Blogging Like a Hacker (2008)
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Blogging Like a Hacker (2008)
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#2I often remark that IT in general is a history-less space. I wonder if Tom would have developed Jekyll if he knew about Blosxom? Blosxom had its last release in the same month when Jekyll had its first.
The blog post seems to imply that he came up with the idea and code for Jekyll all by himself. But also as he's a Ruby guy, it's likely he would have ported over the code and concepts to his own project.
Re: Blogging Like a Hacker (2008)
#3Fascinating. For those who click to read the comments before the actual article, this is Mr. Preston-Werner's introduction of Jekyll, the Ruby static site generator, to the world. He lays out his reasons for creating the tech:
>>>First, all my writing would be stored in a Git repository. This would ensure that I could try out different ideas and explore a variety of posts all from the comfort of my preferred editor and the command line. I’d be able to publish a post via a simple deploy script or post-commit hook. Complexity would be kept to an absolute minimum, so a static site would be preferable to a dynamic site that required ongoing maintenance. My blog would need to be easily customizable; coming from a graphic design background means I’ll always be tweaking the site’s appearance and layout.
Which are the exact same wishes I had with my own blog, and I assume many other "hacker" types have for theirs, as well. I don't remember why I settled on Pelican (Python) over Jekyll (Ruby), but either tool is a fantastic choice for blogs... and I now understand that's because Jekyll was literally created to support those goals!
Re: Blogging Like a Hacker (2008)
#4You call that blogging like a hacker?
This is blogging like a hacker:
https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html
This is blogging like a hacker:
Re: Blogging Like a Hacker (2008)
#5You call that blogging like a hacker? This is blogging like a hacker: https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html This is blogging like a hacker: https://blog.fefe.de/
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#6What about Ghost blog? I have been wanting to dive into some of my own blogging and have been trying out Ghost (https://ghost.org/). It has been really fun trying to find a theme that I like and the native apps make it very pleasing to work on.
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#7You call that blogging like a hacker? This is blogging like a hacker: https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html This is blogging like a hacker: https://blog.fefe.de/
What, serif fonts?
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#8You call that blogging like a hacker? This is blogging like a hacker: https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html This is blogging like a hacker: https://blog.fefe.de/
What, serif fonts?
I don't believe the sites themselves make any stipulations about preferences regarding fonts. It's up to your browser.
In any case: Regarding the downvoting: Bring it, bitches.
...just trying to set something straight about established cultural norms around the word "hacker".
Re: Blogging Like a Hacker (2008)
#9You call that blogging like a hacker? This is blogging like a hacker: https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html This is blogging like a hacker: https://blog.fefe.de/
What, serif fonts?
Neither of those pages specify a font. If you are seeing a serif font that is because that is what is the default in your browser.
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#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
What, serif fonts?
I don't believe the sites themselves make any stipulations about preferences regarding fonts. It's up to your browser. In any case: Regarding the downvoting: Bring it, bitches. ...just trying to set something straight about established cultural norms around the word "hacker".
I’m still not seeing what you’ve “set straight”.