@brunoph Recursively, I blogged about writing my own blog's latest static site generator. There's not much to it.
I think most static generators these days are super overkill for so many uses. Like, most of the computers I have on hand have enough CPU & RAM to run a node script that essentially loads up 20 years of markdown content and naively spews out HTML files in under a second or so.
Do I need more novelty t-shirts from @dasharez0ne? I think maybe I need to treat myself for the holidays.
https://dashare.zone/listing/just-walk-out-hit-bricks?product=369
@jwildeboer haha can verify in my own coffee stained copy
@banjofox2 @e_er1n @hex @thegibson ohhh, i need to get some new tarot decks
Finding myself daydreaming about writing another tinkery hobby book, this time about ActivityPub & Activity Streams kinda like the RSS book I wrote back in 2005.
Who knows if I'll follow through, but even having a vague urge to do it is novel since I thought I was thoroughly burnt out on book writing.
https://www.wiley.com/en-us/Hacking+RSS+and+Atom-p-9780764597589
This sort of thing really pings the imposter syndrome, since I'm not like a huge expert or important person in the fediverse. But also, part of the process of writing the book would be researching and learning all the stuff.
I keep running short of the enthusiasm to do it, but I'd like to write a bunch of "things to see & do" style books on different tinkery things. Like, not reference books or even structured teaching, just "20 dumb little projects that go beep" sort of things
I also keep thinking I should just blog little things until I've accumulated a book's worth. One problem with that is often publishers want "first rights" rather than re-publishing what's already been out there so that they're selling a fresh thing. Probably overthinking that part, but still it's a thing.
@aurynn It always seemed too good to last back then in the Age of Mashups - and it was - but dang I miss those tinkery days
Oh hey, new Yahoo! just dropped
@craigmaloney It's tempting... I actually kind of had this idea 11 years (ugh ow yikes) ago and went down a slight rabbit hole with asciidoc before wandering off for something shiny.
A non-self-publisher would make me sign a contract and hold me to dates, which is the only way I actually got anything accomplished in the past.
Of course, this is just "one weird trick" to force my executive function to work via fear, which is why I felt burned out in the first place. 😅
https://github.com/lmorchard/tinkering-with-activity-streams
@mavica_again ooo neato!
I haven't been able to replicate this outside of doing challenges where something bad happens to me if I don't meet the deadline.
Hahaha yes. Most of my best work output is thanks to catastrophizing. But, dang, that's left some unpleasant marks
@craigmaloney Like, at one point when I was writing that RSS book, I was really late on submitting some chapters and pulled some overnighters because I thought the publisher was going to sue me or something. (They never said that, I just thought it and that made me get it done)
@rossedman @esk wait, is that like a Candy Cab repurposed as a eurorack cabinet? nice
@cmdr_nova Imagine a bold new direction: "Pay us a little money and we'll give you a place to post things."
@rossedman @esk Also looks like it's a rhythm game, so that's thematically appropriate at least!
@craigmaloney Not sure if you saw, but I tinkered a bit with webrings this past weekend in fact 😆
https://fediverse-webring-demo.glitch.me/profiles/lmorchard_hackers.town/index.html
@elithebearded Hmm, good question.... it's been well over 10 years since I last published with them, but I should definitely check my last contract. Also, it was a Pragmatic book that kind of got me thinking I might want to do this stuff again
@craigmaloney That is amazing.
@cinebox haha, yes, I still have several
