Post #1891754

2026-05-02 02:58 UTC

@deobald I don't suppose you plan to do snapshotting/archiving of web pages à la Wallabag.org (a.k.a. FLOSS "Pocket") or https://flathub.org/en/apps/dev.geopjr.Archives ? I mentioned deletion as your website also talks about documents, multimedia, notes 🤔 sometimes you must delete data after work has been completed, or after a certain maximum retention period. Many of my temp notes get thrown out after 1-4 weeks. "Deleting is so 80's" reminds me of GMail's initial "Just Archive! Who needs a Delete button?" stance 😉

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@deobald@fantastic.earth 2026-05-02 13:21

@nekohayo savebutton already does archiving but the archival code is shit because i wrote it. 😂 the modern web is broken and snapshots really demand a headless browser. will do eventually but it’s a pain. i’m *very* tempted by https://gwern.net/gwtar but i’m cognizant that might just be nerd fetishization of a neat hack, on my part. currently the archives can be bounced. maybe i should also make those timestamped/immutable, but they’re heavy to sync (compared to a `.url` file) and not a primary focus yet. i’m also aware i need to add tombstones for erasure of saves. but i want to get the ux right first before i worry about compliance-type things. i’m also sure the tombstones can’t contain the original filename in case someone wants to erase `super-embarrassing-sexy-image.gif` because `super-embarrassing-sexy-image.gif.tombstone` is probably still incriminating if their spouse finds out. but i kinda hate the idea of obfuscating tombstone names so i haven’t built them yet.

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