From bfa03b6a654c503977721e9f496e968bcf6c69bb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "Brandon C. Irizarry" Date: Tue, 3 Mar 2026 21:05:34 -0500 Subject: Edit content and prettify formatting --- drafts/projects/buildablog.md | 16 ++++++++++------ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) (limited to 'drafts/projects') diff --git a/drafts/projects/buildablog.md b/drafts/projects/buildablog.md index 781f01d..71a1501 100644 --- a/drafts/projects/buildablog.md +++ b/drafts/projects/buildablog.md @@ -64,15 +64,17 @@ With regard to RSS, I feel *all* blogs should have an RSS/Atom feed. There are some fantastic ones out there that don't! When setting up RSS, I finally grokked something while reading a [blog -post](https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/keep-it-really-simple-stupid/) by Cory Doctorow where he advocates for RSS: RSS *is* social -media. +post](https://pluralistic.net/2024/10/16/keep-it-really-simple-stupid/) by Cory Doctorow where he advocates for RSS: + +I realized that **RSS is a genre of social media.** # Sources of Inspiration I took (and continue to take) inspiration from blogs I've seen in the wild, such as: -1. https://maurycyz.com/ +1. + I ripped off a lot of CSS (and general design decisions) from this site. 😁 The great thing about this site is that it proves that you can be both a highly intelligent and original thinker without being @@ -84,15 +86,17 @@ wild, such as: As a shout out, the author even gives some quick lessons on setting up a blog and writing the HTML and CSS for a simple website (which I also took pointers from! This guy probably did a better job of - explaining what `width: 100%;` means then a lot of resources I've + explaining what `width: 100%;` means than a lot of resources I've seen online.) -2. https://nullprogram.com/ +2. + For pointers on how to establish a convention for blog post slugs. This author uses the date-based scheme, which I adopted in the end. -3. https://elly.town/ +3. + For general compactness of aesthetic. While I don't plan on going that route, the nod to S-expression syntax is nice. -- cgit v1.2.3