Be among the first to be listed in our upcoming creator blog feed directory! Submit your RSS feed here.

https://indieaisle.com/directory/
#indieweb #rss #creatortools

An achievement of this weekend!

As you can see, I've kept this wavy menu shape and made it transform into a neat table when the site is viewed from a mobile device.

#neocities #webdesign #indieweb

A Requiem for My Dignity, Sacrificed at the Altar of AI https://sightlessscribbles.com/posts/20250902/ #IndieWeb #Blog #Blogging #Blogs

@elly A nice read which beautifully explains the #indieweb, but the writing is quite watery, and the page kind of goes against its own spiel of 'Don't worry about design.'

One strategy I’ve seen is those who provide an RSS feed that is basically a long excerpt that requires you to visit the site in order the finish reading. I get why you would do this but it seems counter to the ethos of it. If they don’t visit your site, did they really read your story? IDK. #RSS #IndieWeb

Site Babies: paste two URLs, get one abomination. https://quietportal.com/site-babies (I'm sorry)

#blog #blogging #webdev #indieweb #parenting

I realize it’s like discovering the Beatles in 2026, but I’m really digging the RSS feed thing. A whole new way of looking at the internet. Hmmm. #RSS #IndieWeb

I’ve added a Community Feed page where people who sign up can have their RSS links included. You have be a member of the circus, but it’s nearly free. All it costs is your email which will only be used to send updates on new stories. Take a peek. #RSS #IndieWeb

https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/community-feed/

Just discovered (a bit late), that one could send Webmentions directly using curl from the terminal.

This was from discovering there's a IndieWeb News feed called IndieNews:

https://news.indieweb.org/en

Might try to submit a few more of my previous posts about IndieWeb to it—then the next thing to tackle is setup automated sending of Webmentions!

#webmentions #curl #sourcehut #cicd #ci #hugo #indieweb #indienews

Sunday Funday

In which I contemplate the idea of publishing my diary entries, forced family fun, and the NFL

#Diary #Writing #NFL #Sunday #IndieWeb
https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/sunday-funday/

Blogs Are Back

A browser-based RSS reader that stores everything locally. There’s also a directory you can explore to get you started.

#rss #feeds #reader #blogs #blogging #directory #personal #websites #indieweb #publishing #subscribing

I’m thinking of including a page of RSS links on my website, so that people can discover new content made by actual artists and writers. Sites I like, people I know, new shit I discover.

How many of you actually and regularly use an RSS reader? I have one, but I don’t use it consistently. Not yet, anyway.

Here is mine:
https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/feed/

Is this something that would be helpful?

#RSS #IndieWeb

That’s when I learned something most blogging advice ignores: new blogs don’t get traffic from SEO first. Search engines don’t trust fresh sites yet.

So I stopped waiting for rankings and focused on people instead.

Within days, real readers showed up. No backlinks, no authority, no SEO tricks.

I explained the full approach here:
👉 https://www.panstag.com/2026/01/how-new-blogs-get-traffic-without-seo.html

#blogging #webdev #indieweb #contentcreation #startablog

Accepting that my home page will always need a little more work because I'm prioritizing more directly active community group projects...

But also needs to be decent enough to be a 'good example'.

While remembering I am NEVER going to impress someone who wants web 3.0 graphics more than they want sustainability, control, or personal security.

#html #indieweb #fediverse #migration #internetculture

Building software is one thing, making it intuitive to use is another. In retrospect, it feels obvious that hiding Quiet Portal's "create account" view three clicks away from the home page wasn't the best idea. I'm very grateful for all the feedback I've received so far, which has been instrumental to progress. If any part of the website feels confusing, or you feel a feature is missing, please let me know! Link: https://quietportal.com #indieweb #smallweb #rss #blogging #personalweb

I have officially chopped down my Linktree and moved to a self-hosted @linkstack instance. I made the switch because I am tired of proprietary silos tracking every click. With LinkStack, I own my data and I am supporting a FOSS project that respects user freedom.

No walled gardens. My data, under my roof.

You can take a look at it here: https://links.terminaltilt.com/

#LinkStack #FOSS #OpenSource #SelfHosted #DeGoogle #Privacy #TerminalTilt #Homelab #IndieWeb #DigitalSovereignty #deGoogle #SoftwareFreedom #OwnYourData #SelfHost

I have decided to try something a little different. I am going to include my social media posts here, as well. So, you can follow me on my socials or just follow me on my own site!

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026/01/10/trying-something-different/

#indieweb #blog #blogging #socialmedia #personalsite