Every developer goes through at least one phase where they decide to build their own content management system.
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The “what were you like in the 1990s” meme crested on social media this month. I’ve watched some folks claim it’s because “that was the last time before we had social media.” But I think my GenX cohort has hit a milestone—many of my friends’ kids are somewhere between heading off to college or comin
In 1991, when my promotions team wanted to get the word out about an event or a special promotion, we loaded that information into something called Gopher — it’s one of the tools we used before the World Wide Web was a thing.
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I wrote a post about how all the content I created over a big ten-year stretch is probably now training data for the large language models everyone's been arguing about.
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I’ve been owning a big transition this year—I’m no longer the guy who lumps out a bunch of last minute changes at 3am before a big presentation, I’m the guy coaching the team that’s now handling that work directly.
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Cloudflare says WordPress is outdated and insecure, introduces EmDash CMS
https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://nerds.xyz/2026/04/cloudflare-emdash-cms/
Does it matter?
(This post is being modified)Managing ads on WordPress shouldn’t feel like a daily headache.
Random code. Expired ads. No idea what’s working.
Once I moved everything into one clean system placements, schedules, clicks ads finally made sense.
Less chaos. More control.
That’s how ad management should feel.
#WordPress #AdManagement #WebPublishing #Blogging #IndieWeb #DigitalPublishing
AI scraping paywalls expose a broken web economy
AI scraping paywalls are forcing a hard conversation about who gets paid on the modern web and who has been freeloading for years.https://thedemocracyadvocate.com/2026/02/ai-scraping-paywalls-expose-a-broken-web-economy/
It’s my #birthday (yes, and I'll cry if I want to, lol) and the start of #365to50. I’m moving my 30 years of editorial experience from #underground #fanzines and #webpublishing into the technical sphere.
I immensely enjoy #FOSS and #fediverse ideas and philosophy, and while I am still a very #linux #newbie , I'd like to start giving back to the community. I’m looking for #FOSS projects that need high-quality Slovak or Czech localization ( #L10n ).
If your documentation or UI needs an editor’s touch to feel truly native, let’s talk!
#Introduction #Linux #OpenSource #Translation #TechnicalWriting #Slovakia #Czech
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