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brook , 2 months ago to Random stuff

If you're thinking about switching away from #WordPress to self-hosting, I can recommend https://gohugo.io/ for static site generation.

I've been using #GoHugo for all my sites since 2015 when a wordpress.com update garbled all the content on my blog and I had to redo it anyway.

It's not perfect, it has quirks (and dare I say it, bugs) but the simplicity is the biggest payoff for me: no system requirements, no installation, single exe that is trivial to run on Windows/Linux/OSX.

It's a command line tool, so it won't be for everyone, but as far as command line tools go, it's about as easy as it gets.

brook , 3 months ago to Random stuff

I got an email about my Win32 programming tutorial (circa 1999) from a 12 year old girl whose hobby is making "programs in languages used way before i was born" ...

First of all yes, excellent, this is a good hobby.

Secondly, don't mind me, I'll just be over here crumbling to dust. :blobimfine:

brook , 3 months ago to Random stuff

A toot is only Unlisted if it comes from the Unlisted region of Germany. Otherwise it’s just sparkling Public. :blobhaj_sir:

brook , 5 months ago to Random stuff

I've updated my Authorized Fetch post to include a note on user level domain blocks:

User placed domain blocks are affected by Authorized Fetch in the same way as server wide suspensions.

Without Authorized Fetch, domains blocked by a user will still have read-only access to their posts.

https://hub.sunny.garden/2023/06/28/what-does-authorized_fetch-actually-do/

#MastoAdmin

brook , 6 months ago to Random stuff

Since the beginning of this year I've been maintaining a Mastodon server blocklist called Garden Fence, available at https://gardenfence.github.io/

As the Discord admin space that was being used to coordinate with other admins on the list has since closed, I've set up the account @gardenfence to pick up communication and notifications around the blocklist.

In particular I hope to expand the list of volunteer reference servers in the near future to replace a server that plans to leave the list, to keep the list at a reasonable size.

#GardenFence #Blocklist #FediBlockMeta #MastoAdmin

brook , 10 months ago to Random stuff

The heather seems to be enjoying the hot weather recently, and is blooming nicely :BlobCat_Flower:

#gardening #flowers

brook , 10 months ago to Random stuff

After some deliberation and feedback received from our users, sunny.garden has decided to pro-actively block Meta's upcoming Threads service out of an abundance of caution. :blob_sign_no:

https://hub.sunny.garden/2023/07/05/meta-coming-to-the-fediverse/

#SunnyGardenAdmin

brook , 10 months ago to Random stuff

I've seen a bit of discussion lately about Mastodon's AUTHORIZED_FETCH and DISALLOW_UNAUTHENTICATED_API_ACCESS settings and since I had a hard enough time myself figuring out what they do based on the documentation and Discord comments, I wrote up what I hope is a more approachable explanation.

https://hub.sunny.garden/2023/06/28/what-does-authorized_fetch-actually-do/