Pastebin 0.50 released – with expiry control
Pastebin was conceived as a way to post code into an IRC or IM conversation, so the post itself was thought to be quite ephemeral. Therefore, the database didn’t retain posts for very long. However,...
View ArticleUsage of pastebin expiry feature
The new expiry option has been live at pastebin.com for over 24 hours, it’s been interesting to see the usage patterns. There have been just under 2000 posts in the past day, breaking down as follows:...
View ArticleTranslate Pastebin?
I’ve been wondering if anyone would like a translated version of Pastebin? It gets a lot of use from Germany – any German coders want to volunteer some translated text? Happy to do other languages too,...
View ArticlePastebin performance improved
Pastebin never used to retain more than a few thousand posts, but the recent feature to allow longer post retention exposed a few performance issues. If you noticed pastebin.com being a little slow, my...
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Pastebin Reset…
I’m rarely “off the grid” but while away camping over the weekend the pastebin database seems to have suffered a pretty catastrophic failure. For the time being I’ve reset it while I investigate…...
View ArticlePastebin – light at the end of the tunnel
A number of people have emailed or left comments frustrated by the speed of pastebin. Over the past few months I’ve spent the odd ten minutes here and there tweaking it in the face of ever-increasing...
View ArticlePastebin Reloaded!
Well, I promised it waaaay back in january, but I’ve finally released an update to pastebin.com. A few people have asked for the source over the past few months and have seen some of the updates...
View ArticlePastebin – Turbo Boost Success!
Just been checking the stats on pastebin.com and clearly the recent changes have worked well! Usage has trebled since last week and it’s still very responsive. It’s nice to see that people still want...
View ArticlePastebin fights the spam!
A few people have emailed me recently disappointed by the level of spam postings on pastebin.com. I’ve never really understood why spammers bother, but as they are bothering in increasing numbers it...
View ArticlePastebin post filtering
As there’s been some cases of cracked email address lists being posted on pastebin recently, this week I tweaked the spam filtering to block such posts. A few legitimate posts got caught in the...
View Articlepastebin.org considered harmful
I run pastebin.com, and maintain it daily. I check for abuses of the service, block IP addresses of serial offenders and try to ensure it provides a speedy and useful service. I make the software...
View ArticlePastebin, the Ti-89 signing keys, and the DMCA
I’ve had a DMCA takedown request sent in relation to a pastebin post containing the signing keys for a range of Texas Instruments calculators which, if I understand correctly, allow you to digitally...
View ArticlePastebin.com and the Hotmail password leak
It seems that a list of 10,000 Hotmail usernames and passwords has been posted on pastebin.com in recent days. Pastebin was created as a tool to aid software development, not to distribute this sort of...
View ArticlePastebin.com and password lists
In the past few days, pastebin.com has been cited in a wide variety of high-profile news sources regarding a “leak” of email account passwords. This brought a huge surge in visitors, and ensuring I...
View ArticleWant to buy pastebin.com?
I have a need to shed various side projects to free up my time, so I’m looking for anyone who is interesting in purchasing pastebin.com and developing it further. I created the site way back in 2002,...
View ArticlePastebin.com has a new owner!
Congratulations to Jeroen, who is the new owner of pastebin.com. Many thanks to everyone who expressed an interest in taking it over. The site is now running on vastly improved hardware, and I’m sure...
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Pastebin on GitHub
I wrote the original pastebin.com, and sold the domain in 2010 in the wake of the Hotmail password leak. I’m impressed with what Jeroen, the new owner, has done with the concept since then. However,...
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