John O'Nolan
index.john.onolan.org.ap.brid.gy
John O'Nolan
@index.john.onolan.org.ap.brid.gy
Founder/CEO @ Ghost.org — Geographically restless. Publishing, open source, and independent business around the world.

[bridged from https://john.onolan.org/ on the fediverse by https://fed.brid.gy/ ]
Damn, nice tip!!
December 24, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Yep, OAuth2 works for everything except image uploads! heh
December 18, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Wanted to embed Ghost socialweb profile on my site, so I made a thing that lets anyone embed Ghost socialweb profiles anywhere:

https://github.com/JohnONolan/socialweb-embed
December 17, 2025 at 1:38 PM
You can try importing this as a starting point!
https://gist.github.com/JohnONolan/a04222081e5066ae2b55cdc8f4d9d5f0
ghost-n8n-twitter.json
GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.
gist.github.com
December 16, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Related - you can now follow @alcove@blog.alcove.news if you want to follow my adventures in building an RSS reader
December 16, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Ok, pretty stoked with this:

I've been familiar with the "Publish on your Own Site, Syndicate Everywhere" idea for a while — but this is the first time I've managed to make it work in a meaningful way

Now when I publish ActivityPub notes from Ghost → they […]

[Original post on john.onolan.org]
December 16, 2025 at 5:23 PM
We finally got around to fixing the social web search experience in Ghost

Previously it was just an address bar, where you could look up an account by typing the (exact) handle. Now it actually works to search for things!

Not the entire fediverse, ofc, but at least all the bits we know about
December 16, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Reposted by John O'Nolan
GIF support is here. Upload them like any other image.
December 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Stoked to share some more of the details behind Ghost Explore - it's something I've wanted for a LONG time

https://ghost.org/changelog/ghost-explore/
November 26, 2025 at 2:29 PM
🥲
November 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
If you use Ghost and you'd like to find other Ghost publishers to follow - now you can! On the upgraded Explore screen in admin

If you don't use Ghost, and you'd still like to find some Ghost publishers to follow - we've got you covered, too! There's a […]

[Original post on john.onolan.org]
November 24, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Last November I decided to 3D print and hand paint a custom Settlers of Catan board (because I'm a huge nerd)

I didn't think it would take me an entire year to complete it, but pretty happy with how it turned out!
November 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Damn the new https://vercel.domains is really good
November 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
No problem! Thanks for self hosting :) please drop us a note on GitHub if you spot anything that needs improvement to make it easier to run
November 20, 2025 at 7:56 PM
🙇 team is cooking!
November 20, 2025 at 7:47 PM
ah, are you self-hosting the activitypub service, too? if so - we don't have a way of aggregating your profile data yet
November 20, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Looks like you're missing a redirect on https://www.iamjp.frhttps://iamjp.fr
November 20, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Try running a Ghost update :)
November 19, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Self hosters are already included! Do you have Ghost Explore turned on in Ghost Settings?
November 19, 2025 at 10:06 PM
development DB dropped again

me: what did you do

ai: nothing guv, swear down, I ain't touched it, if anything happened to the DB it wasn't cause of me
November 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Just added 1-click domains to Ghost(Pro), with a .link domain now included with every plan, for free!

Thanks to our friends at Entri and .Link 🌐

https://ghost.org/changelog/free-domains-on-ghost-pro/
November 19, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Reposted by John O'Nolan
Want to follow more people who are building products and posting about things they're working on! Any recs?
November 13, 2025 at 7:12 AM