In a scary turn of events, it's already October! But that means it's #Hacktoberfest, which is super exciting - reminder that it's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham on Wednesday which will be Hacktoberfest themed - I hope to see you there for some Free and Open Source contributing! https://events.indieweb.org/2020/09/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-hacktoberfest-edition--dTrYgmFEBZff
I’ve just reinstalled some IndieWeb support to this blog, let’s see how it works out.
Also, hello again to folks on Micro.blog! 🙂
wearsmanyhats.micro.blogYou might not think this is a big deal, and maybe it’s not, but I love the idea behind the indie web: a people-focused alternative to the corporate web. Seeing everything you’ve ever linked to in one place really drives home how much of the web’s content, made by individuals, is under corporate control and identity.
From the IndieWeb chat: Tantek Çelik suggests “Blocktober”. Block the big social networks in October. Maybe you can’t quit Facebook, Instagram, and YouTube forever, but you can do it for a month.
Reminder that it's #HomebrewWebsiteClub Nottingham tomorrow! I hope to see you there at 1730 for some website stuff - it'll be the last non-#Hacktoberfest themed one until November! https://events.indieweb.org/2020/09/homebrew-website-club-nottingham-4BIUc3geqfW0
Why keep blogging? For me, there are at least 3 good reasons:
- To leave a trace.
- To figure out what I have to say.
- Because I like it.
Gutenberg compatibility would be killer. All the tools are there in Gutenberg to make awesome IndieWeb friendly posts, but might be difficult to get it to play nice with the current plugins & themes.
You have hit upon one of the great conundrums of the IndieWeb - everyone loves static sites until they want to do something dynamic 😄
I know you already moved off Next.js but I use that now, and it can actually be a mix of statically generated and dynamic content which works great for me.
The other thing to look into is basically fancy build steps. I don't really know if it is common in Jekyll, but in things like Gatsby and 11ty it is quite common to have a build step that pulls data from external sources, then new builds can be fired by webhooks.
Time to catch up on some IndieWeb!
Sunlit 3.0 for iOS is now available in the App Store! It’s built on the foundation of Micro.blog, but just for photos, and it can also publish to WordPress or IndieWeb blogs. Kind of like Instagram except no ads, no algorithms, and no Facebook.