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I like the design and the idea, but I also don't find it very minimalistic (only 10 bookmarks on a single page?). I'd also like to see a short description or "about" page. Are all bookmarks public? Can I have private bookmarks, too?

The "let's add a site" input is disabled. From the UX perspective, I'm not sure why I can't add any site. I assume I need to be logged in, but then either change it to "Log in to add a site" or remove the input for logged out users completely.

As other stated, a login without HTTPS is a no-no.

A shameless plug: Personally, I like managing my bookmarks in plain text (via git), so I've built StaticMarks[0]. It generates a static web app with all my bookmarks on every git push.

[0] https://staticmarks.com

Thanks for your suggestions. I will review your tool.

Nice!

Is it a public bookmark aggregator or do you have private links?

What are the use cases for this?

I like the simplicity of this, ui is minimal and well done, works on mobile also.

Note: Use LetsEncrypt or put it behind Cloudflare CDN+DNS(has free plan) to get temporary SSL cert :)

Many thanks for suggestions. I will add the option to add a private link.

No https and I can see 3 links on a 27inch screen. I'd say that's far from minimal. On Pinboard (which I'd call minimal) I can see 10 links at the same time.

thanks

I will improve the interface. Thank you so much for your comment.

I made an an open-source, web-based bookmarking server to host my bookamrks privately.

Currently it uses sqlite, for ease of deployment.

https://github.com/jonschoning/espial

Demo: (uname demo, passwd demo)

http://penrose77.cloudapp.net:3000/u:demo

that's pretty nice platz.

Am i right in thinking this is basically a pinboard clone but without the archiving capabilities?

It it just mvp currently but plan to add features, as I develop specific needs..

archiving could be one of them, but I found I didn't use it that much myself (There is always archive.is too)

I use https://www.one-tab.com/ to backup bookmarks then i export the urls and save it as a text file in a designated folder for bookmarks.

Its a lot easier for me to query the txt files for whatever bookmark i want.

Congrats on the launch, I’m excited to see how this evolves.

Bug report: When I click on “let’s add a site” nothing happens (and I can’t add a site).

Iphone 7, chrome browser.

[Deprecation] Using unescaped '#' characters in a data URI body is deprecated and will be removed in M71, around December 2018. Please use '%23' instead. See https://www.chromestatus.com/features/5656049583390720 for more details.

https://blog.pinboard.in/2011/03/anatomy_of_a_crushing/

> We charged money for a good or service

> I know this one is controversial, but there are enormous benefits and you can immediately reinvest a whole bunch of it in your project sips daiquiri. Your customers will appreciate that you have a long-term plan that doesn't involve repackaging them as a product.

> If Pinboard were not a paid service, we could not have stayed up on December 16, and I would have been forced to either seek outside funding or close signups. Instead, I was immediately able to hire contractors, add hardware, and put money in the bank against further development.

> I don't claim the paid model is right for all projects that want to stay small and independent. But given the terrible track record of free bookmarking sites in particular, the fact that a Pinboard account costs money actually increases its perceived value. People don't want their bookmarks to go away, and they hate switching services. A sustainable, credible business model is a big feature.

What's the advantage over Pinboard and Nextcloud bookmarks?

separating links with multiple tags?

You can add multiple tags on Pinboard too

404: http://appread.me/terms.html

Application error When trying to access an inexistant tag /tag/ruby for example !

thanks fixed

http://appread.me/tag/ruby

needs to have a much higher information density on the page. Bookmark sites, rather like HN are all about covering the greatest number of the highest quality of information updates in the smallest amount of time taken to read ("scan")

The tags don't seem to work.

thanks. I've added your site https://newsblocks.io/.

http://appread.me/content/5baf6ac00d1d960013461ec1

Thanks. Good luck with your project!

thanks hn..

https://blog.pinboard.in/2017/06/pinboard_acquires_delicious...

>Do not attempt to compete with Pinboard.

Why?

Yeah that comment seems out of place. Especially when you hear so many good things about Pinboard. Maybe it's sarcasm?

It's definitely tongue-in-cheek.

Or alternatively, if you're not opposed to having your company purchased for large amounts of money, do attempt to compete with Pinboard.

Keep in mind that delicious had changed hands multiple times by that point. The original founders were paid when they were acquired by Yahoo, not delicious.

OTOH I getting a feeling that these days pinboard is running on autopilot.The Owner seems mostly to be concentrating on political causes.

There is a feature (tweet search) that has been broken for over a year and seems unlikely to be fixed.

I'm a customer but I got one of the "pay once" accounts rather than the annual payment ones so the pain isn't enough for me to move.

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