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I always wondered -- how are some sites able to get an up-to-date mirror of HN, when HN blocks usage of its API after a while?

Are they using some alternative API that was blessed by HN?

we just use their RSS

And they don't block that after a while?

How does iHackerNews show all the comments and everything?

Where are these RSS feeds? I doubt that's how "the pros" so it.

What good is a blocked RSS to anybody?

There is also an api:

I would think lots of apps are still scraping pages.