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Ask HN: Do you email yourself content? Why?

3 points by velyan ↗ HN
What do you do with it if so?

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timoteostewart
I email myself URLs of web pages I want to read later. I have a program that periodically checks my email and takes action on emails that I send to a specific alias. Actions include extracting the article/content of the page and converting it to an mp3 for me to listen to while I exercise or drive. If it’s a YouTube URL, it uses yt-dlp to download the video for later viewing. Etc.
velyan
Oh cool so essentially a way to personalize how you consume content? Is there anything your current setup is lacking?
timoteostewart
I would say it’s a handy sink or inbox where I can route URL-based content for immediate processing and delayed consumption.

No current shortcomings. I am always thinking of ways to add features, but it works very well as is.

brudgers
Yes, sometimes because it is simple and it works and is asynchronous.

Then I do whatever it was I wanted to do.

Or not, because I also ignore email.

But these days I am more likely to make a draft email in gmail and save the work of managing my inbox.

Good luck.

gus_massa
When I make a tricky calculation, I send an informal email to my coworkers explaiaing the unexpected parts. Six months later, when we need that result, it heelps me to remember and avoid the pitfalls.