jwngr
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Comment · 2 years ago
Oh, thanks for letting me know! Looks like I'm not properly clearing the interval. I'll get that fixed.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks for sharing! I use Fireabse Hosting, which I guess gets grouped in with the other services you mentioned. It's free, has a lightweight devX, and integrates with CI via GitHub actions for preview and production builds [1].
[1] https://github.com/jwngr/jwn.gr/tree/master/.github/workflow...
Comment · 2 years ago
Oh cool, I see. Didn't get that impression when I first looked. I will check it out!
Comment · 2 years ago
Not a full replacement in all scenarios. But for my personal website with a basic blog, Astro is by far the simpler and more maintainable option. I bet that is true for most people here who maintain their own personal website.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks for the link. I prefer the simplicity of .mdx files for now. My use case is very basic and Astro already handles it well.
Comment · 2 years ago
I felt the same way! But I came around. Take a look at the source code for a component [1]. The .astro format is pretty much just TS, CSS, and HTML. I don't even need React anymore. Way less glue code and dependencies than with Gatsby. There is a configuration file and some abstractions for things like collections, but almost everything is opt-in.
[1] https://github.com/jwngr/jwn.gr/blob/master/src/components/b...
Comment · 2 years ago
Me too! The closer my framework is to raw HTML, JavaScript (really TypeScript nowadays), and CSS, the less lock-in I feel. Those 3 languages are continue to get better year over year. And we are get better framework abstractions every few years too. Astro feels like it hit the sweet spot, but maybe there is more to come.
Comment · 2 years ago
Astro is what I wanted and thought Gatsby would be. GraphQL was the wrong sized abstraction for a basic blog site like mine. And once Gatsby turned towards the cloud (which made sense as a business), everything just got so complicated. I was swept up by it too.
Cool insight on frontend ceilings -- deployment is king.
Comment · 2 years ago
Yeah they really nailed the developer experience. There is very little magic to it.
Comment · 2 years ago
Thanks for your comment! You may enjoy this blog post: https://www.sixdegreesofwikipedia.com/blog/search-results-an...
Comment · 2 years ago
My script has been broken since February 2021 :( Documentation on the data source (with links to old data dumps) is on GitHub: https://github.com/jwngr/sdow/blob/master/docs/data-source.m...
Comment · 2 years ago
Creator here. Glad that HN rediscovered my old side project. All the code is freely available on GitHub [1]. It's running on a tiny f1-micro GCE instance which is currently down due to the traffic. I don't have time to fix it right now, but it should resolve itself once traffic dies down. The data source is also several years out of date at this point, so the links it returns may not match current reality. Other than that, it should still work!
I'm currently building an AI email app called Shortwave [2]. I promise that has much better uptime and more consistent updates!
Shortwave: https://shortwave.com Personal: https://jwn.gr