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.

Originally published at https://wentsch.me.