Building the Bookmark Decay Webapp

The Journey So Far I’m building a web app/Chrome extension pair that allows your bookmarks to “decay” (grow old and disappear) over time; the intention is to encourage you to actually read those tabs you have open as opposed to letting them linger until your browser crashes. Now that I’ve completed the MVP for the extension, it’s time to work on the web app! Missed another part of this project series?
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Data Storage & Retrieval Troubles with Bookmark Decay

The Journey So Far I’m building a web app/Chrome extension pair that allows your bookmarks to “decay” (grow old and disappear) over time; the intention is to encourage you to actually read those tabs you have open as opposed to letting them linger until your browser crashes. Now that I’ve completed the MVP for the extension, it’s time to work on the web app! Missed another part of this project series?
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Developing a Chrome Extension for Bookmark Decay

The Journey So Far I’m building a web app/chrome extension pair that allows your bookmarks to “decay” (grow old and disappear) over time; the intention is to encourage you to actually read those tabs you have open as opposed to letting them linger until your browser crashes.1 The first step I’m taking on this project is creating a Chrome Extension to easily bookmark pages and save that data locally. Missed another part of this project series?
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New Project: Bookmark Decay

I’ve been working on a small personal project for a few days now, and I thought I’d start sharing my progress, just to talk about how I work through things. A bit of rubber duck programming for me, a little bit of content for you (uh, and for me). “Bookmark Decay” The working title of a little project I’ve thought about on and off for a couple years. The basic idea is a list of bookmarks that “decay” (IE, disappear) after a certain amount of time.
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To Build Trust, Don’t Bullshit People

My daughter screaming at daycare recently reminded me of the best manager I’ve ever had, and how his lack of bullshit led to a trust-filled and enduring relationship. Honesty in Daycare I recently started sending my 2 year old to daycare. It’s only for 2 days a week, and it’s only for 4 hours a day, but it’s still hard on both of us; she naturally doesn’t want to leave a space in which she’s already comfortable (home), and I don’t want to feel like a monster for leaving my crying child with strangers.
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