I became overwhelmed with the massive list of content I saved in Pocket/ Instapaper but that I knew I'd never read, so I built myself a similar app where saved content disappears after 7 days.
If I don't read something in the week after I save it, there's a good chance I'm not going to read it ever.
Re:Ask HN: What's your quarantine side project?
by pekka22 on Thursday May 14, 2020 @08:43AM
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Great job! I had pretty much the same idea a couple of years ago, but I thought of a different approach: a bot that will clear my Pocket backlog on schedule.
I became overwhelmed with the massive list of content I saved in Pocket/ Instapaper but that I knew I'd never read, so I built myself a similar app where saved content disappears after 7 days.
If I don't read something in the week after I save it, there's a good chance I'm not going to read it ever.
Works well for me so far.