# Blog

> How Curate reads what you save, and why it works the way it does. Notes on capture, recipes, search and what we do with your data.

- Canonical: https://www.getcurate.ai/blog/

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Blog

# Notes on saving things properly.

How Curate reads what you send it, why it is built the way it is, and what it does with what you save. Written for people who already have four hundred bookmarks.

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Browse [Privacy and data](/blog/privacy/)[Recipes](/blog/recipes/)[Capture](/blog/capture/)

1.  Privacy and data · 18 September 2026 · 2 min read
    
    ## [What we keep when you delete something](/blog/privacy/what-we-keep-when-you-delete-something/)
    
    Deleting a recipe does not delete the photograph it came from. A deliberate decision with a real cost, and a plainer explanation than a policy line.
    
2.  Recipes · 16 September 2026 · 2 min read
    
    ## [Why quantity and item are separate fields](/blog/recipes/why-quantity-and-item-are-separate-fields/)
    
    Storing "3 tbsp white miso" as one line makes a recipe readable. Splitting it into three fields makes it searchable and editable. Here is what that buys.
    
3.  Capture · 14 September 2026 · 2 min read
    
    ## [The share sheet is the product](/blog/capture/the-share-sheet-is-the-product/)
    
    Capture has to take under five seconds or it does not happen. That one threshold decides most of how Curate is built, including what it refuses to ask you.
    
4.  Capture · 11 September 2026 · 2 min read
    
    ## [What happens when a page will not let us in](/blog/capture/what-happens-when-a-page-will-not-let-us-in/)
    
    Some pages want a subscription, some never answer, some are behind a login. What Curate does with each, and why your link is safe either way.
    
5.  Recipes · 9 September 2026 · 2 min read
    
    ## [Two things we could not read](/blog/recipes/two-things-we-could-not-read/)
    
    When extraction is unsure, Curate asks instead of guessing, and shows the crop it is unsure about. Why asking beats being confidently wrong.