<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Goodbye Log</title><link>https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/</link><description>How software, platforms and AI products end (sunsets, shutdown notices, retired features, farewell screens).</description><language>en</language><item><title>Anatomy of a Shutdown Notice: Seven Sentences in a Sunset Announcement</title><link>https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/anatomy-of-a-shutdown-notice/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/anatomy-of-a-shutdown-notice/</guid><pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A useful shutdown notice answers seven practical questions: what is ending, who is affected, when access stops, what happens to data, what users can do, where support is available, and what.</description></item><item><title>Export Before You Need It: A Checklist for Archiving Data From an AI Tool</title><link>https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/export-and-archive-ai-tool-data/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/export-and-archive-ai-tool-data/</guid><pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Archiving data from an AI tool means preserving more than a collection of conversation transcripts.</description></item><item><title>Retired Features Versus Closed Products: A Guide to the Difference</title><link>https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/retired-features-versus-closed-products/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/retired-features-versus-closed-products/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A retired feature is a specific capability removed from a product that may continue operating, while a closed product is a service or application that has ended as a whole.</description></item><item><title>Designing the Last Screen: How Farewell Pages Give Products a Final Form</title><link>https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/designing-the-last-screen-farewell-pages/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/designing-the-last-screen-farewell-pages/</guid><pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2026 10:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>A farewell page is the final interface between a product and the people who used it.</description></item><item><title>Digital Heritage: How Archivists Preserve Software After It Stops Running</title><link>https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/digital-heritage-preserving-retired-software/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/digital-heritage-preserving-retired-software/</guid><pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2026 11:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>Preserving software after it stops running requires more than keeping a copy of its installation files.</description></item><item><title>Following a Fictional Character: How Serial Stories Handle Endings</title><link>https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/fictional-characters-serial-story-endings/</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/fictional-characters-serial-story-endings/</guid><pubDate>Sun, 20 Sep 2026 13:00:00 GMT</pubDate><description>When a fictional character is presented through installments, conversations, or follow features, the relationship between audience and story is designed to continue.</description></item></channel></rss>