Guides
Short, practical write-ups about getting a block of text from one person to another without leaking it, losing its formatting or making the reader work for it.
Sharing, by content type
Plain text, expiry, and when a paste beats a document.
Highlighting, raw output, and what to include in a snippet.
Redaction checklist, trimming commands, link settings.
Pretty-print, validate, and keep the bytes intact.
Indentation traps and Secrets that are not secret.
Source shown as text, never rendered.
Env files, nginx, compose and SSH without credentials.
Coloured source, no rendering.
Capture into a paste, and when text is better.
Context, tracking parameters, and no shortener.
Background reading
Where the format came from and what it is for.
Paste links versus gists versus screenshots.
How expiry and burn-after-read differ, and when to use each.
What hashing does and does not protect.
Compare paste sites by use case, without hype.
The design choices behind the site.
Frequently asked questions
Are these guides about pastesite.com specifically?
Mostly. The mechanics — what to redact, how expiry works, why screenshots make bad bug reports — apply to any paste site. The links point here because that is the site this documentation lives on.
Is there a blog?
No. These guides are updated in place when the product or a browser behaviour changes, rather than published as dated posts.