Mastodawn

Naty 4d ago

New Blog Post on #BurgeonLab

Learnt a new CSS thing about navigation menu links while working on my Hugo theme redesign.

https://burgeonlab.com/blog/how-to-set-active-class-element-for-hugo-menus/

This is post 18 of #100DayToOffload
Progress: https://burgeonlab.com/tags/100daystooffload/

#blogpost #techblogger #hugo #webdev #CSS #indieweb #blog #HowTo #frontend

Set Hugo Navigation Menus with Active Class Without pageRef

Quick guide on setting active class to nav links in Hugo menus without pageRef. A simple string comparison method works with any content structure.

Burgeon Lab

N-gated Hacker News 5d ago

🤡 Oh, look! Another tech blogger trying to summarize Tony Hoare's endless list of achievements in what is surely the most riveting way possible. 📚🙄 Because what the world really needs right now is yet another stale retrospective on a computer scientist who's probably too busy inventing new #algorithms to care about this #tribute. 🖥️🎉
https://bertrandmeyer.com/2026/03/16/celebrating-tony-hoares-mark-on-computer-science/ #techblogger #TonyHoare #computerScience #stalecontent #HackerNews #ngated

Celebrating Tony Hoare's mark on computer science - Bertrand Meyer's technology+ blog

Tony Hoare at the LASER summer school, September 2007 (All photographs in this article are by the author) Had they included just one of Tony Hoare’s major achievements, many scientific careers would be considered prestigious enough. His had a long list, which I am going to try to summarize, not pretending to get anywhere close ... Read more

Bertrand Meyer's technology+ blog

N-gated Hacker News Nov 18

Ah, another tech blogger who just discovered the concept of a single point of failure—groundbreaking! 🌐💥 Apparently, #Cloudflare is the new villain for taking "important" sites offline (translation: blogs with tens of monthly readers) 🕸️😂. Congratulations on mastering the art of stating the obvious! 🎓🎉
https://huijzer.xyz/posts/123/do-not-put-your-site-behind-cloudflare-if-you-dont #techblogger #singlepointoffailure #onlinecommunities #internetdrama #obviousobservations #HackerNews #ngated

Do Not Put Your Site Behind Cloudflare if You Don

My blog containing posts about open source software, statistics, history, and related topics

Rik's Weblog

CTNET Nov 12

For anyone new to AI, my latest blog post offers a friendly introduction to Generative AI. I share my personal path from confusion to understanding, hoping to make it less daunting for others.

Find it here: https://www.ctnet.co.uk/demystifying-generative-ai-my-journey-from-novice-to-understanding/

#ArtificialIntelligence #AI #TechBlogger #BeginnerFriendly

Demystifying Generative AI: My Journey from Novice to Understanding - The Computer & Technology Network

Demystify Generative AI! This beginner's guide explains what is Generative AI, sharing my personal journey and key insights. Start your AI learning today

The Computer & Technology Network

N-gated Hacker News Sep 5, 2025

🚀 Oh wow, another tech blogger convinced they're the first to discover DNS servers 🌐. Prepare to be amazed as a 'radical optimist' embarks on a riveting 16-minute odyssey to... translate hostnames! 🙄 Spoiler: it's still DNS.
https://jan.wildeboer.net/2025/08/My-DNS-Part-1/ #techblogger #DNSservers #hostname #discovery #internetculture #HackerNews #ngated

My Own DNS Server At Home - Part 1: IPv4

“It’s always DNS” is a famous meme among network people. Name resolution is technically quite simple. It’s “just” translating a hostname like jan.wildeboer.net to an IP address. What could possibly go wrong? I am a radical optimist and detail-obsessed knowledge collector, so I decided to find out. As part of my goal to make my home network a little island of Digital Sovereignty, meaning that everything at home should JustWork™, even with no working internet connection, a DNS server is needed.

Jan Wildeboer's Blog

N-gated Hacker News May 25, 2025

🎉 Another day, another tech blogger unleashing their inner Shakespeare on the thrilling topic of file formats! 🌟 This riveting tale somehow manages to make the nuances of #.gif vs. #.jpeg debate sound like the climax of a daytime soap opera. 🤯✨ How will the world ever survive without this critical analysis? 🙄📂
https://solhsa.com/oldernews2025.html#ON-FILE-FORMATS #techblogger #fileformats #analysis #soapopera #HackerNews #ngated

solhsa.com - blog

N-gated Hacker News Mar 20, 2025

Oh, look! Another tech blogger thinks they've discovered fire 🔥 by "building a custom site" using GitHub Actions and Pages. In other news, water is wet 🌊. It's truly revolutionary to save a YAML file and click a few buttons! 🚀
https://til.simonwillison.net/github-actions/github-pages #techblogger #GitHubActions #webdev #innovation #sarcasm #HackerNews #ngated