Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

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Post by jamifsud » Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 1:38 PM UTC

I’ve tried just about every app in the space (some great tools listed in this thread) and haven’t found one that works for me, so I’m building one!

My workflow is save for later focused (I tend to save content to read / learn from vs bookmark resources to visit) and now days I’m collecting content in so many different forms (podcasts, video, newsletters, etc). I’ve found that nobody has native support for every content form I save and it’s been a big pain point. We're focusing on nailing native support for all content types / sources and building tools to help you manage the forever growing list of content that can sometimes happen when your library grows!

It’s called Upnext (https://www.getupnext.com), happy to share invites with HNers in search of a tool in this space, email in profile!

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

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Post by rsolva » Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 1:39 PM UTC

I have tried many different solutions the last two decades, but none of of them really stuck or became useful over time. I kinda gave up and as a last ditch effort started to do the simplest thing I could think of: ctrl+D to add bookmarks in Firefox, jotting down a few keywords on each entry. No folders, no structure, just a flat list and some keywords.

A few months in I noticed how powerful this simple system was. When talking with someone else about a tool, github-repo or article I had seen but did no remember the name or title of, finding it back was suddenly a breeze. Since I keep my desktop and mobile bookmarks in sync, it it just a matter of typing in a keword in the address bar in firefox and it shows up instantly!

On desktop, you can limit the search to bookmarks only by starting with a *, which is helpful to avoid browser history etc.

I have really low bar for adding a bookmark now as the mental overhead is so low and it is done notime. It has become the second brain I always wanted :)

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

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Post by skyzyx » Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 1:43 PM UTC

Since 2006, I’ve gone from:

Delicious → Ma.gnol.ia → Delicious → Pinboard/Instapaper → Raindrop.io

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

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Post by niqdev » Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 1:49 PM UTC

Hi,

I personally ended up building my own solution with the following requirements * easy to export or convert later e.g. json * simple to build/maintain e.g. github action + hugo * easy to access from the phone e.g. telegram

These are my bookmarks https://myawesome.dev and this is the template https://github.com/my-awesome/my-awesome-template

it's not perfect but it cover my needs ;-)

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

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Post by wild-eep » Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 1:55 PM UTC

I use the browser, mainly just to get autocomplete in the address bar.

But, browser bookmark management ranges from barely acceptable to irritating. Never great, or innovative, like some of these services. I wish the browser vendors would adopt some of this stuff.

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

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Post by ericcholis » Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 2:02 PM UTC

l72 wrote: post #27

I have started doing something completely different than using bookmarks. I set up yacy[1] on a personal, internal server at my home, which I can access from all my devices, since they are always on my wireguard vpn. Yacy is actually a distributed search engine, but I run in 'Robinson mode' as a private peer, to keep it isolated, as I just want a personal search of only sites I have indexed. Anytime I come across som…

This is an incredible idea.

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

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Post by pacifika » Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 2:07 PM UTC

l72 wrote: post #27

I have started doing something completely different than using bookmarks. I set up yacy[1] on a personal, internal server at my home, which I can access from all my devices, since they are always on my wireguard vpn. Yacy is actually a distributed search engine, but I run in 'Robinson mode' as a private peer, to keep it isolated, as I just want a personal search of only sites I have indexed. Anytime I come across som…

Nice! I’ve been working on and off on a similar idea (searchable index of link contents) as a cli app eventually web web frontend. It’s on Python so packaging has been an issue.

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

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Post by nikivi » Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 2:16 PM UTC

My bookmarking service is Alfred workflow I wrote: https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/alfred-my-mind

It searches through links in my wiki: https://github.com/nikitavoloboev/knowledge

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

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Post by benrapscallion » Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 2:32 PM UTC

night-rider wrote: post #6

Pinboard is still quite active. If you need proof just go to /recent which is a live firehose and interesting to see what people are bookmarking. I use Pinboard and regularly export my bookmarks incase their servers are hacked/wiped/corrupted.

As a paying customer, I would not recommend pinboard. Just look at some recent discussions on HN. It has been abandonware for years now.

Re: Ask HN: Does anybody still use bookmarking services?

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Post by longnguyen » Thu, Jun 23, 2022, 2:34 PM UTC

focusedone wrote: post #48

Pockey + Pocket 2 Kindle for things I want to read later. Otherwise, HN favorites and digging through Firefox history / other devices to find that one page whatwasitcalled IknowIreadthatyesterday.

Did you run into any trouble or limitations with this setup?