Rovine(QOTO) @Rovine@social.cleverlibre.org

Thank you @neil for being such a really patient facilitator for the web dev workshop today. Shame my plan to carry less weight by using an Android device didn't work, but my experience today is going into my hippocampus for sure.

What went wrong:

- I had a tested Debian installed via UserLAnd, an app that creates an instance of Linux distro within Android devices. I said tested as in I logged into Debian on it before coming to the workshop. It worked then. When I got to the workshop, it decided to reject my password since. No idea why.

- I just need to ssh into my AWS instance so I grabbed a terminal app as an alternative. Spent an hour wrestling with storage permission just so I can use the ssh key file provided by Amazon.

- Finally gave up when Amazon didn't like my browsers enough to even give me the key file download, complaining that Javascript isn't enabled.

So yeah, lots of lessons learned. If I can't get linux working on my tablet this week, I'll just have to haul my gaming laptop for the next meetup.

TMW JSFiddler became my kind of meme generator

I learned about CSS flexbox through a joke.

I've done my part for the morning.

https://hippocampus.worldrovine.com/doku.php?id=blog:sosig_counter_1

TMW I have language filter turned on for my Mastodon preference, but forgot to tick English.

For two days I've been wondering why my timelines are not showing everybody.

Actually make it 5

*adds 4 TODOs to her project*

*calls it a day*

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...

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.

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