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Reading Library Guides

Practical guides for saving articles, building a searchable reading library, preserving web pages, organizing research, and owning your reading data.

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·5 min read

How Textivore Stores the Original HTML of Every Article

Textivore keeps a raw HTML snapshot next to the parsed article: why dual storage exists, the 10 MB drop-not-truncate rule, and what a snapshot can't save.

·5 min read

Full-Text Search on Plain Postgres for a Read-Later App

How Textivore's search works on plain Postgres: a weighted tsvector, a trigger, a GIN index, and the query tricks that make imported bookmarks findable.

·6 min read

Best Bookmark Manager for Developers (2026)

Developer bookmark managers compared on full-text search, parseable export, APIs, and durability: Raindrop, linkding, Karakeep, Pinboard, Textivore.

·5 min read

Instapaper vs Readwise Reader (2026): Which to Pick?

Instapaper is simple and $59.99/year with a free tier. Readwise Reader is a $119.88/year power tool with RSS and highlight sync. An honest 2026 comparison.

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Linkding vs Karakeep vs Linkwarden (2026)

Three self-hosted bookmark managers compared: linkding for speed, Karakeep for AI tagging and apps, Linkwarden for preservation. Plus the no-server option.

·5 min read

Does Matter Have an Android App in 2026?

No. Matter runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, and the web only. Here's the status of the long-promised Android app and what Android readers can use instead.

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Matter App Pricing 2026: Free vs Premium

Matter's core app is free. Premium is $8/month or $60/year on the web, but $7.99/month or $79.99/year via the App Store. Here's the difference.

·6 min read

Organize Competitor Research Without Enterprise Tools

A lightweight competitor-tracking workflow for PMs: save competitor posts as content, tag by competitor, and full-text search before the roadmap meeting.

·6 min read

How to Organize the Technical Articles You Read

A working system for the technical articles and docs you save: one capture point, a three-axis tag scheme, and full-text search as the retrieval layer.