What #OpenSource and #SelfHost can do. Had an idea, discussed it here. Seemed to rhyme with people. Booked two domains. Created a landing page with #Jekyll and CI/CD from a #git repo on my #Forgejo instance. Created logo with #Inkscape. Added #letsencrypt certificate. Put it on my VPS (Virtual Private Server) running Red Hat Enterprise Linux, (#RHEL) where it is now served with #Nginx. Git repo mirrored to #Codeberg so all can join. In under 8h.

https://devbnb.eu

https://codeberg.org/jwildeboer/devbnb

I've been at my little "link blog" for my website long enough now it was time to figure out how to make it paginate: https://tzovar.as/links/

As one of the last 3 people on earth still using #Jekyll, there didn't seem to be a default way to create paginated lists that are based on `_data` files. So I did the minimum viable edits to the jekyll-paginate gem to make it work – which it does reasonably okay.
Now I wonder if it's worth to actually still make a gem out of it?

https://codeberg.org/gedankenstuecke/pages-source/commit/5702ceb7ae339520813c6f3bed9ca31cb57c49e0

Decided to write about blogging platforms and tools, specifically, why I have stuck with #Jekyll and barely changed stuff on my end for almost 5 years!

#Blaugust2025

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/on-blogging-platforms-and-tools

In order to publish my personal projects/pages (and most of my teaching materials, hundreds of pages) on #Codeberg, I need to convert #markdown files into #HTML and sprinkle some CSS & JS from a layout template, like #GitHub's Pages #Jekyll does, but I dread the complexity of installing and tending to Jekyll or Hugo or other static site generators, and I can't even imagine going near Forejo Actions or any sort of CI intergration.

Should I be brave and do the Jekyll /static generator thing? Any other ideas for poor, overworked, stressed out, clumsy people? :(

Just published a new blog post: “Using Jekyll with ASDF in WSL”!

I walk through setting up Ruby/Jekyll on Ubuntu WSL, troubleshooting zlib errors, and getting back to blogging.

Read it here: https://nuno-barreiro.github.io/2025/08/14/using-jekyll-with-asdf-in-wsl.html

Weird #Jekyll lesson of the day: When your code block has {{ ... }}, you should encapsulate it like this in your page source:

{% raw %}
```json
{
"subject": {
"Organization": {{ toJson .Organization }},
```
{% endraw %}

The `raw` block makes sure the {{ ... }} actually makes it all the way through to your static pages :)

Learned that today, should have learned it earlier :)

I was happy to get some time to hack on a new project at the #Fedicon #Minihackathon today. I built a #Jekyll plugin to output ActivityPub information (Webfinger, actor, inbox, outbox, all the objects and activities). It should generate a legit #ActivityPoll actor, which other people can follow remotely.

https://github.com/social-web-foundation/jekyll-activitypub

Might as well get Static.Quest upgraded to the lastest version of #11ty 4.0.0.beta-4 just because. All went well in the upgrade.

https://static.quest/

@vesto

A few big ones on Libera Chat IRC:

#cip
#curl
#ircv3
#jekyll
#jquery
#keepassxc
#macgarden
#mediawiki
#mediawiki-core
#node.js
#phorge
#voxpupuli
#wikimedia-sre
#wikimedia-tech
#wordpress

How I fixed my blog's #performance issues by writing a new #Jekyll plugin

https://arclight.run/how-i-fixed-my-blogs-performance-issues-by-writing-a-new-jekyll-plugin-jekyll-skyhook/

Jekyll-built static sites are public by default. However, have you ever wanted to create a private area where you can upload articles for review and keep them from the public eye until they’re ready? That was my use case recently. Here’s how I solved this particular puzzle.

https://peateasea.de/private-areas-in-jekyll-with-apache/

Apple is ruining the open web
https://victorwynne.com/apple-open-web/
#ycombinator #Apple #technology #Jekyll #Ruby #HTML #CSS #Swift

Serie: Static Site Generators

In dieser Serie stellen wir bekannte Website-Generatoren vor. Dabei geht es nicht um WordPress, Drupal und Joomla, sondern um Werkzeuge, mit denen man statische Websites bauen kann.

#SSG #Website #Website_Builder #Hugo #Jekyll #Linux

https://gnulinux.ch/serie-static-site-generators

There's a weird bashing of "you have to write your own website theme" and it's pretty toxic.

I'm happy for you if you host your own blog using a Jekyll or Hugo theme, or heck the default WordPress one.

Because it means you're POSSE & doing indieweb. None of this gatekeeper CSS nonsense.

hello!

if you use a static site generator for your blog, like #Eleventy or #jekyll, AND

if your blog has a links section,

could you share how you’ve structured your link posts? i’m adding bookmarks to my website, and i think i could use a little inspiration

I've just shared a hands-on tutorial for easily creating a static website using Jekyll and GitHub Pages. No local installations—everything is done directly on GitHub!

Follow along to:
– Fork a Jekyll theme
– Deploy with GitHub Actions
– Edit the content
– Solve issues with GitHub Copilot

It's a practical intro for anyone who values simplicity, openness, and wants to build their own online presence the FOSS way.

Full tutorial (~40 min): https://youtu.be/j-tXer7dIes