For today’s IndieWeb Create Day, I finally updated the layout on my article permalinks. Several years ago, I started updating non-homepage pages to use a streamlined template with a smaller header logo and navigation links beside it. I kept putting off the article permalinks because a lot of messy, custom code piled up in it over the years. The end visual result is not a huge difference, but it will make maintenance a lot easier going forward.

I improved some of the layout in the article footer while I was at it. I moved my author card to the very bottom of the page, instead of putting it between the article footer and responses. That let me remove the links to jump to the response, which was kind of a weird experience before. I also set the metadata (published date, tags, syndication links) to be right-aligned, matching the layout on the rest of my posts.

Here is a screenshot of what it looked like before. Compare with the live version of that article.

screenshot of the previous footer on my article permalinks

It's been a while! First blog post of the year: https://nishchalb.github.io/posts/catnap_design/

I do a post-mortem of the design behind Catnap Chaos. Many post-mortems focus on sales/marketing/reviews, but I enjoyed revisiting the game after a year and seeing how the design choices held up. Enjoy!

#gamedev #gamedesign #blog #indiedev #indieweb

I wrote about cool software things, made by cool folks. The connection between people, art, open-source and technology.

https://gerben.dev/posts/artisanal-software-for-humans


#Software #Indie #IndieWeb #OpenSource #Tech #Technology

I wrote about cool software things, made by cool folks. The connection between people, art, open-source and technology.

https://gerben.dev/posts/artisanal-software-for-humans


#Software #Indie #IndieWeb #OpenSource #Tech #Technology

Getting started with #IndieWeb Create Day and already chatted on Zoom or in etherpad or in IRC with folks having fun improving their personal websites!

Collectively adopting alternative tools to Big Tech

It was a thing of beauty.

Like-minded, wholesome and frankly fun folks gathered at Casa da Achada, in the maze-like streets of Lisbon’s old town, to collectively share strategies for leaving Big Tech behind when the time comes to build community and organise online.

We discussed RSS (in portuguese) as a battle-tested technology for broadcast communications, such as events happening in your town. We created new Mastodon accounts so we can keep each other in the loop in the Fediverse. We even toyed with the idea of a Linux install party for the next instalment! We spoke about owning your own domain and your own data.

I laid out some of the ideas in a post, in preparation of the talk, and the final result of this reflection can be perused in the presentation I gave (pptx, pdf, in Portuguese).

The whole point of these technologies is to bring people together, liberating them, ie without giving our data to the ultra-rich, becoming captive to the Algorithms. So here’s a list of the folks who were at the event that use these more liberating technologies (let’s follow and boost each other’s ideas):

What are the next steps, you ask? Marta aka Teclista brought the news that in Spain a mass movement got together to organize a day of collective awareness raising and adoption of Mastodon. And now we are conspiring to deploy the same positive movement across Portugal. Leave a comment here or join the conversation in the fediverse to be part of this collective action! Coming soon to a browser near you!

#aifam #fediverse #indieweb #rss

Instead of changing protocol, why not apply the #IndieWeb philosophy and standards to build a better Web on the http? 🤔

@peach Have you tried following the #IndieWeb hashtag? There's some interesting stuff going on there.

Another batch of Mastodon instances where the tech is strong and the terminals run deep. Adding a few more instances to the curated list of active Fediverse IT/tech/dev communities I bumped into recently:

🔹 bumscode. (https://bumscode.com/about) — invite-only hub for tech pros, coders, hackers & open-source folks who like smaller circles and sharper signal.
🔹 front-end.social (https://front-end.social/about) — human-first web makers championing accessibility, UX, and a more inclusive Open Web
🔹 drupal.community (https://drupal.community/about) — home of the :contentReference[oaicite:3]{index=3} tribe: modules, themes, hooks, and `.twig` wizardry 💙
🔹 vmst.io (https://vmst.io/about) — respectful technologists, geeks, and nerds of every stripe. Good vibes, smart threads, proper bit-energy ⚡

More niche hubs soon — Fediverse growth rate now exceeds my ability to bookmark responsibly 😄

#YahooThings #DevCommunity #Drupal #OpenSource #IndieWeb

I've been planning to share what media I'm into on a monthly basis for a long time now, but today I finally woke up inspired to do it. #blog #indieweb

https://www.digitalprairie.blog/picks-of-the-month-november-2025/

Well, I had #Drupal running on my #Yunohost server, I had the #IndieWeb and related modules installed, and then, I just *had* to activate HTTP authentication 🫠

Bye bye website, I'll bring you back tomorrow 🥲

The site at beitmenotyou.online now has full sharing and meta tags, making it easier for people to spread the word about what I am building.

A small step toward a more open, self-hosted space online.

#IndieWeb #SelfHosting

Follow up from #IndieWeb Front End Study Hall yesterday, I added an image of the animation of the #CSS corner-shape superelljpse from infinity to negative infinity in Chrome (based on the CodePen by Amit Merchant)
https://indieweb.org/events/2025-11-25-front-end-study-hall https://codepen.io/amit_merchant/pen/MYyaJOX

🔖 Bookmarked: Personal blogs are back, should niche blogs be next? https://disassociated.com/personal-blogs-back-niche-blogs-next/

Disassociated writes about the return of personal blogs and why niche blogs might be the next wave as people move away from algorithmic platforms.

🔥 Read more: https://flamedfury.com/bookmarks/personal-blogs-are-back-should-niche-blogs-be-next/

#Indieweb #Blogging #Personalweb #Culture

🔖 Bookmarked: Early web memories - roundup post https://winther.sysctl.dk/early-web-memories-roundup-post/

Winther rounds up early web memories from the recent Bear Blog Carnival - gutted I missed this as it was happening!

🔥 Read more: https://flamedfury.com/bookmarks/early-web-memories-roundup-post/

#Webhistory #Nostalgia #Culture #Indieweb