Since GoBlog has an Auto-HTTPS feature that can automatically retrieve HTTPS certificates via ACME from e.g. Letβs Encrypt, I need a public IP address with which I can reach my test instance of GoBlog via port 80 and 443.
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Firefox 87 was released with a new feature for everyone developing websites with light and dark modes.
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I donβt know of any other blogging software that supports this: Serve a blog directly as a Tor hidden service.
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A few days ago, an OVH data center went up in flames and was completely destroyed. This reminded me that it is important to store backups in another place on earth if possible, so better not in the same data center as the server that might burn down.
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Sometimes I like to take a look at the commit history of various open source projects, applications I use myself or dependencies I use in my applications. Today I was scrolling through the commit history of chi, the HTTP router I use for my blog software.
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I just added the feature to my blog that allows you to have any article read to you. For some articles I already add an MP3 file with a natural sounding pronunciation, but now it is also possible to get articles read aloud that donβt have an MP3 file (if the browser and operating system support this).
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Today I wanted to check if my blog contains some broken links and it actually did. I used the Go-based tool muffet which crawls a website and checks for HTTP errors when following links. To speed up the process, I started a local Hugo server and used the following command for muffet (after installing it):
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VΓshnΓΊ asked how I created the audio version for my latest post. Hereβs a way how you can use the Google Text-to-Speech API to create MP3s from text. A simple way to try this API without a Google Cloud account is to follow these steps:
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When you publish websites, write blog posts and make them available on the internet, itβs not uncommon, that you also want to get statistics about how many people read your stuff, how many people visit your website etc. And you also want to enable comments under your blog posts, giving people an opurtunity to ask questions or just leave a reply.
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Many people use Google Chrome, because they like itβs fancy syncing feature. You know, open a tab on your PC and just continue on your phone. Or because of the nice built-in password manager. Just save that damn password and itβs securely stored in your Google account and available everywhere.
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