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I used to use gitbook to generate til.secretGeek.net but it got slower and slower over time, would take 45 mins to build the site… and then the parts I was usin
by LeonB 3y ago
I used to use gitbook to generate til.secretGeek.net but it got slower and slower over time, would take 45 mins to build the site… and then the parts I was using were either deprecated or made “premium” - something happened. The “enshittification” set in, basically. If there’s some nice free thing you use that’s too good to be true… wait a few years it will go to muck.
I bit the bullet and wrote my own very minimal static site generator in .net, so the site builds in a few seconds again. Note that I’m not spruiking it for others to use… because if it became popular, no doubt I’d end up enshittifying it too.
- wumms 3y ago> spruik spruik - in British English (ˈspruːɪkˈ) [Australian archaic, slang]: to speak in public (used esp of a showman or salesman) - in American English (ˈspruːkˈ) [Australian slang]: to make or give a speech, esp. extensively or elaborately; spiel; orate https://www.collinsdictionary.com/jp/dictionary/english/spruik https://www.collinsdictionary.com/jp/dictionary/english/spru...
- LeonB 3y agoI’m now very self conscious of using the word “spruik” (a feature of Australian culture is that we look down on Australian culture… this is called our “cultural-cringe”) - and just saw “spruik” used in a headline in an Australian news story, which shows it is still a very current word here.
- LeonB 3y agoWell done. And I am Australian.