KM is sharply focused, industrial-strength, designed for heavy-duty use;
steel gray appearance, tight layout, no-nonsense user interface.
(forgive me Keyboard Maestro overlords for what I am about to say)
I love KM but I can't be the only one to think the KM script editor is incredibly frustrating and awkward to use?
IFTTT looks like a toy for 7-year-olds.
One, quick glance at their web site was all it took for me to decide not use it, for anything.
Maybe you should reconsider IFTTT. It is not fair (to them or you) to make such a snap judgment based on their first article and a photo of two guys sitting on a bench from 6 years ago.
It offers an incredibly powerful set of tools for free. In your usecase alone you could take the RSS event that triggered the recipe and paste it as a new line in a Google Doc/Sheet, send you an email, use the Maker API and send a telegram message, add it to a reading list, put the article in a text file saved to your Dropbox, make your desk light flash blue, turn your television on, email the article to you.... and countless other things... oh, here's one. When Brett posts a relevant article you can add a bottle of hot sauce to your Tesco (major UK supermarket) basket, if that is not the future, then I don't know what is 
It has its issues, but it is a great thing to have in your toolbox