06-04, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link this blog for a uBlock filter list that hides YouTube Shorts. One commenter also mentions getting real videos from YouTube RSS feeds without Shorts.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
MacKenzie's Blog
Most-linked posts?
- No Shorts Please Hidden YouTube RSS Feed URLs2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2025-11-15
What Hacker News says?
Oh this is amazing, thank you! I tried to make my own but youtube's CSS is so complex, I gave up. I have no idea why they push shorts to me when I'm on my computer. But then again, I really cannot stand them, even on my phone. I also just discovered a way[1] to just get real videos from my youtube RSS feeds, free from shorts. Honestly it's been a joy to not have my RSS reader notify me for a old video republished as…
Comment linking /blog/2025/01/no-shorts-please-hidden-youtube-rss-feed-urls/
on “uBlock filter list to hide all YouTube Shorts”Submitted No Shorts Please Hidden YouTube RSS Feed URLs as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Anatomy of a Recruitment Phish as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted Fetching RSS/Atom feeds respectfully with curl as a story · 2 points
HN discussion