Show DescriptionManton Reece, creator of Micro.blog, stops by to talk about the history of Micro.blog, what it's written in, how it handles feeds coming in and going out, cross-posting, authentication, and the somewhat hidden features of Micro.blog: bookmarking, bookshelves, and even podcasting.
Listen on Website →GuestsManton ReeceGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterCreator of Micro.blog, co-host of Core Intuition.
Links
Kagi Search - A Premium Search Engine
Micro.blog
Manton Reece - About
Micro.blog - @manton
Indie Microblogging: owning your short-form writing by Manton Reece — Kickstarter
Indie Microblogging
Sinatra
Cross-Posting - Chris Coyier
Cross-posting to Twitter, Medium, Mastodon, and more - Cross-posting - Micro.blog Help Center
Letterboxd • Social film discovery.
Nostr, a simple protocol for decentralizing social media that has a chance of working
Welcome to Pinboard—Social bookmarking for introverts!
Micro.blog for iOS
Hugo
Bear Blog
MarsEdit 5
Core Intuition podcast
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586: Micro.blogging with Manton Reece

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Show DescriptionChris bought recording gear off an Instagram ad, our thoughts on WebC, CodePen upgrades Yarn, thoughts on the commercial value of open source, Automattic releases an app to install WordPress locally, IBM buys Hashicorp, income tax software, and a hack for getting Safari to respect background colors used in a pseudo selector.
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FROSTAPALOOZA - A CONCERT/PARTY/HAPPENING ON AUGUST 17th, 2024
601: Brad Frost on A Global Design System + Frostapalooza – ShopTalk
Audigo - The pocket-size recording studio
Final Cut Pro Sync
iPhone Webcam for Mac
Acapella PicPlayPost
Eleventy Generator
Astro
Enhance
Transform Plain Text
Home page
Efficient Package Manager
Explore Coding Ideas
Code Editor Community
Node.js Documentary
Goodbye Atom. Hello Zed.
Zed is now open source
Git Branching, Refined
Design System Tracker
Local WordPress Development
Studio by WordPress.com
WordPress Security & Performance
Melanie Sumner
IBM acquires HashiCorp
TurboTax Deceptive Filing
TikTok Tax Advice
Safari Selection Rendering
Val Town
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613: Recording Live Music, WebC, Open Source, & WordPress Studio

Show DescriptionMatt is here to talk about creating the perfect fantasy CMS for blogging, moderating comments at Metafilter, building sane defaults into programs, how difficult the web is, do we want AI in our CMS, and where is content headed on the internet?
Listen on Website →GuestsMatthew HaugheyGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterA writer with over 25 years of experience building products. In that time I've worked as a designer, coder, company founder, and senior writer.
Links
Matt Haughey
Blogger.com - Create a unique and beautiful blog easily.
MetaFilter | Community Weblog
MovableType.org
The story of b2, b2evolution and WordPress
Ghost: The best open source blogging platform
Micro.blog
A Whole Lotta Nothing
Notes from migrating 24 years of blog posts from WordPress to Ghost
Ideas for my dream blogging CMS
Embrace the weird
The newest episode of Search Engine is incredible
Best printer 2023: just buy this Brother laser printer everyone has, it’s fine - The Verge
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612: Matt Haughey on a Fantasy Blogging CMS Setup

Show DescriptionDave & Chris and thoughts on career advice that worked 3 years ago but isn't as helpful now, marking tests with ChatGPT, is taking a Drupal job in 2024 a good idea, Chris got #gear sniped, P3 color follow up, the confusing File System APIs, and where did all the lightboxes go?
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chan (@chantastic) / X
The Texas Tribune
The Coming Wave Book
Drupal - Open Source CMS | Drupal.org
Electric Air Duster - 130000RPM Compressed Air Duster，3 Gear Adjustable Jet Dry Blower can Reusable Can for Computer Keyboard,Outdoors,Car,Home. : Electronics
xScope • Measure. Inspect. Test.
The Many, Confusing File System APIs – Cloud Four
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611: React! TypeScript! Jobification! Drupal!

Show DescriptionDave's about to be eclipsed, the state of TypeScript in 2024, signals stage zero proposal, corrections on accessibility in frameworks (thanks!), web apps for better collaborative writing, getting productivity sniped, the problem with email may be you, indieweb follow up, and ultimate guitar tab apps.
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Streamlining APIs, Databases, & Microservices | Apollo GraphQL
Svelte • Cybernetically enhanced web apps
Ember.js - A framework for ambitious web developers
Web Test Runner: Modern Web
Frontend Masters Boost – Helping Your Journey to Senior Developer
Notion – The next gen of notes & docs
Paper
Stashpad - Your streamlined Google Docs alternative
ButterDocs | Google Docs Alternative for Serious Writers & Teams
Things - To-Do List for Mac & iOS
Godspeed
Aboard - Collect. Organize. Collaborate.
Obsidian - Sharpen your thinking
Analog - The original to-do system by Ugmonk
CleanShot X for Mac
IndieWebify.Me - a guide to getting you on the IndieWeb
ULTIMATE GUITAR TABS
John Deere commits to letting farmers repair their own tractors (kind of) - The Verge
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610: TypeScript in 2024, Signals, Productivity Sniped, and Follow Up

Show DescriptionWhat is a home cooked app? Blake Watson is on this episode to talk all about the kinds of apps that make a good home cooked app, tips and advice he has for making them, resisting the urge to monetize or growth hack them, and a few CodePen v2 thoughts sprinkled in at the end.
Listen on Website →GuestsBlake WatsonGuest's Main URL • Guest's TwitterCurrently a member of the frontend dev team at MRI Technologies, working on projects for NASA.
Links
Watson Brothers Games
An app can be a home-cooked meal
blakewatson.com – About
blakewatson.com – MagnoliaJS 2023: The joys of home-cooked apps
MRI Technologies
blakewatson.com – Building our own private Discord knockoff
blakewatson.com – Things I miss
blakewatson.com – Use your Mac the way I do: a thought experiment
Overimagine1/old-discord-font: CSS to revert Discord's font change.
A Fine Start - minimal new tab page
Knockout : Home
Vue.js - The Progressive JavaScript Framework | Vue.js
The Programming Language Lua
Save 10% on Thronefall on Steam
Game Off 2023 - itch.io
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586: Micro.blogging with Manton Reece

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