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by kevq 4y ago
(writer of the site here) I've never liked Twitter, or any mainstream social media for that matter. The only one that came close for me was Google+, that was brilliant, I thought. So yeah, nothing to do with the shit show that is Elon
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by kevq 4y ago
I think you misspelled “profit” there. Engagement isn't the driver for the algorithm, profit is. It’s all about showing “fresh” content on every refresh so they have your eyes longer, and therefore more ad revenue. Masto is chronologic
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Jamstack Has Matured(usecue.com)
2 points by kevq 4y ago|0 comments
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by kevq 5y ago
Really glad you’re enjoying it! :)
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by kevq 5y ago
Im a firm believer in links being underlined. I also wanted it to be a little opinionated, as to started life as a personal project, yet easy to customise.
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by kevq 5y ago
That’s what I see a framework as being - sane defaults. It’s a way to get started quickly without having to write everything from scratch. I would argue that “frameworks” like Bootstrap, Tailwinds and their ilk are more ecosystems than fram
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by kevq 5y ago
That’s good to know, thanks. I always (incorrectly it seems) assumed that a citation was valid within a blockquote too.
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by kevq 5y ago
Hi!
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by kevq 5y ago
Creator of Simple.css here. Thanks for all the feedback and comments here, folks. It really is appreciated. I’m not a professional web designer - this just started off as a personal project that I ended up publishing as people I shared it w
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by kevq 5y ago
Thank you. That’s so kind.
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by kevq 5y ago
There was SO MUCH more I wanted to mention. Cookie banners being one of them, but I figured it was long enough as it was. I will likely add more to it in the future though.
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by kevq 5y ago
(author here) I agree - there's definitely a technical ransom to pay for hosting your own site, even with managed solutions, there's still domain names, hosting etc. to work though - it's not for everyone and I'm not cla
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by kevq 5y ago
Erm, kinda. The site does talk about POSSE (Post Once to your Site, Syndicate Everywhere), as well as using web 2.0 to your advantage. So I don't think it's hypocritical for the site to be SEO or social optimised.
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by kevq 5y ago
You're absolutely, 100% right...unfortunately.
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by kevq 5y ago
Damn. I forgot that's how the Internet worked - if you disagree with something, that means you cannot use it to your advantage ever again. I disagree with working a 5 day week too...I suppose I'd better call my boss.
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A visual history of Playstation controllers – illustrated in Figma(uxdesign.cc)
2 points by kevq 5y ago|0 comments
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by kevq 5y ago
Completely agree with this. I have a semi-successful blog and what I would consider to be a successful career. My blog has never helped my career, but I enjoy the process of writing and putting my thoughts/opinions/learnings out t
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by kevq 5y ago
You get out what you put in when running a blog. You need to market your site unfortunately. That’s where SEO, social sharing, newsletters and all those other annoying things come in. Even on a platform with an existing audience, like Mediu
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by kevq 5y ago
I’m using (and really enjoying) Bear. https://bear.app/
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by kevq 5y ago
I respect the privacy of my readers, so I’d never dream of using Google Analytics - it’s awful. Both Plausible, Fathom and GoatCounter are privacy respecting alternatives to GA. However, all JavaScript based analytics are blocked by lots of
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Newsletters [Essay](robinrendle.com)
2 points by kevq 5y ago|0 comments
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by kevq 5y ago
OP here. I actually founded the 512kb club. Thanks for the kind words about the site - there’s still more I want to do to optimise further, like get rid of bloody Jquery for a start! Having said that, half a MB is a lot of data. You can do
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by kevq 5y ago
Is it though? Posting the entire thing to a blog, then reposting the entire thing to Twitter over a sprawl of 50 tweets seems even more ridiculous to me.
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by kevq 5y ago
(OP here)I’m very familiar with Twitter, as I’ve been using it for quite a long time, I just came back to it a few months ago. Probably should have been more accurate in the post, sorry about that.
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by kevq 5y ago
When a Twitter thread is 50 tweets long, there’s just as much “fluff” as a regular blog post. Plus, the example I use in the post is actually a blog post, so just reposted to a mahoosive Twitter thread.
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by kevq 5y ago
> I think the heyday of personal blogging is mostly over. Couldn’t agree more, and I also agree that it’s a real shame.
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by kevq 5y ago
That’s interesting because it just so happens that the example I gave in the post is actually a blog post and I think it works far better that way. Link if anyone is interested - https://pluralistic.net/2021/10/16&
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by kevq 5y ago
(Writer of the post here) I really like this analogy as it gives a different perspective. Thanks for that. In fairness to me though, I never told anyone to change - I simply gave my opinion then questioned why people find it useful and get
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by kevq 5y ago
I feel like this page misses the point. While I agree with the sentiment entirely, the author then goes on to recommend a plethora of static site generators. Fact is, one of the selling points of Medium is it’s simplicity to use. If a Mediu
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Internet Cold Callers and Their Link Sharing Emails(kevq.uk)
2 points by kevq 5y ago|0 comments

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