# Building a /now Page That Updates Itself

DevFeed: [Building a /now Page That Updates Itself](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/building-a-now-page-that-updates-itself-40120.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://korbonits.com/blog/2026-03-23-building-a-now-page/>)

Published: 2026-03-23T00:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Alex Korbonits](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/alex-korbonits.md>)

Topics: [Astro](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/astro.md>), [GitHub Actions](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-actions.md>), [GitHub API](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-api.md>), [GitHub Pages](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/github-pages.md>), [RSS Feed](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/rss-feed.md>), [builds](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/builds.md>)

Tags: [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [astro](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/astro.md>), [github](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github.md>), [github-actions](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-actions.md>), [github-pages](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/github-pages.md>), [javascript](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/javascript.md>), [rss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/rss.md>)

## AI overview

A tutorial on building an Astro /now page that fetches GitHub activity and Goodreads data at build time, then uses scheduled GitHub Actions rebuilds to keep the page current. It also covers local SSL issues and manually maintained content.

## Source excerpt

How I added a /now page to my Astro blog that pulls live GitHub activity and Goodreads data at build time -- and rebuilds itself every morning without me touching anything.