LAlagniappe·Feb 6, 2024
check out bearclaw https://github.com/donuts-are-good/bearclaw
write it in markdown and host it anywhere, no fancy shenanigans
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| Feb 2023 | 2023-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Mar 2023 | 2023-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Apr 2023 | 2023-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| May 2023 | 2023-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jun 2023 | 2023-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2023 | 2023-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2023 | 2023-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sep 2023 | 2023-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Oct 2023 | 2023-10-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nov 2023 | 2023-11-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Dec 2023 | 2023-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jan 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2024 | 2024-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
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10 sources> Off the shelf ones can be cumbersome and not work quite how I want them to.
This is why I wrote mine! You just put all your markdown in one folder, run it, then collect your HTML in another folder.
https://github.com/donuts-are-good/bearclaw
In Why You Should Write Your Own Static Site GeneratorI built a tiny unopinionated static site generator that is great for blogs. No toolchain or anything fancy, it has RSS support too :) It would be my pleasure if someone wants to try it https://github.com/donuts-are-good/bearclaw
In Why your blog still needs RSSHello all :) I made this BBS for fun and thought you all would enjoy it. It's not perfect, but it's been a fun exercise!
see it: https://asciinema.org/a/Emg6SWrXMV6cehfQxrw1GRu75
try it:
ssh -p 2223 shhhbb.com
host it: https://github.com/donuts-are-good/shhhbb/releases/latest
why?
Every year I challenge myself in some new way, this year it is to push one project per week. You might recognize my static site generator [0] or my releaser for go [1] from previous posts as one of these weekly projects. If you want to join me in doing this, it's been a blast and I highly recommend it! Maybe we can chat on the bbs about it :)
[0] - bearclaw tiny static generator - https://github.com/donuts-are-good/bearclaw
[1] - release.sh release builder for go - https://github.com/donuts-are-good/bearclaw
need:
I'd love a few co-conspirators, or even som
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e new friends for the bbs software or the bbs itself. A lofty nice-to-have goal is meeting a few other similarly motivated people to conspire with on a weekly basis. If that's you, drop me a line!
goals:
I have about half of an admin interface endpoint pushed up, which I'd like to finish. I realized mid-commit that I'd lacked some other material in a previous commit, and in pushing it up, I ended up pushing half the admin feature. Stay tuned for that.
I'd also like to implement a feature where I surrender the socket to a new process so I can upgrade the binary without dropping all of the connected users. I'm not sure on the feasibility of this, but all the words fit together, so it'll be tried.
I made a cool program for Go projects that will compile all the supported OS and ARCH combos for your code. Please try it :) I use it for everything I make now.
Just do `release --name "mycoolprogram" --version "0.1.0"`
and it will output all of your labeled release binaries for every platform your code supports.
check it out! [0] You can see it at work here for this simple markdown blog generator I made, which sports 40 different platform combos [1]
[0] - https://github.com/donuts-are-good/release.sh
[1] - https://github.com/donuts-are-good/bearclaw/releases/latest
In The simplicity of single-file Golang deploymentsIm releasing on 39+ platforms. https://github.com/donuts-are-good/bearclaw for example releasing using https://github.com/donuts-are-good/release.sh
In Why is building a UI in Rust so hard?> tiny static site generator w/ rss https://bearclaw.blog
bearclaw.blog redirects back to source repo[0] on GitHub.
Should not it be a redirect to GitHub Pages site?
[0] https://github.com/donuts-are-good/bearclaw
In Show HN: Bearclaw – tiny static site generator with RSSHey there, thanks for asking. There are precompiled versions of it so you can run it like an .exe if you want to.
You can grab one of the binaries here [0] for your system, then put your markdown content in the markdown folder that bearclaw makes when you run it the first time. Bearclaw puts the html it generates in the output folder. If you want to, you can tell markdown to just keep an eye on the folder and it will generate the output as you make it, like if you have a webserver pointing at your output/ folder.
From there it's up to you, you can put it on github, or use your own server with nginx or apache or caddy.
[0] - https://github.com/donuts-are-good/bearclaw/releases/tag/1.1...
In Show HN: Bearclaw – tiny static site generator with RSSShow HN: Bearclaw – tiny static site generator with RSS
hey yall, I made bearclaw because I just wanted an unopinionated static site generator with no toolchain and fancy stuff going on; it'd be my pleasure to show it to you today and answer any questions you might have.
If you do end up trying out bearclaw, you can use nginx or your favorite webserver. Earlier this week I made eclaire - a static site webserver with compression, caching, and automatic HTTPS through letsencrypt. https://github.com/donuts-are-good/eclaire
101 points · Open discussionShameless plug but I built a tiny unopinionated static site generator that is great for blogs. No toolchain or anything fancy, I just added RSS support too :) It would be my pleasure if someone wants to try it https://github.com/donuts-are-good/bearclaw
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