updating url and headers due to getting a 403 from reddit

.claude/settings.local.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  "permissions": {
+    "allow": [
+      "WebSearch"
+    ]
+  }
+}

.env.example

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ DATABASE_URL=postgresql+asyncpg://reddit:changeme@localhost:5432/reddit_monitor
 REDDIT_USER_AGENT=reddit-monitor:v1.0
 
 # Subreddits to auto-add on first worker startup (comma-separated)
-SEED_SUBREDDITS=
+SEED_SUBREDDITS=mechanicalkeyboards,mnk,CustomKeyboards,BudgetKeebs,mechmarket,olkb,switchmodders,ErgoMechKeyboards,QMK,zmk,keycaps,keycapdesigners,ArtisanMacro,40PercentClub,60PercentClub,Keychron,HHKB,ModelM,Topre,WootingKB,Glorious,DuckyKeyboard,colemak,dvorak,KeyboardLayouts,MechanicalKeyboardsUK,MechanicalKeyboardsEU,mkindia,keyboards,EnthusiastKeyboards
 
 # Daily digest generation hour (UTC, 0-23)
 DIGEST_HOUR_UTC=23

backend/worker/reddit_client.py

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ from backend.config import settings
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-BASE_URL = "https://www.reddit.com"
+BASE_URL = "https://old.reddit.com"
 
 # Simple in-process rate limiter: track request timestamps
 _request_times: list[float] = []
@@ -52,7 +52,11 @@ async def fetch_json(client: httpx.AsyncClient, path: str, params: dict | None =
 def create_client() -> httpx.AsyncClient:
     """Create an httpx client configured for Reddit."""
     return httpx.AsyncClient(
-        headers={"User-Agent": settings.reddit_user_agent},
+        headers={
+            "User-Agent": settings.reddit_user_agent,
+            "Accept": "text/html,application/xhtml+xml,application/xml;q=0.9,*/*;q=0.8",
+            "Accept-Language": "en-US,en;q=0.5",
+        },
         timeout=30.0,
         follow_redirects=True,
     )