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Recipal. I was building an automated feed for nutritional data based on what customers purchased from the company I worked for as a proof of concept (it was a company sponsored 48 hour hack day).

We found Recipal which really suited what we were attempting to build, but they had a $49 a month API licence cost. I reached out to the founder, Lev, who very graciously provided us API keys for as long as we needed for free, and offered support along the way.

It’s a small gesture in the grand scheme of things, but the whole process was super smooth.

I reached out, just hours later he responded, explaining typically they wouldn’t do it, but he was interested in what we were building. I outlined the details and within the hour he’d produced me a free account to use at no cost, just because he thought it was cool!