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## Memories Can't Wait--or, How I Learned to Keep Worrying About the Web

DevFeed: [Memories Can't Wait--or, How I Learned to Keep Worrying About the Web](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/memories-can-t-wait-or-how-i-learned-to-keep-worrying-about-the-web-40781.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://zeldman.com/2026/07/06/memories-cant-wait-or-how-i-learned-to-keep-worrying-about-the-web/>)

Author: L. Jeffrey Zeldman

Published: 2026-07-06T15:07:11Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Jeffrey Zeldman](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/jeffrey-zeldman.md>)

Topics: [Web](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/web.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>), [digital](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/digital.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [archiving](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/archiving.md>), [best-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/best-practices.md>), [cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/cloud.md>), [community](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/community.md>), [corporatism](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/corporatism.md>), [curation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/curation.md>), [decentralized](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/decentralized.md>), [design](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/design.md>), [digital-curation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-curation.md>), [digital-preservation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/digital-preservation.md>), [essentials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/essentials.md>), [extractive-capitalism](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/extractive-capitalism.md>), [free-advice](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/free-advice.md>), [future-friendly](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/future-friendly.md>), [ideas](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ideas.md>), [indieweb](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/indieweb.md>), [industry](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/industry.md>), [local](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/local.md>), [lockss](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/lockss.md>), [networks](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/networks.md>), [off-my-lawn](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/off-my-lawn.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [open-web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-web.md>), [own-your-content](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/own-your-content.md>), [platforms](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/platforms.md>), [state-of-the-web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/state-of-the-web.md>), [storage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/storage.md>), [surviving](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/surviving.md>), [the-essentials](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/the-essentials.md>), [web](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/web.md>)

### AI overview

An opinion essay argues that digital memories are vulnerable because online services, platforms, domains, and content systems can disappear or change ownership. It recommends owning domains and keeping multiple local copies rather than relying solely on cloud services.

### Source excerpt

The web is still the best hope we have for a durable, shared memory. But it requires us to be gardeners, not merely tenants. The post Memories Can't Wait--or, How I Learned to Keep Worrying About the Web appeared first on Jeffrey Zeldman Presents.