Whenever I stop by here and look at the blog I think, “Well that’s kind of nice, actually.” Then I consider moving my blogging here (again). But also, I know me and it never sticks. And yet, it’s still here.
Tag: Blogging
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How’s the WordPress experiment going?
TL;DR I’ll probably bail on it soon.
I quite like how the theme looks and works. I like being able to just drag in images and have everything done for me. I like built-in analytics and comments. I like that there’s a massive ecosystem. I like that I can switch themes with ease when I get bored. I like that when I spot a typo I can fix it right in place.
I don’t like Gutenberg. I don’t like how janky the control panel feels. I don’t like every plugin trying to upsell me constantly. I hate the “Site Editor”. Have I mentioned that I don’t like Gutenberg? I don’t like that my stuff is all out there and buried in a database.
The pros always outweigh the cons…for a few weeks at most. Then, the cons really start to eat at me. That’s what’s happening now. I copied many of the posts from the past couple of weeks here and added them to the Hugo blog at baty.net.
So, I may go back there, and leave this one idling for when I get the itch to write somewhere new.
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We’re here for now
I made it official, I'll be blogging exclusively here at baty.blog for a while. Sometimes, by "a while", I end up meaning "two days", but it is what it is. It feels really good for those two days, at least. I'm having fun. I like the theme enough. I don't mind dumping short and long posts at random here. You all may have a different opinion, but it's my blog, right? 😅
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Hello, from WordLand
This is a test post to see how well Dave Winer's new WordLand works in Zen (Firefox). I had issues in Safari. So far, it seems fine.
Since I'm using Linux, I no longer have access to MarsEdit for posting to WordPress, and I still like avoiding Gutenberg for simple posts like this.
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Where am I again?
Is it OK that I like posting in a bunch of different places using a bunch of different tools and methods? I think it’s OK. Today, I don’t feel like typing this in Emacs and then deploying the Hugo blog, even though it’s easy and I love Emacs and static websites. Today, I feel like clicking a button, typing some words, and clicking another button, using nothing but a WordPress installation somewhere out there.
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One of those lazy blogging moods
Some days I just don’t feel like it, ya know? I don’t mean writing blog posts. I mean creating, managing, and deploying the blog itself.
I just tried deploying baty.net (Hugo) from the new Framework running Omarchy, and forgot that I first needed to install Go, Hugo, rsync, and Node (for pagefind), then make sure my ssh keys were in place. It’s a Whole Thing. I wasn’t in the mood for it, so I came here to WordPress (aka Easy Mode) to bitch about it. So hello!
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P&B: Jack Baty
Each week Manuel Moreale features a different blogger as part of his “People and Blogs” series. It’s usually very interesting, but today’s entry is all about me, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.
If you’re interested: https://manuelmoreale.com/pb-jack-baty
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MarsEdit
I’m writing this post in MarsEdit. It’s been a spell.
I’m mostly testing to see how things play with the awful-but-necessary Gutenberg editor in WordPress. Part of this effort meant I’m using “Rich Text” in MarsEdit. GASP!
Update: It doesn’t use Gutenberg. It creates the entire post in the “Classic” editor. I have yet to decide if this is all too much swimming upstream.
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What happens when I quit WordPress again?
I can’t help but wonder what will happen to all the words and pictures I put here in WordPress once I remember that I hate using WordPress and decide to shitcan the whole thing. Will I bother moving it all over somewhere else? Probably.
I also can’t help wondering, what if I don’t quit using WordPress. What if I use it as my primary blog platform for the rest of my natural life? Type->Publish->Update Plugins->Repeat. Pay like $5.00/month for hosting and never think about platforms again. Wouldn’t that be neat?
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The way to “Reduce & Simplify” is not “Add more things”
In an effort to consolidate my blogs, I’ve created yet another blog. What a dumbass thing to do.