Smallweb Chatter Post

[kalloway]

Heya, smallweb!

This is an open post to talk about what you're working on, what you'd like to show off, cool resources, things that maybe aren't working so well, etc.

Also please check out previous posts to see what people are up to or if you might be able to help someone out.

Comments

[tre.praze.net]

I've done a few things here and there, but the most visible one is probably upgrading my book tracker from just an RSS feed to a set of pages grouping books I've read per year, with nice little progress bars for what I'm currently reading. I came across an Emacs package called firestarter, which runs a function every time any file is saved in a particular directory, so I've plugged my journal files into my site build function, with the result that every time I log a book I'm reading/game I'm playing/etc., it automatically builds the pages and uploads them to the "trackers" part of my site.

I guess my goal with the tracker stuff is to write more code now so I can write less of it later … that is, if I automate as much of the process as possible, all I'll need to do is run a very quick function to log whatever media I'm tracking and then the build scripts take care of the rest. Paradoxically, tracking this stuff on my website feels like a way of minimising the amount of time I need to spend at the computer dealing with the data I've put in, because the site deals with it for me in the format that suits me best (while third-party sites wouldn't). I need to see if I can figure out a way to get authors and titles of books logged as "acquired" into a list for completing-read, so Emacs can have a go at autofilling those details when I'm logging reading progress; if I can manage that, it'll seem like an even less intrusive process.

[javert]

I'm so fascinated by all the things you can do... 🙏 I don't have anything clever to say hahaha, it's just really cool to see!

[tre.praze.net]

thank you …!! I am just doing weird things in weird ways, but aren't we all 😌