I had some scattered thoughts after my walk this morning:

https://kat5.dev/blog/2026/a-morning-walk

#blog #indieweb

“A platform or network doesn’t allow for much configuration. The town square isn’t owned by you. It’s owned and operated by parties who have business goals, or otherwise, to achieve. The town square they built wasn’t created for the public good, even if that’s what they told us. They built it so they could put up massive billboards and flashing signs and lights everywhere…”

https://nazhamid.com/journal/your-site-is-a-home/

#PersonalWeb #Indieweb #SocialMedia

I really like personal homepages and have quite a list of them bookmarked. I'll post one every week unless I fall behind this schedule. 😉 So here's Cool Personal Homepages #CPHP Vol. 60: "Wes’ Retro Site" https://home.wezm.net/~wmoore/

#SmallWeb #indieweb #homepage #blog #screenshot #programming #selfhosting #retrocomputing

In the #IndieWeb community we/they have long had discussions over such platforms (IRC etc) but have always kept public logs of all of the channels: chat.indieweb.org

(Thanks to @aaronpk.com@bsky.brid.gy, @tantek.com@tantek.com and other prominent community members)

#indieweb 2026-02-06

I guess a big part in that is the #IndieWeb community’s long strong commitment to its core principles: indieweb.org/principles

It’s one of the very first links people find when they visit the indieweb.org website.

Ever wonder how incense-makers come up with such colorful descriptions for their wares? Wonder no more! I have built a handy woo-woo incense description generator to help you spice up those Etsy listings. https://nathanupchurch.com/blog/woo-woo-incense-description-generator-and-other-updates/ #woo #incense #maker #eleventy #indieweb #blog #blogpost

Publiqué "Un malentendido"

Un ejercicio para estimular la escritura creativa, con un pequeño ejemplo.

https://martinvukovic.com/pages/posts/2026/02-05-malentendido.html

#blog #indieweb #smallweb #escritura

Last year I came across a 2000s style internet forum that was style maintained, it seemed like its modertators were intentionally trying to maintain the old school asthethic with cheeky emojis and flashing colors. but I can't find it anymore.

if anyone knows what I'm talking about please let me know.

#indieweb #web #noai

Reactive Resume is a fully open-source resume builder you can self-host.

No tracking, no accounts, full data ownership, and clean PDF exports. A solid escape from cloud-locked resume platforms that keep your CV hostage.

👉 https://github.com/amruthpillai/reactive-resume

👉 More tools like this: https://digital-escape-tools-phi.vercel.app/

#OpenSource #SelfHosting #FOSS #Privacy #DeGoogle #IndieWeb

Jatan Mehta on exploring where to host his fediverse presence, from Mastodon to Ghost to Micro.blog. Whenever I read something like this, it reaffirms our decision to take a quieter approach to the social web. Less counting, less noise.

Logan Land blogging about IndiePub, in the same spirit as IndieWeb and POSSE but expanding to self-published books and other things too:

Now we’re facing something new, with the rise of AI-generated content, these platforms are becoming saturated with noise. Human authenticity is at a premium.

Thanks Warner. Appreciate it. Looks good. #IndieWeb #Blog #RSS

If I have any fans out there, could I ask a favor? Can you check out my website and leave me a nice review. It should be fairly painless, but I mainly want to see if it is working properly. Tell me if you have any trouble or if it feels intuitive and straightforward. #IndieWeb #Blog #RSS https://www.davidtoddmccarty.com/

IndieAuth is now live on Jottit. Every site gets an authorization endpoint, so you can use your Jottit URL to sign in anywhere that supports it. Still early, still testing, expect bugs :) #indieweb

Building open infrastructure for the web is important work. It's also work that nobody quite knows how to pay for. I wrote about my own experience figuring this out with Jottit. https://simonbc.com/blog/2026-02-05-how-do-you-fund-the-open-web/ #indieweb

Building something I wish existed: a way to prove a document existed at a specific time, without ever uploading it anywhere.

Client-side hashing, blockchain timestamp, document stays on your device.

Curious if this resonates with anyone here. What would you use it for?

#privacy #IndieWeb #building