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@inditoot @freemo For that dokuwiki sidebar in particular, I copy paste the code generated from http://www.azet.jp/mastodon.wizard/wizard_en.html as embed HTML in the "sidebar" page. Then I upload the widget's css and js to dokuwiki's folder in my host, sitting at same level with doku.php.

Actually make it 5

*adds 4 TODOs to her project*

*calls it a day*

@freemo I assume that was for me even thought it's not connected to any thread? *shameless self plug*

Thank you for the boost either way :D

Here we go, a blog for my long form learning journal, with a Mastodon widget!

https://hippocampus.worldrovine.com

@freemo

Looking for RSS feed recommendations for front end tips and tricks. Any language and framework welcome.

#programming #dev #frontend

I avoid WordPress because I want to try something different for blogging.

However the way I've got my VPS setup (yunohost) limits my options of blogging engines.

- Pretty much any app that isn't marked as "high quality" in yunohost catelogue has authentication issue;

- For apps I install outside of yunohost, they have DNS issue instead.

Before considering blogging my learning journey, I thought of using a wiki instead actually, and DokuWiki is considered highly maintained for yunohost integration.

So guess what I'm doing now?

I'm blogging with DokuWiki!

(Stay tuned)

In a nutshell: Every aspired developers should remember that we're all human. https://stackoverflow.blog/2019/08/07/what-every-developer-should-learn-early-on/?cb=1

1st time loading Debian in VirtualBox, internet didn't work in it, got depressed for a few days.

2nd time loading Debian in VirtualBox, literally changed nothing, internet works.

rrrreeeeee

Moving on...

TMW I realised I'm only at step one...

@comphys SiteGround came up as the top WordPress hosting choice in reviews, and that's a name I've heard of since a decade ago, when they used to offer free web space which I tried out as a hobby. I moved on to other technology since but I'm surprised at how resilient SiteGround is after all these years. Fair prices too.

@comphys How comfortable are you with selfhosting? While it costs money, you get complete control and the self hosted WordPress is really robust. I tell people I try to avoid WordPress only because my goal is to learn other web tools out there. WordPress is so trivial I get bored from using it because I learn nothing lol.

@comphys @freemo Physics and maths would be similar to coding in my case. Do you copy out formulas and then try to use different variables with them after?

Okay I'm going to bed for real.

Yes, I make hand written notes with a calligraphy pen. It's awesome.

I managed to learn a lot today without accomplishing anything. Things I've done:

- Setting up Grav as a custom webapp only to realise that the latest Grav requires PHP 7.3.8 which isn't Yunohost's PHP version, as Yunohost follows Debian stretch;

- Setting up Jekyll in Gitlab with a theme I want, but Gitlab CI confused me mid-way;

- Pico CMS as custom webapp in Yunohost was the closest to getting working, but a lot of plugins and themes are outdated;

- Dotclear2 authentication doesn't like Yunohost's LDAP;

I'm really trying not to use WordPress here but I have wasted all day on the above.

I'm also seriously considering ditching Yunohost with how restricted they are with my host.

But for now I've accumulated too much frustration and have to call it a day.

@freemo Oooh I should do the same! Will start a new blog with that widget.

@freemo Blogging format is great for recognising and following individual authors. A place like birdsite or trunksite is more for conversations. Valid either way, but very different focus of content. I'd sign up both.

@freemo Nah I hate having a word limit lol. I can write to my heart's content at last on my favourite social media tool.

Also my goodness the increased character limit is satisfying. Thanks @freemo

Thanks for hosting @freemo.

I'm going to use this account for keeping track of my learning, to complement the theme of qoto.org. Hopefully with that usage it might even be my Mastodon main.

Gonna start my first post with this article I came across on Quora, despite my slight distaste of the monetisation the platform has tread towards:

https://medium.com/better-marketing/how-to-actually-learn-a-skill-from-a-book-e72261fcae70

The article is suggesting the use of handwriting a particular lesson 100 times, before experimenting and learning from it.

I was born and raised in Hong Kong until 15. The way we learn Chinese (a language evolved from pictures, so instead of memorising 26 alphabets that you string together, you memorise >1k different shapes) was largely rote learning - recite a chapter until you can do it from memory, handwrite a chapter 100 times. If you were naughty at school, handwrite a chapter 100 times more.

Sounds daunting and ineffective in Western standards, and I didn't like it, but it did have its merit. Even more so if you care about what you are learning.

The article used copywriting as an example of the learning subject. Since I'm learning programming, I wonder how I'm gonna do this - handwrite code 100 times? Handwrite explanation of algorithms 100 times? I do love handwriting so any excuse to get my pen flowing is a good excuse.

#introduction #learning