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Show HN: Feed-Repeat, a Tool to Repeat Old Posts from Web Feeds

Posted by abhin4v on Saturday June 13, 2026 @11:27AM
from the show-hn dept.

https://abhin4v.github.io/feed-repeat/

feed-repeat is a small CLI/service that repeats entries from RSS/Atom feeds into new feeds. It fetches posts from a source feed, selects a random subset preferring older posts, and inserts them in an output feed.I made feed-repeat for myself. I wanted a tool to send me old blogposts written by my favourite authors so that I could enjoy them again, but also not be overwhelmed by a wall of...

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