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  "path": "/links/make-it-ephemeral",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-05T04:00:00.000Z",
  "site": "https://jonathanstephens.us",
  "tags": [
    "Software",
    "Internet",
    "Patina",
    "Ephemeral",
    "Data Loss",
    "Time",
    "Decay",
    "Forgetting",
    "Visual Decay",
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  "textContent": "> While outright deletion may not be the solution, irrelevant notes and documents showing up in searches add to the clutter and make finding useful information harder. “But I need my data sometimes years later” I hear you say. What about making it intentional? Archive them in year books. Make me intentionally “dig into the archives” if I really have to. There are many very intentional ways of dealing with this problem.",
  "title": "Make It Ephemeral: Software Should Decay and Lose Data"
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