Apropos nothing, I found out today that bash.org died. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37295238 was the last I was able to find about it, and it's the top google search result. I've been thinking of the best way to make a website that won't die when I die. It seems like a hard problem. I was originally going to just trust that Github Pages will be around forever, but I'm not so sure anymore. Running your own ser…
It's said that most people look at a painting in a gallery for fewer than 30 seconds. I'd be willing to guess that people are going to look at an old HTML document even less than that (not to mention web scrapers which will be the most likely to uncover an old page)
There is no guarantee that the web services, companies, technologies, or even the Internet itself will stick around forever. Everything dies. The point, however, isn't to try to leave a permanent mark somewhere that says "I was here". Instead, one should nurture a sense of stewardship for newer generations to help instill them with good values that they will carry forwards in turn