bsag
@bsag@social.lol
I've been 'bsag' on the web for more than 20 years now, and you can find me in many places by that handle. I'm a biologist by profession, and a nerd by inclination. I have way too many hobbies, from sewing clothes to designing and making tiny custom keyboards.
social.lol
Ever have one of those days where you just can't figure out a bit of code that should be simple?
I'm trying to put together a big `` template in an #11ty nunjucks shortcode. I have an external image store and optimiser, and so I just want to pass the filename so that I can piece together the correct query url to resize/optimise the image.
Can I get that to work? Can I bobbins!
It seems to be trying to insert an object rather than interpreting the filename as a plain string to insert into another string.
Any help given might stop me exploding with frustration.
I expect that I am doing something dumb.
Interesting approach: a minimalist, db-less static site generator blog where every post is stored as exactly one JSON file and comments are offloaded to either the Fediverse or Bluesky, according to the blogger's preference.
I've got way too much customization in my current #11ty and #ClassicPress setup, but it would be interesting to look at for a side project or experiment.
Though I'm not convinced JSON is better than Markdown with front matter. Yes, it moves the parsing complexity from the build stage to the saving-your-work stage, so I suppose that counts for something.
https://blogsh.app
https://mastodon.social/@blogsh/117016992194995688
#blogging #blogsh
Jan Miksovsky
@JanMiksovsky@fosstodon.org
UX design and engineering architect; founder of Web Origami, Cozi, Component Kitchen, Elix web components; section hiker; father of three; 日本語能力試験の受験者
fosstodon.org
I've posted a video about how you can build a site from scratch in any #programming language you like without the need for an off-the-shelf static site generator (#ssg): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t3BN3Z-TkE&t=1147s
This compares using an SSG like #Astro or #Eleventy (#11ty) to build a blog with building the same blog in #Python, #JavaScript, or even a language like #Zig. I'm designing #WebOrigami to be the most concise and clearest language for this purpose — but you can use any language you like.
Adam DJ Brett
@adjb@hcommons.social
PhD in religion from Syracuse University. I study the Doctrine of Discovery. #amrel #acrel #Religidons #searchable --- proven.lol/38ee89
hcommons.social
I just switched a site from #11ty 3.1.6 to #buildawesome alpha for the new Nunjucks async, and I reduced my build time from 55 seconds to 33 seconds, removed 40+ packages, and made 937 deletions in package.json.
I could probably go lower if I ditch the PDF metadata checking, but I keep having PDF issues, so I'm loath to remove it. https://www.adamdjbrett.com/blog/2026-07-05-build-awesome-cloudflare-optimization/
Adam DJ Brett
@adjb@hcommons.social
PhD in religion from Syracuse University. I study the Doctrine of Discovery. #amrel #acrel #Religidons #searchable --- proven.lol/38ee89
hcommons.social
Replying to
@adjb@hcommons.social
#BuildAwesome/#11ty is the only software I upgrade that gets smaller
Nathaniel Daught
@nfd@social.lol
Nerdy visual artist and designer based in Oakland, CA UI/UX • Product Design • Visual Design • Web Design • Illustration 🏳️🌈 they/them 🏳️⚧️ Trans people are safe with me. 🇺🇦 🇵🇸 #oakland #design #art #gaming #scifi #photography #coffee #HousePlants #privacy #nobot #noAI #fedi22 
First joined Mastodon in 2017 
https://proven.lol/be533f
social.lol
RE: https://social.lol/@flamed/116756535539051466
YES!!! I just deployed my 11ty site to Neocities using Forgejo Actions for the first time 🎉
My code is now on Source Tube (Forgejo) by @neatnik@social.lol
🪦RIP GitHub account
#11ty #Eleventy #Neocities #indieweb #webdev
Jessie Heald
@JessieHealdUK@defcon.social
A full stack web developer with a drive for FOSS and building an accessible #IndieWeb. #11ty evangelist and developer of #11tyCMS .
defcon.social
Static websites are the future. Not every site needs to be dynamically generated. Having a #blog served by a complex CMS like WordPress feels unnecessary after using #11ty .
Compute is growing in cost and becoming scarce. Why waste it on sites suited for static generation?
Plus, who wants to host a server with a database, a CMS, a bunch of plugins and all the security headaches that comes with it? #SSG #IndieWeb #Blogging
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