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You call that blogging like a hacker? This is blogging like a hacker: https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html https://www.stallman.org/archives/20

You call that blogging like a hacker? This is blogging like a hacker: https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html https://www.stallman.org/archives/2019-jul-oct.html This is blogging like a hacker: https://blog.fefe.de/ https://blog.fefe.de/

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saagarjha 7y ago
What, serif fonts?
- stakhanov 7y ago
  I don't believe the sites themselves make any stipulations about preferences regarding fonts. It's up to your browser. In any case: Regarding the downvoting: Bring it, bitches. ...just trying to set something straight about established cultural norms around the word "hacker".
  - saagarjha 7y ago
    I’m still not seeing what you’ve “set straight”.
    - stakhanov 7y ago
      Jekyll is about taking a few bytes of text and turning them into the multi-megabyte-monstrosity that a website is nowadays expected to be. A real hacker responds to that trend Nancy Reagan style. "Just say no".
      - saagarjha 7y ago
        No, that only happens if you choose to make it a multi-megabyte monstrosity. My website, which uses Jekyll, has a home page that is under 10 KB uncompressed. It's just a HTML page and two CSS files: https://saagarjha.com https://saagarjha.com
      - bdcravens 7y ago
        Jekyll is design-agnostic.
      - sbierwagen 7y ago
        Looking at the source of TFA, it seems it downloads a 5.3kb html file, two css files adding up to 2.9kb, and 11.9kb of javascript. (Including GA, alas) Not as slim as possible, but pretty darn small. My personal blog, using an even older command-line html templating engine (nanoblogger) weighs in at 3kb html, 1.8kb css, and a princely 13.7kb of js. (All from the code formatter I use)
      - jamesgeck0 7y ago
        The post you're commenting on was generated by Jekyll. The data transferred on a cold load is 70.76 KB. Most of that is a TypeKit font. It's still five times times less data transferred than the Stallman microblog you linked.
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- compressedgas 7y ago
  Neither of those pages specify a font. If you are seeing a serif font that is because that is what is the default in your browser.
ryacko 7y ago
Interestingly, according to your links it looks like hackers invented microblogging. Most of those blog posts aren’t longer than a paragraph.
- wortelefant 7y ago
  From my own writing I found that short blogposts have many advantages, it really helps to update the blog more regularly than my previous strategy of writing essays twice a year. The lack of pictures also keeps the time investment low, I am less busy with choosing vague unsplash eye candy since. Seth Godin is my favorite short form writer, at least in terms or style, he really gets to the point.
outworlder 7y ago
GET OFF MY LAWN. If we are gatekeeping, THIS (was) blogging like a hacker: https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive

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saagarjha 7y ago

What, serif fonts?

stakhanov 7y ago
I don't believe the sites themselves make any stipulations about preferences regarding fonts. It's up to your browser. In any case: Regarding the downvoting: Bring it, bitches. ...just trying to set something straight about established cultural norms around the word "hacker".
- saagarjha 7y ago
  I’m still not seeing what you’ve “set straight”.
  - stakhanov 7y ago
    Jekyll is about taking a few bytes of text and turning them into the multi-megabyte-monstrosity that a website is nowadays expected to be. A real hacker responds to that trend Nancy Reagan style. "Just say no".
    - saagarjha 7y ago
      No, that only happens if you choose to make it a multi-megabyte monstrosity. My website, which uses Jekyll, has a home page that is under 10 KB uncompressed. It's just a HTML page and two CSS files: https://saagarjha.com https://saagarjha.com
    - bdcravens 7y ago
      Jekyll is design-agnostic.
    - sbierwagen 7y ago
      Looking at the source of TFA, it seems it downloads a 5.3kb html file, two css files adding up to 2.9kb, and 11.9kb of javascript. (Including GA, alas) Not as slim as possible, but pretty darn small. My personal blog, using an even older command-line html templating engine (nanoblogger) weighs in at 3kb html, 1.8kb css, and a princely 13.7kb of js. (All from the code formatter I use)
    - jamesgeck0 7y ago
      The post you're commenting on was generated by Jekyll. The data transferred on a cold load is 70.76 KB. Most of that is a TypeKit font. It's still five times times less data transferred than the Stallman microblog you linked.
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compressedgas 7y ago
Neither of those pages specify a font. If you are seeing a serif font that is because that is what is the default in your browser.

ryacko 7y ago

Interestingly, according to your links it looks like hackers invented microblogging. Most of those blog posts aren’t longer than a paragraph.

wortelefant 7y ago
From my own writing I found that short blogposts have many advantages, it really helps to update the blog more regularly than my previous strategy of writing essays twice a year. The lack of pictures also keeps the time investment low, I am less busy with choosing vague unsplash eye candy since. Seth Godin is my favorite short form writer, at least in terms or style, he really gets to the point.

outworlder 7y ago

GET OFF MY LAWN. If we are gatekeeping, THIS (was) blogging like a hacker: https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive https://github.com/ESWAT/john-carmack-plan-archive