I wrote a short guide on the tools I used to add Webmention support to my Astro site - useful for displaying comments and likes from around the web!

https://frasermclean.com/posts/webmentions-comments-and-likes

#indieweb #webmention #astro #blogging

Homelab For the Beginner: You Can Self-host Your Own Server on $50 Hardware | šŸ”— https://brennan.day/homelab-for-the-beginner-you-can-self-host-your-own-server-on-50-hardware/

#Self-hosting #Technical #Homelab #IndieWeb #Linux #Docker

This blog is now available via gopher. Now I can tick that off my bucket list. Meanwhile, still no progress on the socks I’ve had on needles for months. My priorities are inexplicable.

#indieweb #hacking

(https://b-ark.ca/SGWYk4)

šŸ”– Bookmarked: Why I Still Like the Internet https://www.gordonmclean.co.uk/2026/04/21/why-i-still-like-the-internet/

Gordon on how blogs are quietly winning again

šŸ”„ Read more: https://flamedfury.com/bookmarks/why-i-still-like-the-internet/

#Blogging #Indieweb #Personalweb

šŸ”– Bookmarked: The Blogger’s Manifesto https://www.gordonmclean.co.uk/2026/04/28/the-bloggers-manifesto/

Eight principles for blogging that go against the \"build an audience\" playbook. Staying small and honest is the point.

šŸ”„ Read more: https://flamedfury.com/bookmarks/the-bloggers-manifesto/

#Indieweb #Logging #Personalweb

If you liked The Cartography of an Open Palm, my feed URL is https://sightlessscribbles.com/feed.xml #RSS #IndieWeb

Did a little bit of exploring on the web this week

Found some math puzzles:
Math puzzles https://cyphrgame.com/ https://decipher.wtf/ https://cryptograms.puzzlebaron.com/play.php

More stuff here : no ads, no pop ups.
https://rye.wentcloud.com/en/qode/this-week-i-read/

#indieweb #webdev #qode #thisweekIread #qodeReads

New Blogroll Post

ā€œThings I use regularlyā€ by Chaitanya Hegde

«I found a new use for AI: generating writing prompts so I can blog weekly. Here is this week's edition.»

#blog #indieweb

https://hegde.me/things-i-use-regularly/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org

Hey Fedi people, do you use IRC? What server(s) and channels do you connect to? What clients do you use?

No good reason, I'm just curious.

#IRC #oldWeb #indieWeb #boostsWelcome

New Blogroll Post

ā€œHow to use RPG Games to figure out what to do with your lifeā€ by Akash Bhat

«Social media and movies have convinced us that we can be anything. Do everything. Pivot constantly. Reinvent ourselves every six months.»

#blog #indieweb

https://akashbhat.com/how-to-use-rpg-games-to-figure-out-what-to-do-with-your-life/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org

continuing reef today: prompt an AI agent to shape markdown into a personal site. i've been building web apps my whole life, but this is completely different: local-first, programmable, git-backed, WordPress for publishing #indieweb

New Blogroll Post

ā€œFaster than the speed of RTFMā€ by George Supreeth

Ā«Lately, I have been adding a ridiculous amount of new functionality to Emacs thanks to A.I. tools like Google’s Gemini. I really mean ridiculous. There is code dribbling out of my ears.
It has gotten…»

#blog #indieweb

https://georgesupreeth.com/web/blog/blog_geo_260527_faster_than_the_speed_of_rtfm/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org

It’s so frustrating that AI is both destroying the open web by drowning it in slop and burying it in scrapers while it’s also a powerful tool for folks who want to launch their own blog or website. By making the technical challenges tractable, AI makes the indieweb more accessible than ever, and used properly can enable human communication and connection instead of destroying it. But that doesn’t feed the capitalist machine. #ai #indieweb (https://b-ark.ca/CEIqOM)

So I updated my website today with new features and some other small improvements.

Let’s see if you can notice them. Reply with what you find.

#Website #IndieWeb

Other People’s Love Letters



The IndieWeb Carnival May 2026Ā theme of Love Letters gave me some interesting and happy reading.

I started trying to work out what this Webmentions business was all about while writing this but failed. I've a plugin installed named that but couldn't quite unpick what dependencies it might have or whether it's working, before I became trapped in a circular loop of documentation, so we'll see I suppose!

It was pleasantly old school clicking through list of themed posts by different […]

https://www.leia.cymru/2026/05/26/other-peoples-love-letters/

People from my #coop don't appreciate my hand-crafted no-framwork, handwritten HTML+CSS+js. They say it looks unprofessional. They are 100% non-tech normies.

#webdev what do I do? They want to take an AI shortcut. It's not an option for me.

Is there a way to make something "look professional"? I don't even know what it means. I don't think they know either.

#noai #slowweb #SmallWeb #oldInternet #www #web #indieweb

So far, we've gotten 21 wonderful entries to this month's IndieWeb Carnival but there's still time until the end of the week!

I'm encouraging you to write a love letter for something you hold dear, are passionate about or want to share with the world.

I ask you to unapologetically geek out about something. Add your drop of positivity into the world that is dominated by so much pain and negative stories right now.

https://hamatti.org/posts/indieweb-carnival-write-a-love-letter/

#IndieWebCarnival #IndieWeb #Blogging #Blog #LoveLetter