My comment section is static HTML
Static HTML comment section, no libraries, dependencies. Baked in by design.
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We're all terminally online. I know I am. I know you are too if you're reading this
You found a personal blog and you’re reading it. The condition is confirmed. I don’t have a solution, just observations.
I hid something on this site
There’s an easter egg now. It’s kind of nested, like those Russian stacking dolls.
AI is good. Scary good. Scary in a good way.
In which I describe my journey using AI
I've made posting here with a companion thread on PopsicleBoat automatic
I have scripts in place to start a fully connected blog post, complete with a companion comments section on PopsicleBoat
23 languages, one I can check
In which I ship translations I can’t read, on the strength of the one I can
Commenting now works with two redirects
In which a static page takes your comment, posts it, and shows it back to you
My new post script
Making it easier to post with all the wiring for comments
Posting here, start to finish
Write -> one command -> push. The comments take care of themselves
What's new, late July
New changes and improvements from the back half of July
Easier way to post to my blog with comments already setup
This project already worked but it took ~5 steps to setup. It’s down to about 2 now.
Adding a Claude skill to make a new blog entry discussion thread as easy as possible
In which I use a Claude skill to create a blog entry with a full comment section without a library
Adding modern features: the collapsible/resizable sidebar
In which I discuss making the sidebar resizable and collapsible
I used AI - it was obvious
I got caught, and I’m going back to my own voice.
A glance is not a reading
In which ’new’ gets defined wrong twice before it gets defined right
What's new, mid-July
New changes and improvements this July
The notification that gave up after a minute
In which four healthy-looking layers hide two quiet failures
The page that rebuilds itself
In which the deploy habit stops being the bottleneck
Putting the boat on a diet
In which 843 kilobytes become 468, and the biggest weight isn’t the JavaScript
Your site can keep the comments
In which the comment section learns to come home
The panel that closed itself
In which a disclosure panel shuts every time someone types a letter
Popsicle Boat as a comment section
In which a blog gets discussions with no ads and no trackers, one link per post
What's new
Added some new features: formatting, search, feeds, and notifications when someone replies
The panel that hid itself
In which a video call connects perfectly and its panel hides anyway
Popsicle Boat
In which I finally write about the social web project I’ve been quietly building since 2019
Pony Express
In which I describe our trip along the Pony Express route
Chess and Incompleteness
In which I pretend to understand Kurt Gödel
How I (used to) post to this blog using iOS Shortcuts and Pythonista
In which I describe the formerly automatized process of posting to my blog
GPG & YubiKey & You
In which I attempt to do interesting things with my YubiKey
Raspberry Pi BTC Node
In which I attempt nobly to put a raspberry pi to good use
Building my own NAS
In which I Build a Network Attached Storage from scratch