How Pinboard Works

Maciej Ceglowski:

Our technical goals are to never lose data, be very fast, and favor boring and faded technologies where possible. A rule of thumb that has worked well for me is that if I’m excited to play around with something, it probably doesn’t belong in production.

Update: Now a 404, alas. Here’s a version from the Internet Archive.

★ Tuesday, 12 January 2010