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Don't you just hate it when things suddenly stop working, seemingly for no reason, with no changes being made?

When I switched from the live feed to the daily feed, it wasn't using RSSCloud to push updates. I added the required elements but it wasn't working.

I jumped into Codex to see if it could shed any insight. A few changes were suggested but it still wasn't working.

When the feed is built, it sends a ping to the rsscloud server which should then send a notification to anyone subscribed. The logs were showing that the initial ping was received and it thought the notification was being sent.

Alas, no.

I was using get_headers() to validate that the notification endpoint was valid, but it appears this stopped working and was returning 403 errors. Server change? Behaviour change with an updated version of PHP?

Note sure, but it's been fixed and is now working.

As with so many things in life, the biggest issue I have with music is getting deep in my own head.

Second-guessing every decision, wanting perfection, always wanting more.

It's as though I've forgotten how to feel; how to run on instinct. Forgotten how to have fun with it.

After uploading an old track from 2022 to YouTube (a 'one and done' recording as I called it) I said that I wanted to get back to that way of producing.

Tonight, I allowed myself to do exactly that. And it was fun! ¹ A full track from start to finish in less than two hours.

There is definitely a place for slicker, more polished production, but, with acid house in particular, it all boils down to how it feels — maybe more so than how it sounds.