sharing the starter pack for those of you local to other places:

go.bsky.app/2Fq4P6e

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I compared how to add post content to the RSS feed in:
- Hugo: gohugo.io/templates/rss/ = here are some power tools, good luck
- Astro: docs.astro.build/en/recipes/r... = paste and tweak this specific code
- Eleventy: www.11ty.dev/docs/plugins... = can you find it in the sample?
Winner: Astro

Recommendation algorithms are probably more important for helping writers with less external exposure trends.google.com/trends/explo...

that’s super interesting, because i didn’t have that experience at all. i wonder how much of the difference between our experiences comes down to the fact that my newsletters are somewhat more niche? (and thus, in my mind, not likely to benefit much from a broad recommendation algorithm)

I’d love to see a platform economy that allows us all to make a decent living while never compromising our values, but that’s not the internet that’s been allowed to be built over many decades — while these hypercommercialized platforms were cloaked in the bullshit libertarian narratives.

There is also straight up impersonation. www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/11/1...

But, domain verification is also a vector for abuse (naturally). Be careful out there. tedium.co/2024/12/17/b...

There’s @propublica.org of course. For tech/crypto-world coverage @molly.wiki. See also @parismarx.com

Definitely an upgrade! UniFi has been very reliable for me and management UI has improved a ton over time too