Add a privacy‑first appreciation button to your Hugo site: iine features, install steps, and partial template code. Improving small web interactivity.

Add a privacy‑first appreciation button to your Hugo site: iine features, install steps, and partial template code. Improving small web interactivity.

Read how I moved from third‑party free tools (like OG Image Maker) to D2, a text‑to‑diagram language, for local, customizable OG image generation. Combining D2 with a Bash script helped automate the process and produce ready‑to‑use OG images. The workflow uses CLI image tools (pngquant, cwebp, ImageMagick) and I talk about the benefits of text‑based templates, offline generation, and automation.

Switch from free OG image makers to local D2 and Bash scripts for automatically generating Open Graph images consistently without using graphic design tools.

Switch from free OG image makers to local D2 and Bash scripts for automatically generating Open Graph images consistently without using graphic design tools.

Fix timezone display issues with websites by bypassing Firefox fingerprinting protection, either globally or for specific sites like Tuta Calendar.

Fix timezone display issues with websites by bypassing Firefox fingerprinting protection, either globally or for specific sites like Tuta Calendar.

Fix timezone display issues with websites by bypassing Firefox fingerprinting protection, either globally or for specific sites like Tuta Calendar.

Turn your Hugo blog posts into a GitHub-like contribution calendar with Apache ECharts. I’ll show you how to extract blog post metadata to build a heatmap calendar using the Open Source JS Library. Including how to integrate it with Hugo partials and CSS, full code snippets, and tips on how to customize styling, scaling, and tooltip behavior.

Make an interactive Hugo calendar heatmap for your blog using JS ECharts to visualize post data (date, word count) in a GitHub calendar style.

Make an interactive Hugo calendar heatmap for your blog using JS ECharts to visualize post data (date, word count) in a GitHub calendar style.

Explaining basics of web syndication feeds for websites. Two feeds are available: a RSS summary feed and an Atom full-text feed. Fit your reading preferences and get BurgeonLab blog updates easily.

Learn web syndication and feed basics. BurgeonLab has both RSS (summary) and Atom (full text). Subscribe to either for automatic blog notifications.

Learn web syndication and feed basics. BurgeonLab has both RSS (summary) and Atom (full text). Subscribe to either for automatic blog notifications.

This blog shares my personal reflections on key blogging topics inspired by ‘The Worst Community Report’ podcast interview questions. I discuss my site’s name choice, writing motivations, social media habits, writing setup, and publishing process. I also explore ideas about smaller web communities and end with some recommendations just like in the podcast episode.

Personal insights on blogging habits, workflows, and social media use inspired by podcast interview questions posed to three blogging guests.

Personal insights on blogging habits, workflows, and social media use inspired by podcast interview questions posed to three blogging guests.

A quick rundown of setting up a multi-device Hugo workflow, and accessing your static site files on three different systems (macOS, Android, Linux). I go through some practical tips, app recommendations, and config/commands to make cross-device blogging straightforward.

Multi-device Hugo workflow: Android Git client, code editors, plus Linux Mint setup: SSH keys, submodules, & host-spawn for sandboxed Flatpak VSCode Zsh fix.

Multi-device Hugo workflow: Android Git client, code editors, plus Linux Mint setup: SSH keys, submodules, & host-spawn for sandboxed Flatpak VSCode Zsh fix.

Learn how to replace GitHub Pages with SourceHut Builds, Bunny Storage and Bunny CDN. Set up a CI static site deployment workflow replacing GitHub Actions, with tools like SFTP, Rclone, and Curl using SourceHut’s CI platform running on Alpine Linux.

Learn how to replace GitHub Pages with SourceHut Builds, Bunny Storage, and Bunny CDN. Set up a static site workflow with a complete GitHub migration guide.

Learn how to replace GitHub Pages with SourceHut Builds, Bunny Storage, and Bunny CDN. Set up a static site workflow with a complete GitHub migration guide.

Discover the tech, gear, and essentials Naty relies on; from hardware, software, and services to daily tools like bags, coffee gear, EDC, watches, and more.

Discover the tech, gear, and essentials Naty relies on; from hardware, software, and services to daily tools like bags, coffee gear, EDC, watches, and more.

Discover the tech, gear, and essentials Naty relies on; from hardware, software, and services to daily tools like bags, coffee gear, EDC, watches, and more.

I share my experience moving away from GitHub Pages to Bunny.net for static blog hosting, prioritizing privacy and budget. Comparing load speeds and using Bunny’s FTP options. Codeberg and SourceHut are considered as alternatives to GitHub.

Migrating from Big Tech: Ditching Microsoft's GitHub Pages for Bunny.net, a more privacy-friendly, budget static blog hosting and CDN option.

Migrating from Big Tech: Ditching Microsoft's GitHub Pages for Bunny.net, a more privacy-friendly, budget static blog hosting and CDN option.

Fixed a syntax highlighting bug in ReText with guidance from genAI. Learned Git basics, made a pull request, and got merged.