I have updated my site by moving blog search and new category list pages (now with sparklines) out of the Lab and into production - https://www.vanderwal.net/random/entrysel.php?blog=2145

I have been wanting both for a long time (sparklines on category list pages for more than 15 years).

#indieweb

Tailwind is great.
Tailwind sucks.

After 3 years of shipping it in production, I'm convinced both sides are equally right, and mostly talking past each other.

It's neither good nor bad, it's a trade:

Noisy markup in exchange for speed and consistency.

I wrote down the full breakdown: pros, cons, and how to tell when to reach for it (and when to run).

Read it here 👇

https://fabianletsch.de/blog/tailwind-is-great-tailwind-sucks/

#Tailwind #WebDev #Frontend #CSS #TechBlog #IndieWeb

A Love Letter To Creative Spaces https://britthub.co.uk/a-love-letter-to-creative-spaces/

This post was inspired by Juhis’ IndieWeb Carnival theme for May, A love letter. This is a love letter to creative spaces, community centres, libraries and anywhere that is welcoming to the big table full of slightly chaotic artists who might make a mess of their carpet from time to time. When I was a […]

#Notes
#community #creative #IndiewebCarnival #indieweb #play #thought

#Development #Analyses
Websites are not going to die · “The AI web will actually strengthen the IndieWeb.” https://ilo.im/16dazo

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#OpenWeb #Google #AI #Humans #Content #Blog #Website #Communities #IndieWeb #SmallWeb

Your bio doesn't have to look like everyone else's. đź–¤

Most people type in plain text and wonder why their profile feels forgettable.

Styled Unicode text changes that — no app, no install, no sign-up. Just type, pick a style, copy, paste. Works on Mastodon, Instagram, Discord, anywhere.

1,000+ free styles at https://fancyfontgenerator.net/ ✦

#Typography #PersonalBranding #OpenWeb #IndieWeb #Fonts

New Blogroll Post

“On Disappointment (free writing exercise)” by halfthere

«We were asked to pick an emotion and write about it through a personal lens. We had 10 minutes to do this, so judge accordingly.»

#blog #indieweb

https://halfthere.mataroa.blog/blog/on-disappointment-free-writing-exercise/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org

Glivy page 94 is OUT !
https://glivy.webcomic.ws/comics/#content-start

It was going to be something else but didnt have time to do the page i wanted so heres something shorter for now, whoops !

#art #furry #comic #indieweb #indiecomics #oc #originalCharacter #original_character #fireworks #glivy

#Business #Reviews
Kagi is good enough to leave Google Search · “I’ve never once felt the need to switch back.” https://ilo.im/16d6of

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#Kagi #Startpage #Google #SearchEngine #Privacy #AI #Kimi #IndieWeb #SmallWeb

#Development #Techniques
Making RSS more human readable · “Owning a website means owning the little connective pieces too.” https://ilo.im/16d5se

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#Readability #RSS #XML #WebFeeds #Content #Websites #Blogs #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #Eleventy

#Development #Reports
Panic announces Transmit 6 · The revival of a beloved file transfer app https://ilo.im/16dazb

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#Panic #Transmit #FTP #FileTransfer #Sync #MacOS #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #WebDev #Backend

Thank you to the 56 current users of #Gemcities ! The comments I get are always positive and I love that people are taking back their own voice! #geminiprotocol #smallweb #slowpint #indieweb
gemini://calvusrex.gemcities.com/gemlog/2026-05-29-gemlog.gmi

Looking for 3–5 people to help dogfood Verja, a community platform I'm building for small discussion spaces.

This isn't a public launch. I need real people to use it for a week or two and tell me where the friction is.

Minimum asks:

• Register and verify email
• Reply to the welcome thread
• Start one thread
• Tell me what was confusing, awkward, or broken

I'm interested in friction, not praise. Honest feedback is the goal.

#Verja #Dogfooding #IndieWeb #SmallWeb #CommunitySoftware

I've been building something.

It's called Urban Wilderness. Real documentation for people trying to opt out of systems that weren't built for them. Self-hosted infrastructure, skill bartering, solar in a rented apartment.

There are also logs. And a story unfolding in public.

First post is up. Free, no account required.

urbild.org

#urbanwilderness #selfhosted #privacytech #indieweb

New Blogroll Post

“Weekly Notes 22/2026” by Thejesh GN

@thej: «This Saturday, we drove to Palakkad to meet Pradeep and Dhanya. It was a short morning walk and breakfast meet. We met at the fort, walked around, and chit-chatted while having breakfast at…»

#WeeklyNotes #WN-22 #blog #indieweb

https://thejeshgn.com/2026/05/29/weekly-notes-22-2026/?ref=blr.indiewebclub.org

🚨 NEW: "Interview with TheEbonyGrove"!

Give some love to Ebony after reading this blog post.

🌷 Read it on my official website: https://aiyoku.xyz/theebonygrove/

#VTuber #BlackBloggers #Blogging #IndieWeb #Vwriter #VCreator #VRoidTuber #VChill #BlackVTuber #VArtist #VTuberEN #PNGTuber #LGBTuber #BlackskyGamers

Happy to participate! This should be a reply to your initial post.

Here's how my implementation works for receiving webmentions, BTW:

  1. Verifying the link: I parse HTML with JustHTML looking for the incoming link. If the source is JSON I traverse it recursively. If it's plain text I grep for the link.

  2. Extracting content: I start with a default h-entry (source URL, last-modified, backlink as content), and populate it from microformats.

  3. Rendering: I use mf2dom to render HTML from microformats. There's no sanitization, but I have a list of domains I trust, otherwise incoming mentions are private (visible only to me). I could sanitize the HTML or trim it, but I haven't had the need yet.

A question for solo founders:

What is the dumbest excuse you have ever given yourself for not shooting your products?

We will start: "I'll do it next month."

Reply with yours. No judgment.

#founder #smallbusiness #ecommerce #indieweb #DTC

Write? Write on the web? Have a website you control? Or not? You might want to join James’ writing Zoom tomorrow. Introvert? Camera off is fine. It’s about the words. https://events.indieweb.org/2026/05/homebrew-website-club-writing-edition-sQrofuFyGGLC Notes from prior #Writing events stashed on the #IndieWeb wiki https://indieweb.org/Category:Writing