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I couldn’t come up with a story idea this November, and my morale was killed by the continued lockdown of the NaNoWriMo forums.

So I don’t know what I’m going to be doing this month. Still considering GitHub Gameoff 2024. Also interested in all the blogging stuff people seem to be doing (not sure what all events are active right now).

Also I’ve decided to learn a new programming language so I might start that (soon as I pick a language).

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I'm administrating my own server for the first time, so that makes me a sysadmin! No one said you had to be good at it to get the title.

Matter of fact, if you follow only the first chapter of HTML for People, that makes you a web designer!

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I need a cheaper alternative to DeployHQ because I’m at my 10 project limit and I don’t want to pay 2x more (I have lots of tiny side projects).

An obvious choice is GitHub Actions, but it looks kind of hard and also I hate YAML. Typically all I need to do is an npm or composer build, then transfer the contents of the output folder to my server.

Anyone know a good, easy alternative or do I just need to suck it up and figure out GitHub Actions?

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I need to turn this thought into a blog post, but I’ve come to appreciate AlpineJS as a valuable tool when making home-cooked apps. No build step and you can immediately string together interactivity.

You’d want to be more careful if making a thing for other people—making sure you server-render what you can, don’t rely on too much client-side rendering, and don’t get too sloppy with the js-in-html code.

But for an app just for me? Weee… I can go so fast.

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I updated HTML for People with some small but important improvements. I added a bit more explanation and resources around folder creation and relative URLs.

A lot of people inquired about a downloadable version. At some point I’d love to make a nice PDF. But for now I’ve added a printable version (see link in footer) that’s got everything on one page. You can save that to PDF.

Many thanks to everyone who has given feedback, suggested corrections, or filed issues!

htmlforpeople.com

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I found this page on a freeware gaming site I used to run. This post in 2005 was an update where I had moved from no-code web software to writing HTML directly.

Text: I have redesigned the site. This time using straight HTML! Why? I was tired of using the authoring software I had because it made updating a hassle. I'm eliminating the "middle-man," so to speak. It's helping me learn HTML by doing it this way. Plus, the site probably loads a lot faster. So it works out for all of us in the end!

Screenshot of a plain looking website. Logo reads “KBG’s gameZone” and the page is titled “What’s new?” The single update there is dated April 20, 2005.

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