# Daring Fireball: The End of the Line for Delicious Library

<https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/11/26/delicious-library-eol>

- Host: [daringfireball.net](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/daringfireball.net/)
- Saved: November 27, 2024 (2024-11-27T22:40:01Z)
- Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/55462791d5a4/
- JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/55462791d5a4.json

## What Jamie wrote

Sad to see Delicious Library go end-of-life. I haven't used the app for a while. It was my primary tool for tracking my DVD, Laser Disc, and CD collection back in the day. I [ordered a fancy Bluetooth barcode scanner](https://www.thingelstad.com/2007/02/24/t5683446.html) to use with it in 2007. I [delighted when Delicious Library 2 was released](https://www.thingelstad.com/2008/05/28/delicious-library-released.html). I’m a collector, so this software really spoke to me. And the developer, Wil Shipley shaped a whole series of applications over the years. Gruber's write up on Daring Fireball is great, and even better read [Siracusa's 2004 review](https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2004/11/delicious-library/) which includes some great screenshots. 

R.I.P. Delicious Library. You had a huge impact.

## Facts

- Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/)

## Appears in

- [WT303: Weekly Thing 303 / Petnames, Synapse, jless](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/303/), Notable

## Same host

- [Daring Fireball: Chinese Government Hackers Compromise 'Back Door for the Good Guys' in U.S. Communication Networks](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/d92612d6bbc4/) (daringfireball.net, October 10, 2024)
- [Daring Fireball: Vision Pro Bites Dog](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/610090e08bdf/) (daringfireball.net, October 26, 2024)
- [Daring Fireball: Andy Grove Was Right](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/20422fe67318/) (daringfireball.net, December 4, 2024)
- [Daring Fireball: Journalism Requires Owners Committed to the Cause](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/106cfd0ef5bc/) (daringfireball.net, December 24, 2024)
- [Daring Fireball: After Years of Moderation-Heavy Zagging, Zuckerberg Announces That Meta Is Going Back to Moderation-Light Zigging Across Its Platforms](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/c3b2c969a4d8/) (daringfireball.net, January 9, 2025)

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## Elsewhere

- Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://daringfireball.net/linked/2024/11/26/delicious-library-eol