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Are you opposed to this being used programmatically? I've been working on a site [0] that replays feeds, but the initial step is to first find the feed given a website, and it's not always able to find it. I'd be interested in using your service to try to find the feed when I'm unable to do so.

[0] https://refeed.to

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Can you explain the purpose of replaying a feed is?

My initial use case was for reading content from blogs that had been published before I'd subscribed to their feed. I could visit their site and read their previous posts, but I much prefer the slow drip of an RSS feed. So I created refeed.to to be able to add 1 post per day from the blog to my feed starting from their first post.

Since creating it I also use it to inject a few extra cartoons into my feed (xkcd every day!) and have also had fun with tech flashbacks from trustedreviews.com. So it's just a way to add a little variation to my feed.

Sure, email me at dominik at lighthouseapp.io

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