Bookmarks with a twist
I’ve run my own bookmarking app for a few months now, and it has the same problem as every bookmark manager I’ve used. Nothing ever resurfaces. Save the bookmark, forget the bookmark.
That’s really two problems in one. First, bookmarks aren’t all the same. Some are evergreen and worth keeping forever. Others, like anything about a web framework, are stale within a year or two. I end up with two collections tangled into one. Second, managing bookmarks at scale is a chore. Bulk-editing helps — filter, select, update — but it doesn’t solve the deeper issue. I never revisit anything on purpose.
Over the weekend I sketched an app that tries to fix that with a daily email. Each one asks a simple question about these bookmarks. Which still matters? Whatever you pick gets a new lease of life. Whatever you skip goes back into the pool for another chance later. Miss a bookmark enough times in a row, and it’s archived for good — no more resurfacing, no more guilt.
I’ve also been itching for an excuse to build something real with the Hanakai toolset, and this feels like the right fit. I have no idea if it’ll become an actual product, but it’s a fun problem to build, and it should get me using my own bookmarks again.