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I use Feedbin to consume RSS feeds and newsletters, and Readwise Reader to read long-form articles that I want to highlight.
I wanted a way to send selected articles from Feedbin to Readwise Reader. The built-in “Starred Articles” RSS feed wasn’t suitable because it doesn’t preserve the original author and source information needed for proper backlinking in my note-taking system.
Feedbin offers built-in sharing options for services like Evernote and Instapaper, but no direct integration with Readwise Reader. However, it allows calling a custom sharing endpoints URL. The problem is, Readwise doesn’t offer such a share URL.
So I asked AI what I could do about that. Using Cursor, I created a working endpoint that takes an article from a url and uses the Readwise API to save it to my Reader account. I just had to push the code to Vercel and configure the URL in Feedbin’s Share settings:
As a designer and visual front-end developer, I’ve always struggled with writing business logic and dealing with APIs. In the last months I’ve created a Mac App, an Electron app, and two Statamic Addons. Each serves a real need. It’s crazy what has become possible, and it feels empowering.
I’m only starting to grasp what LLMs mean for enabling almost everyone to build previously impossible stuff. Exciting.
