On the concept of “making content”—why SEO sucks, and why the IndieWeb is much better.
https://unattributed.cc/re-why-i-stopped-creating-content
#indieweb #audience #artist #writer #painter #sculptor #seo #marketing #promotion
the open web is political https://endonend.org/blog/2026/sorry-the-open-web-is-political/ #OpenWeb #IndieWeb
I'm surprised the seminal series "Rebooting the Blogosphere" by @stephtara didn't get more traction here back in September/October (that I could see).
I just re-read them. Yes, they're rather long posts, but believe me: they're well worth your attention and your time! Brilliant analysis.
Part 1 — Activities: https://climbtothestars.org/archives/2025/09/10/rebooting-the-blogosphere-part-1-activities/
Part 2 — Interaction: https://climbtothestars.org/archives/2025/09/11/rebooting-the-blogosphere-part-2-interaction/
Part 3 — Integration: https://climbtothestars.org/archives/2025/09/28/rebooting-the-blogosphere-part-3-integration/
#climbToTheStars #rebootingTheBlogosphere #analysis #indieweb #blogs
I didn't feel like writing anything so I filled a questionnaire https://abhinavsarkar.net/notes/2026-100-webmasters/
Today's Write Now interview features Jacqueline West, author of BLACK POINT.
https://justincox.com/blog/2026/07/write-now-with-jacqueline-west/
#IndieWeb #Blogging #Interview
I’m currently building my first custom theme for my landing page with Astro and refining both the design and the code. 🚀
#AstroJS #WebDevelopment #IndieWeb
I’m currently building my first custom theme for my landing page with Astro and refining both the design and the code. 🚀
made some progress, but stymied in my efforts to hand-write a `zsh` static blog builder for markdown files and html templates. particularly difficult areas:
- using `toml` frontmatter and site-wide configuration values.
- shortcodes called from within a markdown post, which render media embeds at that point.
- prev/next pagination.
- lists and counts for taxonomies and posts.
- recursive operations.
still learning shell intricacies and arcana. the journey continues.
DRY stands for Don’t Repeat Yourself.
I am pleased to have done something I have been meaning to do for a long time: clean up the multiple repeated layout templates and Hugo conditional code that generates all my microblog-style content:
* likes
* replies
* notes
* RSVPs
* and the latest one I added: books (preview below)
View full note:
https://burgeonlab.com/notes/2026/0722-0400
This is post 70 of #100DaysToOffload 🥳
#hugo #posse #indieweb #books #personalBlog #blogging #personalsites
I Am Too Lazy for Webmentions
I keep seeing other authors talk about webmentions. I occasionally pull up the spec, read it, and then, immediately close it. Honestly, I am just too lazy to deal with it.
https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-21.html
fLaMEd's episode of the "wonders of web weaving" podcast is so cool and insightful! loved listening :) great job @flamed & @jamesg.blog!!!
My blog has no comment form. Any reader can comment, reply and get notified; the trick is using email as the user interface.
https://en.andros.dev/blog/ad250446/my-comment-box-is-your-email-client/
#IndieWeb #Email #SelfHosted #OpenWeb #Python #Flask
German (post first — largest Mastodon audience)
Ich habe etwas gebaut, das ich mir seit Jahren gewünscht habe.
Wikipedia dokumentiert Fakten. HED dokumentiert, was Wikipedia nicht kann — wie es sich wirklich angefühlt hat, etwas zu erleben.
Hinterlasse eine Geschichte. Lies die von anderen. Oder drück einfach auf Zufällig und schau, was auftaucht.
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