I used to use my browser, delicious, then pinboard, and not its a mixture of the Vivaldi web browser (its a tab management powerhouse) and when I need to make sure I save a link I clip it into devonthink either doing a webarchive and/or bookmark.
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It’s more friction, but also more useable, but for some things I’ve found Freeform is better for managing links, or Reminders, which I also use a lot.
For example, my list of misc YouTube videos I want to watch (not related to work and stuff) is just on Reminders. You can quickly add the link either via the native Reminders share menu option (which asks you to pick the list you want to add the link to), or you can set up a Shortcut to add the link to a specific list and make that a share menu item (I’ve done this for a couple of lists I use a lot for web links).
The benefit of this approach over bookmarks is that these are links I am “temporarily” saving and they require an action (in reality an item might be on the list for over a year, but the point is I don’t plan to keep it forever!). It makes sense to put them into a list where I can action them, and it keeps my bookmarks clear of any temporary URLs (bookmarks, in my view, are for things I need to navigate to regularly and somewhat permanently).
Since Freeform has arrived, I’ve also found this to be a useful way to manage URLs. For example, I have a board that is just URLs to webinars I need/want to watch for work. I’ve arranged them by topic, and Freeform provides an image preview for each link so it’s really easy to visually skim to find the one I’m looking for.
I also manage shopping lists in Freeform now for a similar reason - I can visually glance at the links I’ve saved and often the item I’ve linked to has a photo, so I know without clicking what it is.
Because Freeform is a white board app, you can also add notes really easily next to links. For example. When I was overwhelmed and choosing a new desk a few weeks ago, I saved all the links I was looking at (bonus: Safari wasn’t cluttered with millions of open tabs of desks!), and if I had thoughts I added them in a note next to the link (e.g. “this one is the highest rated in Europe, but also expensive?”). I also added images for the shortlist of things like desk dimensions. I could then see at a glance all my choices and any info I felt was pertinent.
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It’s been a while and I’m still working on deleting most of my bookmarks in Safari. Currently what helped me the most is a mixture of all the posts in this topic, especially the one by @Bmosbacker: I’m taking more time to review stuff and to not just safe everything I find interesting into Safari. I’m reviewing all my bookmarks and I give them better names.
I bought Goodlinks and I’m using it as a link-zettelbox I guess? If I find something interesting, but I know I won’t need it constantly or I want to keep it for later I safe it just there. Per example I have a hashtag #wtb for things that I want to buy anytime soon or sometime in the future. I use subtags, per example +wtb/christmas.
Last but not least I’m using Pupsinos approach, but I’m using Apple Notes instead of freeform, for projects and all.
I generally started to use JohnnyDecimal for anything. I’m still not sure how to sort stuff into folders sometimes but ChatGPT is very helpful with this approach. It helped me finding a good folder system and advices me, if a folder has a too open name or if I should make a new category for something.
I’m really starting to find stuff when I need it which makes me happy. So, thank you all. 
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Vivaldi’s Saved Sessions is ideal for saving and returning to research sessions, or particular groups of tabs you just want to be able to return to, without having to leave a bunch of windows and tabs open in the background all the time, or trying to reconstruct a session from bookmarks and searches.
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Tools like Workona do this as well (albeit paid). Workona goes so far though as to give each session its own collection of notes, bookmarks, etc. It’s paid, but it can be useful IF one is okay with data syncing up to the cloud and the $10/month fee.
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You can also add notes in Vivaldi, and it’s free. When I do research, I find it handy to be able to add notes to the websites in a saved session.
Imo too many power users overlook Vivaldi. It’s incredibly innovative, and it has more features and is more customizable than any other browser I’m aware of. It’s also a bootstrapped business (run by the founder of Opera), so it’s considerably less at risk of enshittification than the heavily VC-funded Arc.
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I had no idea after all this time on Mac and Safari that one could do that!! Thanks.
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Really DEVONthink 3 is worth a try. My advice is not to work too hard at it first of all. For example I started at some point just saving websites and articles in it by web page links and find them very easy to search and find though I couldn’t tell you exactly how it works.
There is a learning curve but not as steep as some think and you can a lot of usage out of DEVONthink 3 while you acquire skills on it. I am still learning new things slowly on it after years and years.
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You can set up a Shortcut that sends a URL to an Apple Note and add it to your share sheet so it’s always available. I did that for a while.
There’s also a Shortcut in the gallery (a section in the Shortcuts app) for copying a webpage to a new note. I’ve not used this so don’t know if it’s any good, but it’s intended use is I think so that you can save an article in Apple Notes to read later.
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Oh I‘m using a Popclip addon for this. It’s awesome.