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This ties in nicely with the bookmarking discussion about Pinboard. I particularly like the following quote from this article: > Now, of course, there are many

This ties in nicely with the bookmarking discussion about Pinboard. I particularly like the following quote from this article: > Now, of course, there are many advantages to this shift: collaboration, backups, multi-device access, and so on. But it’s a trade! In exchange, we’ve lost the ability to work offline, user experience and performance, and indeed true dominion over our own data. I’ve decided that the advantages of storing my bookmarks locally far outweigh the chance that I'll want to access them from a different device or collaborate with someone else on them. Yes, it means I've created something of a 'silo', but I'm starting to think that's not a bad thing.

canadiantim 2y ago
May I ask what the bookmarking discussion about Pinboard is? I tried looking through all of the recent articles but find nothing about pinboard. What’s your current solution for local bookmarks?
- 0100101101001 2y ago
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- oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
  This one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43022098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43022098 I'm right in the middle of setting it up. Basically, curl and a bunch of bash scripts.
julianeon 2y ago
> I’ve decided that the advantages of storing my bookmarks locally far outweigh the chance that I'll want to access them from a different device or collaborate with someone else on them. Yes, it means I've created something of a 'silo', but I'm starting to think that's not a bad thing. Why don't you store those bookmarks as markdown files and then upload them to a private repo you can read on other devices and even your phone through the GitHub mobile app? If they're bookmarks, they'll work perfectly as links in markdown which you can click in the GitHub app. Note: I pay $4/mo for GitHub private repos and I absolutely defy anyone to show me a better deal in any SaaS company. I open the GitHub mobile app at least 10 times a day. This is the only subscription service that is inarguably worth it as far as I'm concerned.
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 2y ago
  Aren't GitHub private repos frees now?
  - lgvld 2y ago
    yes there are ;-)

canadiantim 2y ago

May I ask what the bookmarking discussion about Pinboard is? I tried looking through all of the recent articles but find nothing about pinboard. What’s your current solution for local bookmarks?

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oneeyedpigeon 2y ago
This one: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43022098 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43022098 I'm right in the middle of setting it up. Basically, curl and a bunch of bash scripts.

julianeon 2y ago

> I’ve decided that the advantages of storing my bookmarks locally far outweigh the chance that I'll want to access them from a different device or collaborate with someone else on them. Yes, it means I've created something of a 'silo', but I'm starting to think that's not a bad thing. Why don't you store those bookmarks as markdown files and then upload them to a private repo you can read on other devices and even your phone through the GitHub mobile app? If they're bookmarks, they'll work perfectly as links in markdown which you can click in the GitHub app. Note: I pay $4/mo for GitHub private repos and I absolutely defy anyone to show me a better deal in any SaaS company. I open the GitHub mobile app at least 10 times a day. This is the only subscription service that is inarguably worth it as far as I'm concerned.

8n4vidtmkvmk 2y ago
Aren't GitHub private repos frees now?
- lgvld 2y ago
  yes there are ;-)