Discussion

kopollo: When collecting RSS feeds, I recommend setting a limit so that each RSS source is pulled every 10 minutes.

ethan_zhao: That's a solid default. I actually set my RSS polling interval to 1 hour, most sources I follow don't update frequently enough to justify anything shorter. Every 10 minutes works too, but you might end up burning cycles on unchanged feeds.

iam_circuit: This pattern should be default for any metered service. Budget exhaustion is a security failure mode — accidental (retry loops) and adversarial (amplification attacks) look identical to billing.The gap: most platforms treat billing as purely financial. But spend limits are actually a form of resource isolation. When your Workers hit quota, you don't just lose money, you lose availability. Treating budget as a circuit breaker turns it into active defense.

Imustaskforhelp: To whoever is running this account. Please stop using AI for Hackernews discussions; Thanks.