Code is easier to follow than configuration: comparing a sample blog in #WebOrigami and #11ty https://jan.miksovsky.com/posts/2026/03-17-code-is-easier-to-follow-than-configuration

First post in a series comparing creating the same #blog in two different #ssg systems. The first diagram shows a large number of implicit connections between source files in the #Eleventy blog, the second shows that all connections in the Origami blog are explicit.

#blogging

This week's #WebOrigami comic: Coding in your terminal

More about The ori command-line interface: https://weborigami.org/cli/
HTML comic: https://weborigami.org/comics/coding-in-your-terminal.html

Using ori in a VS Code JavaScript Debug Terminal lets you set breakpoints, inspect variables, and step through code you start from a terminal!

#javascript #programming

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jimniels/116197448348633013

This is a nice use of #WebOrigami to liberate photos from #Instagram and create a personal #smallweb site!

I was so disappointed when IG deprecated their Basic Display API last year because we can't have nice things, but (for now) they still let users export their own data

Origami is great for this sort of fetch-and-transform task

This week's #WebOrigami comic: What are slugs

More about Origami.slug() function: https://weborigami.org/builtins/origami/slug
HTML comic: https://weborigami.org/comics/what-are-slugs.html

Fun etymolgy: https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/times-insider/2014/11/24/whats-in-a-slug/

#staticsite #indieweb #smallweb #blogging

This week's #WebOrigami comic: Maps transform bulk content

More about Tree.map builtin function: https://weborigami.org/builtins/tree/map
HTML comic: https://weborigami.org/comics/maps-transform-bulk-content.html

#blogging #static #smallweb

RE: https://mastodon.social/@jimniels/116120996001714316

One of the very best things about developing #WebOrigami as a friendlier dialect of #JavaScript for sites is that, as long as the core language is well-designed, users aren’t confined to a limited, pre-imagined set of features — they can create all sorts of useful solutions for themselves.

📝 The way I’m implementing icons with #webOrigami looks an awful lot like an import map — and I really like that.

https://blog.jim-nielsen.com/2026/origami-icons/

This week's #WebOrigami comic: Transform content

More about The Content/Transformation model: https://weborigami.org/model.html
HTML comic: https://weborigami.org/comics/transform-content.html

#static #smallweb

This week's #WebOrigami comic: Serve a site

More about Origami serve command: https://weborigami.org/builtins/dev/serve
HTML comic: https://weborigami.org/comics/serve-a-site.html

#static #smallweb #devtools #javascript

This week's #WebOrigami comic: Include a folder

More about Site definitions: https://weborigami.org/language/sites
HTML comic: https://weborigami.org/comics/include-a-folder.html

#programming #sites