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Olshansk · Sep 7, 2024 · 226cc48 · 226cc48
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diff --git a/.github/workflows/rss.yml b/.github/workflows/rss.yml
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ name: Generate Paul Graham RSS Feed
 
 on:
   schedule:
-    - cron: "0 0 * * 0" # Runs weekly, every Sunday at midnight UTC
+    - cron: "0 0 * * *" # Runs daily at midnight UTC
   push:
     branches:
       - main
@@ -34,6 +34,6 @@ jobs:
         run: |
           git config --global user.name 'github-actions[bot]'
           git config --global user.email 'github-actions[bot]@users.noreply.github.com'
-          git add pgessays.rss
+          git add feed.xml
           git commit -m 'Update RSS feed'
           git push
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
@@ -2,9 +2,24 @@
 
 [![Generate Paul Graham RSS Feed](https://github.com/Olshansk/pgessays-rss/actions/workflows/rss.yml/badge.svg?branch=main)](https://github.com/Olshansk/pgessays-rss/actions/workflows/rss.yml)
 
-##
+tl;dr Use [this RSS feed](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/olshansk/pgessays-rss/main/feed.xml) to subscribe to Paul Graham's essays.
 
-![Screenshot 2024-09-07 at 3 29 43 PM](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/47993ca5-d793-45da-9540-18b2b3d0e4f3)
-<img width="1066" alt="Screenshot 2024-09-02 at 3 38 43 PM" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/b2456125-3c2b-42c0-a3a4-92dc6bf82193">
+## History & Context
 
-## Status
+I've been following Paul Graham's essays for years, but when [Founder Mode](https://paulgraham.com/foundermode.html) came out,
+I realized that I had somehow missed the notification.
+
+It turns out that the [RSS feed](https://paulgraham.com/rss.html) originally created by Aaron Swartz (RIP) fell bhind.
+
+As one would, I obviously had to point out that something on the internet is broken:
+![SC1](https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/47993ca5-d793-45da-9540-18b2b3d0e4f3)
+
+After a week of no response, I obviously had to take matters into my own hands and fix it.
+
+This is the story of `pgessays-rss`.
+
+## Developing this
+
+You can check out [prompt](./prompt.md) for the original prompt and full conversation I had with ChatGPT to develop this.
+
+All in all, it took ~75 minutes from start to finish.
diff --git a/generate_feed.py b/generate_feed.py
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Constants
 BASE_URL = "https://www.paulgraham.com/"
 ARTICLES_URL = BASE_URL + "articles.html"
-FEED_FILE = "pgessays.rss"
+FEED_FILE = "feed.xml"
 
 
 def fetch_articles():

diff --git a/prompt.md b/prompt.md
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ I've also included the first prompt I provided just for posterity.
 
 ## Initial Prompt
 
-Paul Graham's website links to an old RSS feed at this link: http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/feeds/pgessays.rss
+Paul Graham's website links to an old RSS feed at this link: http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/feeds/feed.xml
 
 It looks like so
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ I want to have an updated RSS feed myself and others could use and am thinking o
 1. Write a A python script that:
 
    - Scrapes https://www.paulgraham.com/articles.html
-   - Generates an XML feed similar to http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/feeds/pgessays.rss
+   - Generates an XML feed similar to http://www.aaronsw.com/2002/feeds/feed.xml
 
 2. Use GitHub actions to run this daily or weekly
 3. Host the feed on GitHub pages