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Short, practical posts about feeds, hosting and the choices behind Norsolia. RSS.

28 Oct 2026

One session cookie and nothing else

One strictly necessary session cookie, a theme flag in your browser, and no trackers. That is the entire cookie story.

Norsolia Studio · 3 min

2 Oct 2026

We read MP3 length straight from the MPEG frame headers. An M4A container does not expose it the same way, so we ask you.

Norsolia Studio · 5 min

10 Sep 2026

Subscribers follow the feed. A redirect from the old feed and stable guids move them across without anyone re-subscribing.

Norsolia Studio · 5 min

20 Aug 2026

The gateway hides client IPs, so we count a de-duplicated play and say so, instead of inventing a unique-listener number.

Norsolia Studio · 4 min