In August, after learning about the IndieWeb, I updated my website and turned it into this blog. It has been years since I did something web-related, and I always enjoyed tinkering on the web, so I am glad I took the time to try and rebuild my website. This month was my first time using Hugo, customising an existing theme to fit my needs. I also:
- Automated the creation of daily notes on this blog using GitHub Actions
- Created category filters for this blog using the
:hasselector in CSS - Pulled up-to-date statistics, like distance ran in a year — 423.6 kmData pulled from intervals.icu
, and my current Tetra League ranking — 10798.88 TR (
), using various APIs
In terms of other small projects,
- I found new breakfast spots using Overture Places and
duckdb, - Created a Pomodoro timer script that keeps track of my work in Obsidian,
- Started learning the Rust programming language,
- Looked into visualising Belgian roads,
- Learned more about
uvfor Python
Writing daily notes
Initially, I aimed to write a daily note on this blog, sharing small personal projects or interesting things I encountered that day. After twenty consecutive notes, however, I started putting quantity before quality on days I did not feel like writing. If I did not enjoy writing a note, I am sure it isn’t pleasant for others to read that note either. I am still looking for how and when to best write and share short notes for “blogumentation”.
Blogs I enjoyed reading this August
Fabien Sanglard’s 0X10 RULES are great rules to follow when creating (small) websites. On that note, I also appreciated Justin Wong’s collection of “monospace webpages”, The Brutalist Report, and computer.rip.
Other blogs that I added to my RSS feed this month include Simon Willison’s Weblog, Sebastian De Deyne, Matt Hodges, Robin Rendle, Brad Barrish, anhvn.com, and James G.