Thinking of ditching writefreely for my static "business" site and using #nekoweb instead.

Can anyone here recommend? Especially for the tech illiterate? Thanks

Inspired by the #Indieweb and #Emacs carnivals, I wanted one about #Vim / #Neovim, and here it comes. It will start in September, so you have two weeks to think, and blog about it.

#editor #terminal #writing #blog #blogging #fediverse #mastodon #carnivals

#100DaysToOffload : 85/100

https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202509

In the wake of the “GitHub CEO stepped down, no longer independent” news, I’m reminded that not enough people know about @Codeberg — free Git hosting run by a non-profit organization.

No tracking, no ads, no corporate buyout risk. Just open-source, community-driven software hosting.

Give it a try → https://codeberg.org

I have a humans.txt file on my site (https://reillyspitzfaden.com/humans.txt), and I wanted to get it to update the “modified” date only when I actually modify the file, not every time I update the site.

@benji suggested the Eleventy `Last Modified` variable (https://www.11ty.dev/docs/dates/) and that was helpful. One interesting thing about it is that I have to write `{{ page.date | date: "%Y-%m-%d" }}` instead of just the `date` variable itself. Now it works and it's super useful!

Buying independence beyond platforms.

"Relying on any single platform—no matter how writer-friendly—means ceding control over the stability of our audience. Our solution is not to abandon ship, nor to retreat into isolation, but to prepare. Preparation means taking agency to build an independent presence: A home for our words no algorithm can bury, a way to stay connected even if the digital tides turn."

#indieweb #blogging

https://lamonicacurator.substack.com/p/owning-the-pen-is-a-sunday-reflectins-about-self-publishing-offering-resource-for-creating-your-own-footprint-instead-of-relying-upon-social-media-platforms-for-authors-writer-poets-and-journalists?utm_medium=ios

Currently indulging myself by reading about the enshittification of Substack lol.
It's sad, but predictable, how if you bring social media dynamics to a once-cosy platform of writers, things go to hell.
A well-known writer I follow who has 39k followers wrote about how things have drastically changed the last few months. Journalists, celebrities are now dominating the platform and small fry writers are no longer seen.

For me, I've seen an uptick of outrage content and reply guys and debate bros. It's sad how the moment one writes a narrative that the mob doesn't agree with, they pile on you.

This is the opposite of what Substack stood for in the past.

I will still use Substack, because I'm a practical person nor do I choose platforms based on its morality or ideals, but how it serves me. But it's sad because I remember how it was before the bigwigs tried to change it to the next Twitter.

However, this is a very good reminder for me to double, triple down on my website and remember NOT to "build a presence" and do more digital sharecropping than necessary on Substack.

If you have a blog, what do you use for comment management?

Remember webrings?

I made Webring Studio to bring them back — and it’s live now.

Take a peek:

WP site → https://webringstudio.com

App → https://app.webringstudio.com

Sale details → https://webringstudio.com/app-for-sale/

Here’s the twist → my life’s shifting gears, and this indie web project is looking for a new owner.

Tuesday! Front End Study Hall! Join us for an informal space where we examine web pages and their styles, try to fix bugs and show what can be done and how to make sense of CSS and HTML+! 6pm BST/10am PDT/1pm EDT https://events.indieweb.org/2025/08/front-end-study-hall-034-UzkXwuTEzyuG #IndieWeb #WebDev

Ces derniers temps, avec le copain Arthur Pons, on parlait pas mal des webrings et de la meilleure façon d’en créé un aujourd’hui selon nous. Et comme à son habitude, il a commencé à creuser l’histoire du truc jusqu’à en faire un article pour partager ses découvertes. Et sans surprise, c’est passionnant : « L’histoire des webrings n’est peut-être pas celle que vous croyez ».

http://arthur.bebou.netlib.re/webring/index.html

#Business #Outlooks
We are still the web · It’s the audience that makes the web again https://ilo.im/165ysw

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#Web #Audience #People #Community #Participation #Creativity #Blog #OpenWeb #IndieWeb #SmallWeb

I always thought it was odd that everything the #IndieWeb org and #IndieWebSocial guys seemed to advocate for had to do with making it easier for bots to identify you.

Then when they celebrated #Threads adopting rel=me links I knew what their game was.

#Meta #SocialWebFoundation

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/meta-facebook-tech-copyright-privacy-whistleblower

Hi, fedi! I'm crawling out of my hermit hole to share my new app, TumblBee, with you all

https://lilacpixel.itch.io/tumblbee

TumblBee is a pay-what-you-want cross-platform app for exporting your original #Tumblr posts (and pages) to Markdown or HTML. Back up your content and browse it locally, or export to Markdown and drop your posts into your favorite static site generator. (There's even a guide to exporting for Obsidian, if that's your thing.)

If you decide to give it a try, I'd love to hear about it! Boosts are, as always, hugely appreciated Thanks so much!

[Veille] This page is under construction - localghost https://localghost.dev/blog/this-page-is-under-construction/
Une ode à l'indieweb créatif et aux sites personnels
#blogging #indieweb Toute ma veille commentée https://veille.louisderrac.com

Twenty-nine years of promises and give me more

https://www.lazaruscorporation.co.uk/blogs/artists-notebook/posts/29-years-of-promises-and-give-me-more

This is now the official account for #11tyCMS updates! More updates to come. We'll be posting here in the coming weeks #11ty #IndieWeb

I thought I'd share some of the sites, webrings, challenges, events and directories where my site has been linked on!

Post 8 of #Blaugust2025

https://joelchrono.xyz/blog/webrings-clubs-and-blogrolls-im-part-of