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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by dredmorbius on Friday September 15, 2023 @11:46AM (#37524835)
OT: what's your blog based on?

I looked for a colophon / about site page with no joy.

Source suggests it's simply hand-coded HTML?

Hrm... Apparently, plus some webscripts?

<https://www.jefftk.com/p/designing-low-upkeep-software>

<https://github.com/jeffkaufman/webscripts/blob/master/makers...>

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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by jefftk on Friday September 15, 2023 @12:31PM (#37525633)
That's right: I draft the post in HTML, then have some scripts which add indexes, headers, footers, and css, and make an RSS feed.
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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by dredmorbius on Friday September 15, 2023 @02:01PM (#37526879)
Thanks, pretty cool.

I also like the article preview hack.

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Re:Tyranny of the Marginal User: why software gets worse, no... by jefftk on Friday September 15, 2023 @02:19PM (#37527130)
Thanks! Implementation details: https://www.jefftk.com/p/preview-on-hover
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