During the calls we come together to chat about websites: what you are building, what you want to build, and how you can build it! If you are interested in the web, I (and the rest of community!) would love to see you!
P.S. My site is https://jamesg.blog -- what's your domain name?
Our next meetup is online on Wednesday, with events on Europe and US timezones (https://events.indieweb.org). No need to RSVP; just show up!
September 20, 2023 - Wed 7:00 - 9:00pm (Europe/London)
September 27, 2023 - Wed 6:00 - 8:00pm (America/Los_Angeles)
It matches my user name: https://matheusmoreira.com
> what you are building
Just a static site where I write stuff I think about. My idea is to write a new page every time I get the feeling I've written the same HN comment multiple times. Currently working on posts about ads and copyright which are topics I've commented on many times.
> what you want to build
I want to improve the website design. Haven't managed to create a header that doesn't look ugly yet.
> how you can build it
Some time ago I made a comment here on HN recommending pugjs for static sites and writing HTML by hand:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37019175
Not long afterwards I realized it has been unmaintained for years. So I forked it and took over maintenance. Deleted the parts I didn't need. Now it's a new variant of the language and it's powering my own site.
About two years ago, I decided to rebuild the site (partially to get some hands-on experience building a PWA) and have basically been doing a gut-job of the frontend. I removed tracking pixels, frameworks and other javascript cruft, and brought focus to the RSS feed again. I spent time building a library of website 'cover art' too, which I cycle in periodically - typically when I post a new update to the blog. There's a lot more cleaning to do, but I'm happy to be actively iterating on the ol' website again.
Oh, and my 'personal site' is https://www.bitrotten.com
I'm based in Philadelphia, but I've got a lot going on IRL compared to when I launched this site 24 years ago, and I don't think I could do a regular meetup. But keep on fighting the good fight!
> it was clear that social networks like Twitter and Facebook had taken over as our primary channel
There are a lot of people in the IndieWeb who care about, and are working toward, building different ways to interact on the web. I follow blogs and people with Monocle (https://monocle.p3k.io), a social reader powered by Microsub (draft spec) and Micropub (https://indieweb.org/Micropub)
I can like posts on websites in my feed then the likes show up on my bookmarks site (https://jamesg.coffee). If a site supports Webmention (https://indieweb.org/Webmention), the author will be notified that I liked their post.
I am always happy to talk about social interactions on the web -- there is so much work we can do!
> I spent time building a library of website 'cover art' too, which I cycle in periodically - typically when I post a new update to the blog. There's a lot more cleaning to do, but I'm happy to be actively iterating on the ol' website again.
I _love_ this!
> I don't think I could do a regular meetup
We have a lot of people who stop by for a meetup every month or two online. All interested in the web are welcome to come on whatever cadence suits you; whether you come once a week, month, or year! There is also a community chat if you prefer text at https://indieweb.org/discuss
(Apologies for all the links. As it may be noted, I get excited easily!)
I am happy with my design, which has not changed in the past twenty years, but I am open for suggestions about improvements.
The layout of your recipes and the focus on the process without extraneous information makes me want to learn more about cooking. I have always been scared off by recipe sites. Your site looks like a great entry point for me.
Here's mine, https://drollery.org (I have not put much effort into the mobile version, it's a bit wonky since a recent styling update, best enjoyed on desktop). This is mostly in exercise in "why not?"
Be sure to click all the little marginalia cartoons!
The little live player widget in the top right is my pride and joy :')
https://github.com/marcus-crane/utf9k for the source and https://github.com/marcus-crane/gunslinger for the cludgy backend that powers the live player
I went with an off-the-shelf, single-column theme and build mine on similar principles of simplicity and personal touch ups: https://rednafi.com
P.S. I love Billions, which at the time of writing is highlighted on your homepage.
also have seen you around a lot in the indieweb chat!!
I’m at https://hypertexthero.com
One suggestion I have is to consider using https://meet.jit.si/ instead of Zoom for meetings. GitHub link: https://jitsi.github.io/handbook/
Another thing I like about the independent, old-school web is that you can view the source code to learn things.
I love the Moments of Joy series on your site, and the Written by human not by AI label!
Have you viewed source on my site? You'll see a few comments along the way. I wanted to write my site in such a way that someone new to the web could take a look and learn how the HTML works on the page.
All credit for the badge goes to the wonderful https://notbyai.fyi/.
And ooh, I'm at https://codingotaku.com
BTW my website is https://bojanvidanovic.com
> what's your domain name?
Lives at https://manuelmoreale.com
I have a question about https://wordsandbuttons.online/lexical_differential_highligh.... What does this part mean:
> Ideally, the smaller the lexical difference, the greater the color difference should be.
I am fascinated by different ways to represent code visually.
Its in dire need of new back-nend.
We host a Europe and US meetup online every week and every two weeks, respectively, in addition to in person events. If there isn't an in-person event near you, reach out in https://indieweb.org/discuss to see if anyone would be interested in hosting one.
IDK how you write so many high quality stuff at such a fast pace while also doing a significant amount of OSS development work. Datasette and friends are such a joy to use.
You inspired me to get started with writing three years ago and I never stopped: https://rednafi.com.
it's nothing special, but I love the domain and paths
The MediaWiki sparkline is powered by the same thing and https://sparkline.jamesg.blog (open source link in site footer).