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I don't get why people litter their browser with tabs. I pretty sure I never used more than 30 at the same time. I just close them if I don't need them anymore. At the latest when I can't read the titles anymore the garbage collection runs. If I might still need it I just bookmark the page. (It helps to sort your bookmarks and have proper syncing)

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One problem for me is opening more interesting links than I have time to get to. Bookmarks don't really solve the core problem of not properly managing my time. When I used to use RSS, I would have many feeds racking up dozens of unread and potentially interesting posts as a sort of todo list which I never got around to clearing. So I decided to forget about RSS and try not to worry about catching every single item out there.

I normally just exit the browser if I reach 20 tabs. Mentally I can’t/won’t deal with it and just declare tab bankrupcy and exists everything. Browsers like Safari have excellent time based history, should I need a page within the next few days.

On problem with this method is that is has made me hate webapps, including PWAs, as it they incompatible with the browser being closed down a few times a day.

> On problem with this method is that is has made me hate webapps, including PWAs

Javascript is the new Flash...

Because I'll be never sure when I need this tab next time. I can't use bookmarks because bookmarks don't record the exact context (the history leading to that tab and neighbor tabs).

Better never let the process die or corrupt the session cache.

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