How I Bookmark

Up until a few weeks ago, bookmarking had been a non-issue for me: Add bookmarks to Firefox and let Sync handle the propagation to all my devices. Happy days! Mozilla’s recent changes in Firefox’s Terms of Use and the removal of the query Does Firefox sell your personal data? in their FAQs have sent me on a path to find a new browser. And a more resilient way to track my bookmarks.

My first idea was of course my own personal website. I mean, what do I really need to track when adding a bookmark? Title, URL, description, tags. My bookmarks could live inside my website’s repo as a simple JSON file. Two thoughts kept me from going down that road: One, interoperability: I would probably need a JSON-to-something-like-OPML? converter whenever I need to change tools again. And two, it might be nice to share my bookmarks in a more open and social environment that simultaneously allows me to follow bookmarks of people I like.

That’s when I learned about linkhut, thanks to Drew DeVault. I already use sourcehut for all my software projects, so linkhut’s good taste in inspirations made me feel right at home. This tool ticks all my boxes: free, open-source, import/export, API via OAuth, and an RSS feed to follow. Bonus: Their API gives me a good excuse to create a custom loader for Astro’s Content Layer and integrate my bookmarks into my personal website after all.

What I Bookmark

Important to know before you subscribe to my bookmarks: I do not share interesting articles/notes/blog posts on linkhut! Wallabag is in charge of all my read-it-later needs. I rather share tools, asset collections, online books and courses, indexes of any kind, and more—anything that spans more than a single page.

I have the PARA method (project, area, resource, archive) in mind when I file bookmarks and only cover my personal areas, e.g. cooking, and resources, e.g. graphic design, on linkhut. Links relevant to my projects are often behind a login anyway, and bookmarks to archived stuff kind of defeats the purpose.

Side note: I generally capitalize my tags which hopefully makes them friendlier for screen readers and people with dyslexia.

Now that you know a bit more about my bookmarking methods, feel free to check out my linkhut profile and/or subscribe to its RSS feed. Drop me an email with your feed should you choose to try linkhut as well!