Noel De Martin @noeldemartin@noeldemartin.social

New blogpost! This one turned out more like a rant than I would've liked, but here it goes: https://noeldemartin.com/blog/what-technology-wants

@humanetech @vinnl Yes, give it some time and if you're still not approved you can ask the moderators. I joined different lists a while ago and I was accepted in all of them, so I don't think they reject anyone.

@dajbelshaw @epilepticrabbit @robert @Downes Some months ago I switched to using lists both here and the bird site, and I treat those as RSS feeds. I'm very pleased with the experience so far :).

@aral I've added the header to my sites, but I couldn't do it for my apps because they are hosted on Github Pages... Maybe it is time to give render.com a try.

Thanks to @aral for the heads-up :).

If you don't want Google Chrome to track people visiting your site (yes, even if you don't use Google Analytics), check this out: https://fosstodon.org/@plausible/106068895311127390

@Madmonkey So far I'm using GitHub pages, but once it's released I'd like it to work anywhere since it's only static assets, there is no server-side code. You could potentially download a zip file and host it anywhere :) It's not ready yet, and I don't recommend using it in production, but you can find the work in progress here https://github.com/noeldemartin/umai

@Madmonkey You mean where is the app hosted? Or where do I host my personal Solid POD?

As always, you can follow the development here: https://noeldemartin.com/tasks/implementing-a-recipes-manager-using-solid#comment-6

I've been working on my next #Solid app, recently I've been playing with some interesting concepts. What if you could use it completely offline, and sync all the changes with your POD when you're back online? #offlinefirst

Jackson Morgan has been posting a series of videos about #Solid, and the last one features Media Kraken!

If you're getting started with Solid or want to learn more, you should check them out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAchmqUbZ9I

@aral You can actually create templates in GitHub as well, I haven't used them myself but I saw it some time ago in this repo: https://github.com/antfu/vitesse

Hey, this month's Solid Networking event is starting in 15 minutes and I'll be there, come join us :)

https://jackson.solidcommunity.net/public/solid-networking/03-2021.html

@nolan Any ideas how to push this thing forward then? :) I know it's not a bug, and they already said they don't intend to support it. But it's really frustrating. I have to install PWAs with Chrome, and it wouldn't be such a bad thing if it weren't because clicking any external links open Chrome instead of my default browser which is Firefox...

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1407202

Mind you, this app has no server-side component, which is the excuse most companies use to justify subscriptions. That's one of the big lies of the current ecosystem, that server costs warrant an ongoing subscription. Projects like Solid and Unhosted show that isn't the only way.

JotterPad, a perfectly good app I've been using for years (and paid for) recently switched to a subscription model.

Did I want any new features? No.

Can I continue using the version I purchased, without getting any new updates? No.

The software industry is broken.

https://twitter.com/2appstudio/status/1371038896658653185

@vinnl I wouldn't say that, I think the UX is quite good :). Of course it can be improved, like everything, but the way it is right now I think it's very nice! Thanks for the latest additions :D.

@vinnl And to get really crazy on the UX, it's cumbersome to collapse resources one by one. A "collapse all" button would be great, but I understand it pollutes the UI. Something else you could do is collapsing everything if I collapse an item while pressing the ALT key. That's how you can collapse all files looking at a commit in github :).

@vinnl Nice! it works great, thank you :D

Some small improvements: for large containers, the operation doesn't complete instantly so a loader would be appreciated to see that it's doing something. Also, after the resource has been deleted, there's not need to stay on the same page saying "This Resource does not exist.", going back and showing a toast or something would be fine.

I'm just nitpicking though, it gets the job done :).

Nice! I didn't know that website, but it's very similar to my "Autonomous Data" idea... which is also listed there with a couple of my apps :D