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Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file

#1

Post by dtonon » Tue, May 21, 2024, 9:31 AM UTC

Oracolo is a minimalist blog powered by Nostr, that consists of a single html file, weighing only ~140Kb. It works also without a web server; for example you can send it via email as a business card.

Take it as a didactic experiment, it's no production ready, indeed it has some limitations (no SEO friendly structure), but can work as a temporary solution (e.g. coming soon and parking pages), and it is still an example of how easy it is to create a Nostr-powered web app and deploy it on a low-tech infrastructure.

Comments and suggestions on how to improve it are welcome!

Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file
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Re: Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file

#2

Post by xd1936 » Tue, May 21, 2024, 12:38 PM UTC

I love distributed, server-less hosting concepts. Very cool project idea!

Re: Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file

#3

Post by ollybee » Tue, May 21, 2024, 1:25 PM UTC

xd1936 wrote: post #2

I love distributed, server-less hosting concepts. Very cool project idea!

What others do you know of, or is there a resource to find out more?

Re: Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file

#4

Post by jron » Tue, May 21, 2024, 1:32 PM UTC

I regularly find myself on the internet archive hoping to find a working copy of a page created ten-plus years ago. Page rot, SEO spam, walled gardens, and AI generated nonsense are all converging to suck the value out of the WWW.

Projects like this give me a little hope that blogging can make a comeback. NIP-13 [1] also has the ability to use POW to limit bot activity. Thanks for sharing!

[1] https://github.com/nostr-protocol/nips/blob/master/13.md

Re: Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file

#5

Post by devneelpatel » Tue, May 21, 2024, 1:45 PM UTC

This is amazing! always been a huge fan of nostr.

Re: Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file

#6

Post by bogwog » Tue, May 21, 2024, 1:52 PM UTC

Nostr would be so cool if it wasn't associated with bitcoin. I know the protocol has nothing to do with crypto currencies whatsoever, but the people who use it are predominantly in that world.

This is a cool project though, so nice job! I'm not sure if a blog is the best use case (regular static blogs are faster and easier), but maybe it would make more sense for other concepts.

Re: Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file

#7

Post by blamestross » Tue, May 21, 2024, 2:07 PM UTC

The fact the "I hate NPM" section is so simple makes me wonder why npm was involved at all.

I also deeply hate NPM. (Normalizing NPM is a hazard to society) So maybe I'm biased...

Re: Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file

#8

Post by blamestross » Tue, May 21, 2024, 2:14 PM UTC

blamestross wrote: post #7

The fact the "I hate NPM" section is so simple makes me wonder why npm was involved at all. I also deeply hate NPM. (Normalizing NPM is a hazard to society) So maybe I'm biased...

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Re: Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file

#9

Post by 0x62 » Tue, May 21, 2024, 2:30 PM UTC

ollybee wrote: post #3

xd1936 wrote: post #2

I love distributed, server-less hosting concepts. Very cool project idea!

What others do you know of, or is there a resource to find out more?

You might also be interested in checking out IPFS/IPNS

Re: Show HN: Oracolo – A minimalist Nostr blog in a single HTML file

#10

Post by troupo » Tue, May 21, 2024, 3:00 PM UTC

jron wrote: post #4

I regularly find myself on the internet archive hoping to find a working copy of a page created ten-plus years ago. Page rot, SEO spam, walled gardens, and AI generated nonsense are all converging to suck the value out of the WWW. Projects like this give me a little hope that blogging can make a comeback. NIP-13 [1] also has the ability to use POW to limit bot activity. Thanks for sharing! [1] https://github.com/nost…

> Projects like this give me a little hope that blogging can make a comeback.

From nostr site: "If all the relays that you have used in the past go offline, all your posts will be unretrievable." https://nostr.com/relays

Nostr doesn't solve the archival problem