# Goodbye Log
> Software disappears in different ways: a service closes, a feature is retired, an interface becomes inaccessible, or a platform stops accepting new users.

## Entries
- [Anatomy of a Shutdown Notice: Seven Sentences in a Sunset Announcement](https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/anatomy-of-a-shutdown-notice/): 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.
- [Export Before You Need It: A Checklist for Archiving Data From an AI Tool](https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/export-and-archive-ai-tool-data/): Archiving data from an AI tool means preserving more than a collection of conversation transcripts.
- [Retired Features Versus Closed Products: A Guide to the Difference](https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/retired-features-versus-closed-products/): 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.
- [Designing the Last Screen: How Farewell Pages Give Products a Final Form](https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/designing-the-last-screen-farewell-pages/): A farewell page is the final interface between a product and the people who used it.
- [Digital Heritage: How Archivists Preserve Software After It Stops Running](https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/digital-heritage-preserving-retired-software/): Preserving software after it stops running requires more than keeping a copy of its installation files.
- [Following a Fictional Character: How Serial Stories Handle Endings](https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/fictional-characters-serial-story-endings/): When a fictional character is presented through installments, conversations, or follow features, the relationship between audience and story is designed to.

## About
- [About Goodbye Log](https://goodbye-log.pages.dev/about/): what the site covers and how entries are made

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