A little over a year ago, after having discovered Claude Code, I decided to resurrect GoRead, which was itself a resurrection of Google Reader. On July 26, 2025, I made the first commit. Here we are, one year and 838 commits later! I can still only count myself as the one paying customer, but I never intended this to be a money maker–I just wanted to cover the Google App Engine costs.

Here’s one way to look at it:

I created a web app first, which took most of last year to finally get into a state where I was happy with it and was using it exclusively in place of Reeder. Then there was a lull with just minor polish and tweaking. Finally, early this summer, I decided to make some larger changes including starting work on an iOS mobile app which is only just now starting to come together.

What’s next? I’d like to have an Android app, too. And Claude keeps nagging me about stuff like GDPR compliance. So there is always something, and the hobby project continues.

Happy first birthday and cheers to GoRead2! 🎂🎉