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> I would assume the reader does something smarter that mindlessly launch 500 requests every 5 minutes. Aside from respecting any 429 headers, what is a reader
by vsnf 2y ago
> I would assume the reader does something smarter that mindlessly launch 500 requests every 5 minutes.
Aside from respecting any 429 headers, what is a reader supposed to do without custom update heuristics for each feed that would be considered more than mindless?
- spc476 2y agoEvery feed I'm aware of contain multiple entries, so perhaps average the time between posts as a baseline to check? Perhaps add an upper limit to one/hour and a lower limit to one/week? That way, a person who starts posting more frequently will be checked more frequently, and one who slacks off is checked less frequently?
- mariusor 2y agoThe least a client can do is respect the HTTP caching headers that Rachel mentions multiple times in her post. RSS has an additional ttl property that can be used.