As a universal ingester of all content, this may be worth adding to DEVONthink’s repertoire.
Goodlinks is a very nice offline-reader which I’ve been filling up with things I’ve meant to get round to reading for years (no subscription, macOS, iPad and iOS native apps).
Cognitively, I like to use it to capture things that don’t necessarily fit my DT DBs as I use them, but then later I realised that I should have captured them to DT, but didn’t. So I’ve always had a moment of frisson where I can’t work out how important it is and where I should store it to not read it again later. If DT could offer it as a source (alongside Pinboard, Bookends, etc) it could give me one less excuse to maintain my guilt of not reading those pages, whereby choosing where to store it (Goodlinks!) would have no impact on where I’d actually use it again later (DEVONthink!)
Yes, I agree that it seems odd for them to bake in a HTTP server and API but not offer RSS but etc etc.
I switched to using it maybe two years ago now (not sure) after deciding the cost of Readwise’s Reader was too high for my use-case (paying a high sub cost just to store articles I won’t read seemed a bit pointless ).
I don’t know what it is about GoodLinks but I actually ended up clearing some of my backlog. For me, it’s just got something really pleasing about this interface that makes me prefer it. Also, I’ve found its PDF export option to be superb (it can convert articles to PDF without rubbish even when Safari and DT fail). I also think it’s export option for highlights (you can export as markdown) makes it great for working with DT.
I also want to give a little shoutout to the developers. I had a problem with my devices only partially syncing, and one of them spent a week going back and forth with me by email as they went through my logs from three devices and tracked down the error (in my library of 5000+ articles that I imported from Readwise, one URL was corrupted and jamming the sync). I was so impressed with their persistence in finding the error and since the offending link was deleted the app has been perfect (it’s one of those “it just works” apps).
My use is very similar to yours. A Read-It-Later app is a specific step in my workflow for articles I’m not certain deserve to be promoted to DT just yet. Many end up deleted without ever touching DT, but some end up being useful enough to get added to DT later.
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