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One Thing Well – A weblog about simple, useful software

132 points by sandebert 6y ago

masonic 6y ago
Trapping the Back key is a permanent turn-off. (I'm using Brave)
colinramsay 6y ago
This looks great, and obviously the website does one thing well too. One of the entries is for Bunch [1] which is something I spent years hoping to stumble upon only to do so now when I've moved to Linux. Oh well. [1] https://brettterpstra.com/bunch/ https://brettterpstra.com/bunch/
- morlockabove 6y ago
  The website is a disaster. Fucking with the back button to trap you there, INSTALL THE APP!!! popups- how hard would it be to use wordpress, or just a static site?
  - adolph 6y ago
    Does it have a cookie banner and email newsletter modal too?
- bschwindHN 6y ago
  The website does not do anything well except annoy me with popups and a broken back button.
rcarmo 6y ago
I loved that blog, but it's been stalled for ages now. No new posts in a year(ish).
- JohnKacz 6y ago
  Not as long as the hiatus[0] several years back. I hadn't realized Jack had started posting again since then. Glad to rediscover this. [0] - https://onethingwell.org/post/148042678322/bad-hands-hiatus https://onethingwell.org/post/148042678322/bad-hands-hiatus
  - victor106 6y ago
    That’s so sad. Hope he recovers soon and well. Love his blog. What are some precautions you can take to prevent carpal tunnel and arthritis?
- dave_aiello 6y ago
  Good point. I have a tendency to focus on new-to-me information on a site of this nature, and not notice time since the latest post. Both are important, although new-to-me is more important.
- HeckFeck 6y ago
  All intentionally. The blog did its one thing well and there was no more left to be said.
bla3 6y ago
Ironic that this of all sites has a "install the app" banner. I liked the premise but left immediately when that popped up.
- ComodoHacker 6y ago
  I don't see the banner thanks to uBO, but pumping links traffic through Tumblr is a red flag for me.
  - Lex-2008 6y ago
    don't they use Tumblr as the blog-engine?
    - Cederfjard 6y ago
      Yeah this is a Tumblr blog with a custom domain. Not sure I understand the gripes from the other posters.
      - dqv 6y ago
        I don't either. No pop ups and the back button works fine.
        beepboop43 6y ago
        Same here but I'm using noscript so I assume that's why.
alsetmusic 6y ago
OTW has been in my RSS feeds for a few years. Definitely one of my favs. The maintainer has had reduced output for a while, due to some health issues (used to be three cool finds per day). I’ve found a lot of slick command line utilities here. It’s worth going through the backlog. I hope the maintainer is able to get back to the steady stream that initially drew me in. For those put off by Tumblr throwing a banner, ignore the bs of that platform and enjoy the content. There’s some gold to be found.
sebastien_b 6y ago
Interesting, but don’t like that the site hijacks my browser back button

132 points by sandebert 6y ago

Trapping the Back key is a permanent turn-off. (I'm using Brave)

This looks great, and obviously the website does one thing well too. One of the entries is for Bunch [1] which is something I spent years hoping to stumble upon only to do so now when I've moved to Linux. Oh well. [1] https://brettterpstra.com/bunch/ https://brettterpstra.com/bunch/

morlockabove 6y ago
The website is a disaster. Fucking with the back button to trap you there, INSTALL THE APP!!! popups- how hard would it be to use wordpress, or just a static site?
- adolph 6y ago
  Does it have a cookie banner and email newsletter modal too?
bschwindHN 6y ago
The website does not do anything well except annoy me with popups and a broken back button.

rcarmo 6y ago

I loved that blog, but it's been stalled for ages now. No new posts in a year(ish).

JohnKacz 6y ago
Not as long as the hiatus[0] several years back. I hadn't realized Jack had started posting again since then. Glad to rediscover this. [0] - https://onethingwell.org/post/148042678322/bad-hands-hiatus https://onethingwell.org/post/148042678322/bad-hands-hiatus
- victor106 6y ago
  That’s so sad. Hope he recovers soon and well. Love his blog. What are some precautions you can take to prevent carpal tunnel and arthritis?
dave_aiello 6y ago
Good point. I have a tendency to focus on new-to-me information on a site of this nature, and not notice time since the latest post. Both are important, although new-to-me is more important.
HeckFeck 6y ago
All intentionally. The blog did its one thing well and there was no more left to be said.

bla3 6y ago

Ironic that this of all sites has a "install the app" banner. I liked the premise but left immediately when that popped up.

ComodoHacker 6y ago
I don't see the banner thanks to uBO, but pumping links traffic through Tumblr is a red flag for me.
- Lex-2008 6y ago
  don't they use Tumblr as the blog-engine?
  - Cederfjard 6y ago
    Yeah this is a Tumblr blog with a custom domain. Not sure I understand the gripes from the other posters.
    - dqv 6y ago
      I don't either. No pop ups and the back button works fine.
      - beepboop43 6y ago
        Same here but I'm using noscript so I assume that's why.

alsetmusic 6y ago

OTW has been in my RSS feeds for a few years. Definitely one of my favs. The maintainer has had reduced output for a while, due to some health issues (used to be three cool finds per day). I’ve found a lot of slick command line utilities here. It’s worth going through the backlog. I hope the maintainer is able to get back to the steady stream that initially drew me in. For those put off by Tumblr throwing a banner, ignore the bs of that platform and enjoy the content. There’s some gold to be found.

sebastien_b 6y ago

Interesting, but don’t like that the site hijacks my browser back button