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Is Pinboard still maintained by just one person?* (*)https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8069474 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8069474

• idlewords 12y ago
  Yes. Sometimes not even one!
  • kijin 12y ago
    Yeah, I still haven't made up my mind as to whether I should trust all my bookmarks with a guy who seems to have a knack for disappearing alone into strange corners of the world. Even if he is occasionally protected by a company of tanks and a Hind helicopter :)
    • idlewords 12y ago
      Just make daily backups. That goes for any bookmarking service you use.
      • underwater 12y ago
        Couldn't you build that into Pinboard (via Dropbox or similar).
        • idlewords 12y ago
          Yeah, but then you're trusting me to do the backups for you. That's much less protection.
          • jpwgarrison 12y ago
            yep, this in a crontab somewhere is all you need: curl -k -o ~/backups/pinboard-backups/pinboard-$(date +\%y\%m\%d).json 'https://api.pinboard.in/v1/posts/all?&auth_token=username:APItokenhere&format=json'
          • underwater 12y ago
            I meant it as a defense against concern against the bus scenario. The backups would run while the site is live and if it ever spontaneously disappears then users would have an up-to-date backup available.
    • tnorthcutt 12y ago
      Better than the other "cloud" options, which end up getting sold or shuttered every year or two. Also, if you are a customer, you get to follow the hilarious twitter account.* *This is not true; anyone can and should follow the hilarious twitter account.