diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index e5f7c68..8f873d1 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@ Each run (a scheduled job on DigitalOcean App Platform, `15 * * * *`):
 
 1. Fetch all English posts from Hashnode.
 2. Load the cache from Spaces; drop entries for deleted posts.
-3. Queue posts that are new, edited, or last fetched over 24h ago (max 3,000/run).
+3. Queue posts that are new, edited, or last fetched over 24h ago (max 900/run).
 4. Call Class Central `/related` one post at a time (~1/sec); failed posts retry
    next run.
 5. Checkpoint every 25 posts, then validate and write the object with a fresh
    `generatedAt`.
 
-The publication has ~13,000 posts, so a cold start takes ~5 hourly runs to fully
+The publication has ~13,000 posts, so a cold start takes ~15 hourly runs to fully
 populate the cache. In steady state each run only refreshes the few hundred posts
 that are new or past the 24h window.
 
@@ -41,16 +41,49 @@ Spaces with its own read credentials before each build.
       "fetchedAt": "2026-09-08T12:14:03.000Z",
       "slug": "what-is-recursion",
       "title": "How Does Recursion Work?",
-      "courses": [/* raw Class Central objects */],
-      "subjects": [/* raw Class Central objects */]
+      "courseIds": [21440, 86534],
+      "subjectSlugs": ["programming"]
+    }
+  },
+  "courses": {
+    "21440": {
+      "id": 21440,
+      "name": "…",
+      "url": { "go": "https://www.classcentral.com/course/…?go=1&ref=fcc" },
+      "imageUrl": "…",
+      "instructors": "…",
+      "level": "beginner",
+      "certificate": true,
+      "effort": "…",
+      "rating": { "provider": { "average": 4.6, "count": 1846 } },
+      "provider": { "name": "Coursera" }
+    }
+  },
+  "subjects": {
+    "programming": {
+      "slug": "programming",
+      "name": "Programming",
+      "url": "https://www.classcentral.com/subject/programming?ref=fcc"
     }
   }
 }
 ```
 
-`courses` and `subjects` are whatever Class Central returns, stored untouched;
-`news` does all display formatting. A post absent from `posts`, or with an empty
-`courses` array, shows Google ads instead.
+Each post references its courses and subjects by ID/slug, in the order Class
+Central ranked them, and each one is stored once in the `courses`/`subjects`
+lookup tables so repeats across posts aren't duplicated. Unreferenced lookup
+entries are pruned on every write.
+
+- **Courses:** every course Class Central returns is kept (currently 10 per
+  post).
+- **Subjects:** only the first is kept, since `news` uses it to link back to
+  Class Central.
+- **Fields:** both are trimmed to the fields `news` renders
+  ([`course-fields.js`](src/class-central/course-fields.js)); `news` does all
+  display formatting.
+
+A post absent from `posts`, or with an empty `courseIds` array, shows Google ads
+instead.
 
 ## Local development
 
diff --git a/src/run.js b/src/run.js
index 69734c7..da6ab1f 100644
--- a/src/run.js
+++ b/src/run.js
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ const CHECKPOINT_EVERY = 25;
 // timeout instead of being killed mid-loop - the rest roll to the next run
 const MAX_POSTS_PER_RUN = 900;
 
-// News shows at most this many courses per post
-const MAX_COURSES_PER_POST = 4;
-
 // News uses only the first subject to link back to Class Central
 const MAX_SUBJECTS_PER_POST = 1;
 
@@ -128,9 +125,7 @@ export const run = async ({
 
       // Trim courses/subjects (see course-fields.js), then store each one
       // once in the lookup tables so repeats across posts aren't duplicated
-      const postCourses = courses
-        .slice(0, MAX_COURSES_PER_POST)
-        .map(pickCourseFields);
+      const postCourses = courses.map(pickCourseFields);
       const postSubjects = subjects
         .slice(0, MAX_SUBJECTS_PER_POST)
         .map(pickSubjectFields);
diff --git a/src/run.test.js b/src/run.test.js
index 0f69729..c04e1c8 100644
--- a/src/run.test.js
+++ b/src/run.test.js
@@ -116,7 +116,7 @@ describe('run():', () => {
     }
   });
 
-  test('caps stored courses at 4, News never shows more than that', async () => {
+  test('stores every returned course, News displays them all', async () => {
     fetchRelatedCoursesForPosts.mockImplementation(async function* (posts) {
       for (const post of posts) {
         yield {
@@ -135,8 +135,13 @@ describe('run():', () => {
     await run();
 
     const entry = stored.posts[RECURSION_POST_ID];
-    expect(entry.courseIds).toEqual([0, 1, 2, 3]);
-    expect(Object.keys(stored.courses).sort()).toEqual(['0', '1', '2', '3']);
+    const allIds = Array.from({ length: 10 }, (_, i) => i);
+    expect(entry.courseIds).toEqual(allIds);
+    expect(
+      Object.keys(stored.courses)
+        .map(Number)
+        .sort((a, b) => a - b)
+    ).toEqual(allIds);
   });
 
   test('caps stored subjects at 1, News only links to the first', async () => {