Blog ✏️
A list of the blog posts I have written. Click here to view this list as an RSS feed.
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How I Design for Accessibility
Posted on: | Web
I just finished an accessibility audit on my site. There is only one flag that is raised by Axe, the accessibility validator I use. I believe I can ignore that flag. It relates to the arrows that I use for my webrings. I do not believe the suggestion impacts the quality or accessibility of my website. I am proud to say that I’ve resolved many accessibility issues over the last few weeks.
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Building a Weather Station
Posted on: | Web
At this week’s Homebrew Website Club meeting, we had a discussion about Raspberry Pis. Most of the people in attendance had a Raspberry Pi. We all showed each other our Pis and where we had them set up. It was fascinating. I had to admit to everyone that my Pi has been sitting lonely in a drawer for a while. I haven’t done much with it. I have a Sense HAT. The Sense Hat sits on top of the Pi.
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My Website Hosting Journey
Posted on: | Web
My website has been hosted on a number of platforms over the years. Last year was my year of using CMS tools to publish my website. I used WordPress initially because it was easy for me to set up. I wanted a website over which I had more control and WordPress looked like a good option. At the time, I was not as comfortable with web development as I am now. I could build a website but I didn’t feel ready to create my blog from scratch.
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Self Dogfooding and Losing Steam
Posted on: | Coding
There are two types of posts I write about programming. The ones I like writing most are those where I discuss how I built something, or how I intend on building something. It’s fun to explain how I build projects. I like the technical details. This is not one of those posts. This is a post about what it’s like to be a developer. The developer life, if you will.
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Privacy, Social Media, and This Website
Posted on: | IndieWeb
I watched the start of The Social Dilemma documentary yesterday evening. The documentary provoked so many thoughts that I was unable to fully engage with some of the discussions I had with family members later in the evening. My mind was fixated on what I have heard. I am presently reserving my full thoughts on the documentary because I have not yet seen the end. I would recommend giving the first 45 minutes a watch.
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Improving My Website Feed
Posted on: | IndieWeb
Building a feed for this website has been the longest project I’ve undertaken as part of my site. Most features take a day, or even just a few minutes, to complete. I went into building my site with the mindset that I wanted my site to be simple, both aesthetically and structurally.
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Coffea Podcasta #8: A Film About Coffee
Posted on: | Podcast
A quick review of A Film About Coffee, a documentary about the coffee industry from bean to cup.
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Social Interactions on the Web
Posted on: | IndieWeb
This morning I was close to giving up on my micropub endpoint. It has taken a significant amount of time to get the project to the stage I am at now. There is still more to do. I have not yet completed the server deployment. I’m having issues with wsgi that I have not yet fixed. I thought that maybe a command line interface would be more appropriate, seeing as how most of the idea behind setting up a micropub endpoint was to make it easier for me to share bookmarks. I then remembered why I am building the micropub endpoint.
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Micropub and Publishing Content
Posted on: | IndieWeb
I have seen articles and posts and messages about micropub a number of times. It’s hard to avoid at least seeing the term “micropub” somewhere in the IndieWeb community. I am still not fully sure how it works. What I do know is that micropub just right for what I want to do with my personal website. One of the biggest problems I have with my website is that it is somewhat laborious to post a new article. I have to create a markdown file with the contents of the article. I have to write front matter for every post.
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A New Website Architecture
Posted on: | Web
For a moment a few days ago, I was tempted to build a server-side application for my website. What stopped me from doing so was my memories from building my personal website with Next.js. My site worked. It looked nice. My site lacked one thing. I didn’t really know how it worked. There were too many abstractions away from the code itself. I was often confused about why I had made certain programming decisions.