#dev 2026-11-02

2026-11-02 UTC
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benjaminphammond https://longhand.blog
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benjaminphammond hey, i’ve built a little blogging platform called Longhand. the idea is to create somewhere between a personal blog and social media, but without ads, likes or engagement-driven algorithms. just a simple place to read, write and discover interesting things people have to say. it’s still very early days and i’d really love to get some honest first impressions from people who haven’t seen it before. would
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IWDiscord <b​enjaminphammond>
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[snarfed] benjaminphammond fun! do you have your own blog on it?
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benjaminphammond Thanks! I have one called Thoughts and Prayers, and I run the house blog 'Longhand'. I've yet to import all my old posts yet
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IWDiscord <b​enjaminphammond>
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benjaminphammond It's all brand new of course so still unsure whether it has a place in today's world
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[snarfed] exciting!
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[snarfed] does it support custom domains?
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[snarfed] or any of the indieweb building blocks like microformats, webmentions, etc?
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rnkn IWDiscord: your project looks good but I think you'd do well to make it less "shiny", rounded corners, etc. to avoid it looking AI-generated
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benjaminphammond [snarfed]: We don't have fully customisable domains at the moment. A core part of the philosophy of the site is text-only simplicity. It's not off the cards entirely, and there is some customisation (colours and font etc), but the idea is that it remains pretty minimal!
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[snarfed] huh. text only simplicity sounds great!...and also orthogonal to supporting custom domains
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[snarfed] I ask because that's a pretty core part of the indieweb
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GWG Does anyone know Kotlin?
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simpleauthority To an extent, yes
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[tantek] GWG, you getting into Android coding?
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GWG I don't usually use code with my website that I didn't review or by reputation of the developer. I reviewed this code but since I don't know the language,. I'm worried about missing something
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simpleauthority What's the code for?
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GWG [tantek]: No. I had a stopgap solution set up to solve three problems
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GWG 1. Polling my three Python based weather stations for data to display on my phone over corporate weather apis.
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GWG 2. Replacing Swarm for venue tracking with my website..so an app that is just a list and a check-in button. And replacing the now defunct Indiepass with a note taking app. So two of those are indieauth/Micropub workflows. I know those protocols but not enough of the language to make sure I'm not missing something
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GWG This is why I stick to PHP and I learned enough python to be dangerous.. I like simple
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simpleauthority It's a relatively simple language. It mostly falls back on Java, but adds a lot of QoL....anyway, if you have any specific Q's about it, I can try to answer
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GWG Java I know a bit of. It's not far off from C.
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simpleauthority Yeah Kotlin is kind of an evolution of Java. It runs on JVM too just the same.
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GWG I just am trying to figure out how to test this code beyond what I did without learning how to write an Android app...so it's more about the libraries.. I get the syntax.
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simpleauthority Just adds stuff that a lot of Java devs find nice, but that JVM SteerCo not able to add directly
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GWG I'm uncomfortable with the idea, but I decided creating the content I wanted trumped my discomfort
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simpleauthority Well, if you share an PR/diff/patch I can try to take a look, if you have any questions. I use it on my backend spring app, but also at work on our android ap
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simpleauthority [edit] Well, if you share an PR/diff/patch I can try to take a look, if you have any questions. I use it on my backend spring app, but also at work on our android app
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simpleauthority Sorry, broke the advice on editing...muscle memory...
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GWG I'll see if I can upload the code to a repository.
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GWG By the way, it did this..https://david.shanske.com/2026/11/02/10234/
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GWG Expect more notes if this works out
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Loqi [preview] I'm field testing a Micropub note app for Android. I think I like the idea of simple dedicated writing apps.
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simpleauthority nice
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GWG That's what I'm worried about. But if it helps me write more by reducing friction...
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[snarfed] hey [aaronpk], does indielogin support localhost clients?
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aaronpk I think so but I can't actually remember
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aaronpk What's the use case?
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[snarfed] testing locally 🤷
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[snarfed] I get an error on https://indielogin.com/authorize when I try: "This client_id is not registered (http://localhost:8080/). The developer can register it at https://indielogin.com/developers"
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aaronpk [snarfed]: guess I didn't do that yet then, filed an issue to track it tho https://github.com/aaronpk/indielogin.com/issues/166
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[snarfed] thank you! not urgent
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[snarfed] (I'm switching my projects from indieauth default to indielogin)
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aaronpk ah great
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aaronpk i did make a registration form so you can register real client IDs now it's in the developer section https://indielogin.com/developers
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[snarfed] yes! I saw, thx
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gRegor b​enjaminphammond, the scroll effect (or more like slideshow effect?) was a bit jarring. looks neat, though!
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