Yeeeears ago (around 2011/2012) I've built a simple bookmarking app called Miitla (MInd IT LAter), you can still find references to it[1]. I was focused on providing a simple bookmarking experience with tags and such. Unfortunately, I was not motivated enough to keep updating the project and in the end, I stopped. I got a few thousand users, but at the time my day job was generating nice income and I wasn't thinking about monetizing Miitla.
To this day, I regret that I did not pursue it and transformed into something bigger.
Congrats on the launch, what catches my attention is the simplicity. Keep it like this for long enough and you will get many users.
Here is an interesting plot twist. At the time, one of Miitla "competitors" was Kippt[1], I was impressed with their design at the time and followed them very carefully. Turns out, Kippt founder is Linear founder these days...
- I like the no-nonsense landing page, but what I'd like more is to be able to see what the product actually looks like without having to sign up. At least screenshots, but a demo would be nice.
- I'm looking to migrate away from Pinboard, but I like how you can see all of a user's bookmarks (e.g: https://pinboard.in/u:justusthane) unless they mark them private. I get that the point of Webtag is it's private by default, but it would also be cool if this was an option.
I've been been a Pinboard fan for years. I paid $11 for lifetime access back in 2011, and "upgraded" to an annual plan with archival in 2021 (mostly because I wanted to support the continued development of Pinboard, and that the time Marciej mentioned new features that were supposedly coming). I love Maciej's work, writing[0], and general vibe. Pinboard acquiring del.icio.us[1] after Yahoo drove it into the ground is one of the most delicious (pardon the pun) acquisition stories in tech history I think. I also enjoyed his micro-incubator thing[2] (I think he was giving grants of $50 or something).
Unfortunately over the past several years it just feels like he's gotten burnt out on Pinboard and has stopped developing and is barely supporting it. I guess that's fine if everything works properly, but I don't really have a lot of confidence in the future of Pinboard anymore. I personally haven't had any actual problems with Pinboard yet, but have read several accounts by others who have and have found support poor to non-existent.
I plan on leaving. I am unable to download all copies of ny bookmarks from my archival account. Have sent support request about this never any response.
Support requests are often not answered. Google around , you will see plenty of other complaints in my opinion.
I'm curious, where and how is the information stored as part of the service.
Would be nice if you can share the deployment strategy that is being used as it suggests the framework for long term support.
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To this day, I regret that I did not pursue it and transformed into something bigger.
Congrats on the launch, what catches my attention is the simplicity. Keep it like this for long enough and you will get many users.
[1]http://ratemystartup.com/save-links-with-one-click-miitla-co...
Persistence is the key.
[1]https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/kippt
- I like the no-nonsense landing page, but what I'd like more is to be able to see what the product actually looks like without having to sign up. At least screenshots, but a demo would be nice.
- I'm looking to migrate away from Pinboard, but I like how you can see all of a user's bookmarks (e.g: https://pinboard.in/u:justusthane) unless they mark them private. I get that the point of Webtag is it's private by default, but it would also be cool if this was an option.
Unfortunately over the past several years it just feels like he's gotten burnt out on Pinboard and has stopped developing and is barely supporting it. I guess that's fine if everything works properly, but I don't really have a lot of confidence in the future of Pinboard anymore. I personally haven't had any actual problems with Pinboard yet, but have read several accounts by others who have and have found support poor to non-existent.
[0]: https://idlewords.com/
[1]: https://blog.pinboard.in/2017/06/pinboard_acquires_delicious...
[2]: https://blog.pinboard.in/2013/01/pinboard_co_prosperity_winn...
Thanks and nice work
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I noticed it uses MongoDB. That seems like an overkill to me, have you considered SQLite?
if you are open to taking feature requests:
- ability to add random notes
- any submitted link should be captured in archive / wayback machine
- (complicated) search within the submitted links content
https://hn.toonmaterial.com