How-to guides

Step by step answers to common data and printable tasks, with the free way to do each one and where a ComradeCoding product saves time.

How to Convert an RSS or Atom Feed to JSON
Turn RSS 2.0, RSS 1.0, Atom or JSON Feed items into flat JSON rows with clean dates, with a few lines of Python or a scheduled run that returns only new items.
How to Convert a Web Page to Markdown for an LLM or RAG Pipeline
Turn web pages into clean Markdown without menus, cookie banners or footers, ready for a language model, a search index or a RAG pipeline.
How to Extract Text and Metadata From PDF Links in Bulk
Get the text of every page and the title, author, dates and page count from a list of PDF URLs, with free command line tools or in one batch run.
How to Get Every URL From a Website's Sitemap
Find a site's sitemap, follow sitemap index and .xml.gz files, and export every page URL with its lastmod date, by hand or in bulk.
How to Plan a Tolerance Break With a Printable Journal
Set a length and start date, write down your reasons, plan for cravings, and keep a short daily check-in through a 14 or 28 day break, on paper.
How to Run a Solo Tabletop RPG Session With a Hex Crawl
A step by step solo play loop for a fantasy hex crawl: set up a map, ask a yes or no oracle, roll for what is in each hex, and keep a session log.
How to Look Up US Vehicle Recalls and Complaints by VIN or Make, Model and Year
Check a car's open recalls by VIN, list every recall and owner complaint for a make, model and year, and pull the same data in bulk from the free public API.