Words in software documentation
Victoria Drake (victoria.dev)A collection of mistakes that make documentation less awesome than it could be.
Kind: Bookmarks
storing a link/bookmark for personal use or sharing with others
Victoria Drake (victoria.dev)Article with ideas about partitioning with CSS
Rob Weychert (v6.robweychert.com)Create compelling grid patterns by harnessing specificity.
This one knows his CSS:
https://v6.robweychert.com/blog/2019/03/css-grid-sophisticated-partitioning/
The possibilies of CSS never fail to amaze me.
Solarthermie
Selfmade. Probably interesting, readlater.
ActivityPub thoughts
fluffy (beesbuzz.biz)While Publ is still going to be an IndieWeb-first platform (simply because it's so much easier to integrate -- having modular Lego bricks and a pick-and-choose functionality set that is as simple as adding it to one's HTML templates is a *very* compelling approach), I've had some good discussions regarding ActivityPub lately and it's starting to seem a bit more possible to add that as an add-on for Publ.
Good thoughts about ActivityPub and IndieWeb
Intro to the IndieWeb
Jan-Lukas Else (jlelse.blog)I think Desmond Rivet wrote a very, very good explanation about the IndieWeb. Here are my favorite pieces from this article: It's about control of content, … When you post a tweet or a status update (or any form of content), it ceases to be yours the second you hit the enter key. What happens to y...
Nice comprehensive intro to why IndieWeb and not silos.
Here is a list of all the various home automation tools and apps I use.
RSS not dead yet
The only way to beat social media algorithms is to get your audience off social media. Put your work on your own site. Retrain them to follow via RSS.
Writeup about #RSS and why we should keep using it:
https://kiriska.com/blog/2019/11/the-only-way-to-beat-algorithms-is-to-retrain-your-audience/
The Future of Programming
How did our industry start, what paths did it take to get to where we are, and where is it going. What big problems did programmers encounter in the past? Ho...
Programmers were not allowed to touch the computer. “Uncle” Bob MartinJust so you know. Wonder if we should go back to this 😀 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ecIWPzGEbFc
Linux Foundation and CoC
Messenger Hell
I had to install WhatsApp, because some friends are refusing to communicate in any other way, which made me realise how tired and disillusioned I am when I have to face yet another instant messenger network - at least, with some work, Pidgin can still connect to more or less everything and anything.
Note to self: Check Pidgin again. Looks like it learned some new tricks: