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I see that you are using url2png's api, which means that even rendering a fraction of the monthly links will be costly. I'm creating a similar tool and opting (for now) to create the thumbnails offline and on my own (using webkit2png). Can you comment on your decision?

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Originally I was just hitting the Pinboard popular links, which don't change much day to day, so the least expensive url2png plan seemed good. Now, I'm thinking about setting up a phantom.js system for generating the thumbnails.

All that said, the url2png guys are great, and the system is stupidly simple to use, which is great for getting something off the ground quickly.

Following up, I'm going to try implementing this post: http://www.cambus.net/creating-thumbnails-using-phantomjs-an... over the weekend.

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