found a moment of free time to talk about "Meanderware: Things I loved about cyberspace", my newest playable-essay.
https://www.nathalielawhead.com/candybox/meanderware-things-i-loved-about-cyberspace
"I always loved the term. It kind of encapsulates that era of internet exploration, or fascination with digital work..."
#GameDev #IndieWeb

#Business #Approaches
I’ve banned query strings · “I don’t like people adding tracking stuff to URLs.” https://ilo.im/16d7c6

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#URLs #Tracking #Privacy #Websites #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Development #WebDev #Frontend #Backend

New Blogroll Post

“4. Week of May 17th, 2026” by nim

«Hello, welcome to another weeknote. It has been another busy week and I feel like one of those adults who never have time for anything. I'm also in the middle of a creative block which is bad for…»

#blog #indieweb

https://nim.mataroa.blog/blog/4-week-of-may-17th-2026/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org

New Blogroll Post

“Weekly Note #2 | 24th May, 2026” by thinkbacteria

@bacteriostat: «The Gen Alpha Melody, biryani and brownie while (benga)walking»

#blog #indieweb

https://thinkbacteria.pages.dev/notes/2026-05-24-weekly-note-2/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org

Lately, I’ve seen a lot of criticism around Substack. And honestly, I get it.

The more I think about it, the more I feel the real issue isn’t that platforms change, but that we get attached to spaces we never truly owned.

That’s also why I’ve been paying more attention to ActivityPub, AT Protocol, or Leaflet. Not because they’re perfect, but because they’re trying to imagine something different.

https://kevinbarbier.substack.com/p/substack-was-never-a-paradise

#Openweb #ATProtocol #Fediverse #ActivityPub #blogging #IndieWeb

Stop shooting on pure white.

Warm paper backgrounds. Off-center framing. Natural light bias. Your IG conversion will thank you.

White-bg was the e-commerce default for a decade because cameras were honest. It is not the default that makes things sell anymore.

Mood beats catalogue. Story beats specs.

#productphotography #ecommerce #DTC #shopify #indieweb

@dotstdy This seems to be getting to be quite characteristic of the whole #indieweb / #smolweb / #selfhost movement, doesn't it?

Utvecklingen i Fediversum



Utvecklingen i Fediversum går tydligt mot POSSE (Publish (on your) Own Site, Syndicate Elsewhere) som är centralt för rörelsen som kallas Indieweb. Dvs posta på din egen sajt som kan vara vilken hemsida som helst eller en blogg.

https://fedinyheter.nyhetskartan.se/utvecklingen-i-fediversum/

🔥 Calling all bot builders & #Python devs! 🤖
I have a feature request/idea for an "Invite Bot" specifically for our instance, @indeweb.social.
The Idea: A user sends a private mention to the bot, and the bot automatically replies with a valid server invite link that the user can copy/paste to invite their friends.

Since it's single-server, it could probably use a pre-generated pool of links or the admin API if config allows.

#Fediverse #MastodonAdmin #BotDev #IndieWeb #FediDevs #bots

OpenCloud is awesome, thanks for the suggestion!

https://mrmave.work/blog/opencloud

#selfhosted #homelab #IndieWeb

if i started offering to host ClassicPress installs for like $5/mo including 1 custom design (maybe per year? maybe additional customs for one-time fees?) would anyone be interested?

gonna tag this as #indieweb even though it's a little different... but still a way to have your own site!

New Blogroll Post

“Name your contacts like a psychopath” by Nithitsuki

«I’m a uni student, and that involves meeting many new people, and inevitably saving many contacts for countless occasions, even if some of them only get used once or twice.»

#blog #indieweb

https://nithitsuki.com/posts/name-your-contacts-like-a-psychopath/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org

Just Grep It

As I continue to move my documents from the cloud and make them platform agnostic by converting them to plain text, I wanted and needed a universal way to search across all my files by tag or content. Since everything is in plain text, there is no reason to over complicate it. I can just grep it.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/2026/05/24/just-grep-it/

#indieweb #plaintext #productivity #digitalselfreliance

I've wanted my website to be the main source of truth for training data for some time. Here is a run, with OS mapping of the track, elevation and metrics timelines, and key stats, implemented on my site. I've still about 500 broken activities to fix, but I'm very happy with the output so far.

https://prry.uk/2026-05-24-2223

#Changelog #Indieweb #PureBlog

Okay, my website rewrite is online now! What do you think (especially about the design)?

It might go down again this evening because I want to re-enable the full bot protection. After that, a proper build setup and a refactor are done, I'll start developing my own IndieAuth provider.

#website #personalBlog #personalSites #blog #indieweb #buildinpublic

17 year-old Frost shares: The Small Web Still Depends on Corporate Infrastructure. https://frostecho.neocities.org/posts/the-small-web-still-lives-on-corporate-infrastructure/ #SmallWeb #IndieWeb
Nice piece.

📣 Recordando entradas publicadas: Sin comentarios ni iteraciones en el blog (UGC)
https://elblogdelazaro.org/sin-comentarios-iteracciones/
#Indieweb #Blog

Just an amazing set of links to follow on the indie web. h/t @flamed

https://gurupanguji.com/blog/2026/05/24/ill-name-this-post-later/

#indieweb