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Yesterday, I ported my original theme from the last live version on Kirby to Ghost. I did this through vibe coding with Claude on Cursor....

I released a minor upgrade to the Post Stats plugin, which fixes the incorrect count of posts with images. This release also introduces a setting to disable the year recap, removing the section from the stats page. This setting will be useful if you add the shortcode on a different page and don't want it included on the stats page. It will also allow you to remove the recap from the stats next year. This completes the changes that I had initially planned....

Today, I released a new version of the Posts Stats plugin for Micro.blog that adds a year recap section on the stats page. This section includes a summary of your posts in the year. Here's a snapshot of how the section looks. I did not want to add too many details, crowding the overall page. Neither did I want a repeat of the whole section on overall stats, just from this year's perspective. Instead, I wanted to include key insights on the posting pattern. I have also made the year recap avail...

I recently added a button on my website that allows me to edit the current post when logged in to the Kirby CMS panel. This change is part of my general effort to reduce friction between my intention to write and the editor. Here's how I implemented this - something much more straightforward than anticipated. A built-in function links to the appropriate panel page. So, you only need to include a link somewhere in the post template to add the panel URL. Use the below snippet in your post.php or...

I have been using Blot, a simple blogging platform with no interface, for quite some time now for running my blog. I am not alone when I say this, but am mighty impressed with how simple it is to post things on blot and maintain the overall site. They are just some files in Dropbox - that’s about it. So, it was pretty straightforward to customise the theme to my liking and to enable the support for IndieWeb principles. One thing I have noticed, though, is that most of the IndieWeb principles ar...

For many, that’s too much jargon in the title. So, to the basics first, I would not go into the history or setup of this website. TL;DR this site is was at one time built with a static site generator Hugo themed by a custom port of Ghostwriter theme. In this post, I want to focus mainly on the why and how of IndieWeb. Ever since I built this site, I had grown pretty determined to styling this exactly to my liking. Every section in here is thought through and has a purpose. When I was happy with...