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Well, first off, being a larger operation certainly doesn't prevent shutdown. Although it may add some peace of mind, there's a risk in trusting any third-party
by david_shaw 12y ago
Well, first off, being a larger operation certainly doesn't prevent shutdown. Although it may add some peace of mind, there's a risk in trusting any third-party service provider.
Secondly, you can easily make use of the API to backup your bookmarks [1]. A simple cronjob can make a daily repo of everything, just in case.
I've been using Pinboard for about two years now, and I love it. It's simple, easy to use, and does what I want--and nothing more.
1: https://pinboard.in/api/ https://pinboard.in/api/
- drifkin 12y agoExactly, Pinboard has a pretty good API, so you can handle the backups yourself without too much trouble. I came across a post [1] with a backup script. It refers to another link [2] that shows you can just use a simple curl and get all of your data. [1] http://alexwlchan.net/2013/03/pinboard-backups/ http://alexwlchan.net/2013/03/pinboard-backups/ [2] http://supersoju.com/blog/2013/04/01/pinboard-backups-in-1-line/ http://supersoju.com/blog/2013/04/01/pinboard-backups-in-1-l...
- wowtip 12y agoThanks guys, that makes sense. The 1 line curl backup looks nifty. Going to look into this a bit more. Should improve on my current local bookmarks + external backup setup, without involving Google or any other data mining cloud service.