Lately, I’ve been thinking how fast online stuff can change.
Even just disappear.
The other day, I was dealing with some school-related things.
We didn’t collect money from parents last year.
Now we’re trying to sort it out after the fact.
It made me realize how important it is to keep records of info exactly as it was at a certain point.

I came across this web tool that lets you save snapshots of webpages, keeping them just as they are at certain moment.
It’s pretty handy if you need to refer back to something that might get updated or taken down later.
You just enter the URL of the page you want to save
And it gives you a permanent, shareable link to that specific version.

But there’s a bit of controversy around it.
Some people say that archiving pages without the content creator’s permission can mess with intellectual property rights and privacy.
There’s also the concern that it could be used to bypass paywalls or keep content available that someone might prefer to remove.

On the other hand, supporters argue that it helps preserve the internet’s history and fights against censorship.
In a time when information can be changed or deleted so easily, having a way to capture and access the original content is really valuable.

What do you guys think?
Have you ever needed to access info that was changed or no longer available?
Do you feel the benefits of these archiving tools outweigh the potential downsides?

Dear reader,

Tomorrow I start with a new company.

In this essay I jotted down a few thoughs on focus.

F.