Chalk me up as yet another happy user of Pinboard.
I put up with the ridiculously slow Delicious bookmarking for far too long only migrating to Pinboard two years ago.
I have about 18k bookmarks on pinboard and speed has not suffered at all. Bookmarking is very fast.
About the only criticism would be that search of my bookmark tags seems a bit more primitive than on Delicious.
Can I actually search multiple tags (not text) in my bookmarks? For example all bookmarks with hn and programming?
The post ends with "Please don't forget to make backups!"
I love Maciej's sense of humor and honesty.
Now, to download my bookmarks...
I love Pinboard, it's been the right thing the whole time, with no uncomfortable changes or redesigns.
The few extra features I want, I've added myself with userscripts and userstyles, and my own massively customized bookmarklet. The only thing I could want in this regard is some slightly more flexible HTML on Pinboard's pages itself, as it is it can be a bit tough to target certain elements with CSS selectors.
I've been a member since December of 2010 (when there was some trouble brewing with Del.icio.us) and I've never been disappointed!
More than anything else, I'm glad something on the scale of Pinboard can exist. Just a man providing a service he built lovingly, to a base of happy customers.
> I am a terrible businessman.
Only from a certain point of view.
I went to sign up and was very confused by the recurring fee. I fully expected to pay like $25 bucks once by now. I wonder how the one time fee would have looked currently?
Sorry for OT, but could anyone tell me how to pronounce "Maciej"? I usually refer to him as "the pinboard guy" because I'm not sure.
Pinboard is one of those pieces of software that has "just worked" since I first signed on. It's been a surprisingly useful part of my daily life, and the lack of bullshit when using it has been awesome. Also: Maciej is an incredible writer. If you haven't read his blog (http://idlewords.com/) or his Twitter account (https://twitter.com/baconmeteor) you really should.