baer @baer@mastodon.social
code, software, and miscellany here
@matt for prose
@write_as for https://write.as updates & #privacy
Still all in progress, but I just added a static site generation option for #publicbio https://github.com/abunchtell/publicbio#generate-a-static-site
Another day after a night of adequate sleep where I'm amazed at how much of a difference that makes in my day.
Just dog things https://snap.as/matt/holden
Damn, @elementary is really slick.
How in the world does #Mastodon parse metadata tags for card previews? Am I looking in the right place here? https://github.com/tootsuite/mastodon/blob/master/app/services/fetch_link_card_service.rb
Not the best use of my time, but I spent tonight dissecting the "Pardon the interruption" popup on #Medium.
Anyway, soon enough you won't have to deal with that anymore.
Ended up on a #Facebook page today and saw again how terrible it is when you're not logged in. So I made a new extension to fix it: https://github.com/thebaer/MFbB
A bunch of updates in #MakeMediumReadableAgain v1.4:
* Option to hide the highlight popup menu
* Hidden "Open in App" button
* Hidden upgrade prompts
The 2 things I always notice are missing when I'm browsing the web -- an adblocker and this extension: https://github.com/thebaer/MMRA
Recent #Medium changes broke it for a bit; now it's fixed in v1.3.1
We're working to build a suite of tiny, focused tools that all work together, and share the same simplicity and privacy-awareness of Write.as. This little #blogging platform is just the start.
Now you can #follow along with each of them right here in the fediverse:
@readwriteas - stories from Write.as
@snap_as - photo and album hosting
@htmlhouse - HTML hosting
Future:
@draft_as - collaboration on text
@jot_as - private, encrypted notes
Yeah, launching a new product that people will rely on from day one and will change a lot in the near future is not the time to try out schema-less databases.
Sometimes I only use @htmlhouse to get an em dash I can paste somewhere else.
Had to `chmod 777` some things. Success
Upped the RAM to 2GB, with 4GB of swap. Still can't compile #mastodon assets.
Wiping it all out and trying again.
Soo I guess I need more than a GB of RAM to compile the static assets
Seem to have gotten everything installed right, but now I'm getting a 500 on the /about page 🤔
Now to see how easy / fun #mastodon is to install
Trying to finish these tiny little things on this Android app and I have to upgrade Gradle and update a library and I'm really remembering how badly I don't like developing on constantly-shifting platforms.
That case is handled about as gracefully as possible though -- a title that's just an image will use that image's alt text for the page title, slug, and when pinned, the text for the navigation bar link.
It's fun making an incredibly flexible platform, and it's easy when everything is just text that you manipulate at run time.
