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Content Management Systems (CMS) / Static Site Generators (SSG): Against JavaScript, Keeping Things Simple and More Picks
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Sal ☛ Flying blind
First, I really don’t want to add any JavaScript to this site. Right now, when you hit my home page and inspect the network requests, there’s only one request: [...]
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Chris Morgan ☛ Making my new website: under construction; poke, prod and play
In 2026, I’ve decided to archive all the old site and content, because I have a significantly different vision of what I want now.
Existing URLs of all public resources (HTML, Atom, SVG) and most subresources will continue to work, but at least for now they won’t be integrated with the new site, and may never be updated.
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Brandon ☛ Why Does Everyone Seem to Hate the Sidebar?
Do you know what has drawn me back to Wordpress on more than one occasion? The ability to have a sidebar. When I look around at all the different blogging platforms, outside of Wordpress and Blogger, most of them don't feature a sidebar. Why is that?
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Aman Mittal ☛ New blog theme again
In January 2025, I shared an update on updating the blog theme and code block themes. The Astro setup that builds this blog uses Shiki, which makes it easier to switch between any supported code theme.