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Re: Build a link blog like Simon Willison

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Post by ianhawes » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:01 PM UTC

simonw wrote: post #9

I love how this post is an exact implementation of my advice on link blogging (add some personal commentary, quote liberally) - applied to my article about link blogging. Very meta. https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/

Meta would be blogging about this post.

Re: Build a link blog like Simon Willison

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Post by sorcercode » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:01 PM UTC

Love this approach. For the Hugo blog users, my theme https://github.com/kaushikgopal/henry-hugo makes this style of blogging easy. Just add external link in the yaml header and it'll be marked up as a "link" style post

Re: Build a link blog like Simon Willison

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Post by m3kw9 » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:02 PM UTC

Let the era of the link blog begin

Re: Build a link blog like Simon Willison

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Post by m3kw9 » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:02 PM UTC

ianhawes wrote: post #11

simonw wrote: post #9

I love how this post is an exact implementation of my advice on link blogging (add some personal commentary, quote liberally) - applied to my article about link blogging. Very meta. https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/

Meta would be blogging about this post.

I call it recursion

Re: Build a link blog like Simon Willison

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Post by rednafi » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:03 PM UTC

Cool stuff. I also did something similar recently. Didn’t want to maintain a dynamic site just for this, so I took the least tech-savvy option.

Added a new section to my blog that lists one page per year. Each page lists all my entries in reverse chronological order. Wrote about it here[1].

[1]: https://rednafi.com/misc/link_blog/

Re: Build a link blog like Simon Willison

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Post by m3kw9 » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:03 PM UTC

xk3 wrote: post #3

If I feel like I truly learned something novel I'll add a link here: https://github.com/chapmanjacobd/journal/blob/main/lists/kno...

This is like assembly code for link blog

Re: Build a link blog like Simon Willison

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Post by brianzelip » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:05 PM UTC

Great idea! Viewing source is a big reason I visit.

Re: Build a link blog like Simon Willison

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Post by simonw » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:07 PM UTC

ianhawes wrote: post #11

simonw wrote: post #9

I love how this post is an exact implementation of my advice on link blogging (add some personal commentary, quote liberally) - applied to my article about link blogging. Very meta. https://simonwillison.net/2024/Dec/22/link-blog/

Meta would be blogging about this post.

... https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/4/build-a-link-blog/

Re: Build a link blog like Simon Willison

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Post by purist33 » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:07 PM UTC

eamag wrote: post #7

Why not combine links in one monthly post similar to https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/links-for-january-2025 I personally prefer this format ( https://eamag.me/2025/Links-For-January-2025 ) and you can post single links on social media instead no?

Like the other reply said, a monthly link blog would be too much. I find myself ignoring a lot of those links of the month posts because it covers too many topics and I end up not liking most of it. Whereas one which has small commentary on a single link is great for me, since if i like the commentary enough, I would add the link to my read later.

Re: Build a link blog like Simon Willison

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Post by tr3ntg » Tue, Feb 04, 2025, 4:09 PM UTC

xk3 wrote: post #3

If I feel like I truly learned something novel I'll add a link here: https://github.com/chapmanjacobd/journal/blob/main/lists/kno...

And this link of yours counts as something "truly novel"?

> https://youtu.be/Of9yvKINITg # 10 hours of silence occasionally broken up by the Taco bell Bong

I'm joking, this is really funny, and many of your links are very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing.