About Goodbye Log

Goodbye Log is an independent English-language publication about how software, digital platforms, online services, and AI products end. Its subject includes permanent shutdowns, discontinued features, expired services, abandoned applications, and the announcements that mark these changes. It examines what companies communicate when a product reaches its end and what remains accessible afterward.

The publication is intended for product managers, designers, digital preservationists, archivists, technology writers, and people who have spent time using digital tools that are no longer available. These subjects connect product design with questions of data portability, access, software history, digital ownership, and the preservation of online culture.

Goodbye Log takes a quiet, explanatory approach. Its articles draw on public information and practical knowledge about software, archives, and product communication. The editorial desk produces explanatory writing with the assistance of AI writing tools, aiming for clear language, useful distinctions, and careful treatment of information that can vary by product, location, or date.

What you will find here

Goodbye Log publishes 6 entries, among them Anatomy of a Shutdown Notice: Seven Sentences in a Sunset Announcement, Export Before You Need It: A Checklist for Archiving Data From an AI Tool, Retired Features Versus Closed Products: A Guide to the Difference.

How the entries are made

Entries are written by the Goodbye Log editors with the help of AI writing tools and are meant as general information. They are not professional, legal, medical or financial advice, and details can change, so check primary sources before you act on anything.

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