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Re:Show HN: I made an open source Chrome extension to notify... by fire on Saturday October 08, 2022 @02:11PM (#33134557)
Are there any guidelines on how hard you can actually hit the Hacker News API?

( It looks like your backend is hitting it every five seconds; is that per user? )

also am I just too cynical these days or is this kind of just an ad for their notification infra SAAS?

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Re:Show HN: I made an open source Chrome extension to notify... by anandrmedia on Saturday October 08, 2022 @02:14PM (#33134575)
The backend hits the API every five seconds (not per user). Also, as per the HN API docs, currently there is no rate limit.
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