I've been using https://pinboard.in for years and can't recommend it enough - it's brilliant.
Honestly it actually affects the support I had for the the anti-startup 'I can run a business on my own and grow it myself' narrative that pinboard represents.
Basically, don't use pinboard if you expect any kind of support.
EDIT: plus, for some bizarre reason the full-text search doesn't work on pinboard's own notes features, which was something I just assumed would be the case. Big letdown.
I'll fix this and credit you for a year due to the fact that you had to come to HN for actual support. The underlying issue is sometimes I burn out and flee to the woods/southern ocean for a while. But my bad work habits shouldn't be your problem.
I don't actually mind that sometimes things don't run as smoothly as they would for a product that has an entire team and/or dedicated support behind it (or appear do so to at least), and in fact I think it's part of the agreement, in a way. If I like the fact that you're a one-man shop, I should also accept some of the downsides.
Anyways, things are working now, thanks! I'm curious: what happened there? Was it just my account?
Also, turns out pinboard does index notes. Awesome!
Could you email me your pinboard username? I appreciate your kind words but am serious about comping you.
I fixed fulltext search that was falling over on a caching server, so it affected a bunch of users besides you.
I'll email you my details, thanks.
Certainly not bad, but there are hostable solutions that would work on $15/year VPSs, and that's at consumer pricing and supports multiple users.
On the other hand, this is just penny pinching and <$1/mo is phenomenal.
> Right now, users pay a one-time signup fee that grows by a fraction of a penny with each new signup. At the moment, this fee is $10.55. Pinboard also offers archiving accounts, which cost $25/year. Users who upgrade after joining Pinboard can deduct the signup fee from the first year of archiving.
> Under the new scheme, basic Pinboard accounts will cost $11/year, while archiving will continue to cost $25/year.
> My main reason for making the change is so that I don't have to keep explaining how pricing works. An astonishing number of people already believe that they're paying annually for Pinboard. Others accuse me of baiting and switching them when they upgrade to archiving and get a renewal notice. Note how much easier it is to describe the new policy than the old one.
Can you recommend any?