Simon Repp
@freebliss@post.lurk.org  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Preview release notes for the upcoming #hyper8 0.22 release:

https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/changes/0.22.0/

I put in some 100+ hours to design and develop the tooling that now generates these release notes, and it's soo fulfilling to reap the outcomes of this. (˘▽˘) Biggest open question right now is how to name it, so I can properly refer to the software and release it in the nearer future (I have some good leads already!). :)
Simon Repp
@freebliss@post.lurk.org  ·  activity timestamp 5 days ago

Preview release notes for the upcoming #hyper8 0.22 release:

https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/changes/0.22.0/

I put in some 100+ hours to design and develop the tooling that now generates these release notes, and it's soo fulfilling to reap the outcomes of this. (˘▽˘) Biggest open question right now is how to name it, so I can properly refer to the software and release it in the nearer future (I have some good leads already!). :)
Simon Repp
@freebliss@post.lurk.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

I love spending as much time as possible in the doing rather than the talking, but, from time to time you gotta get the word out too :), so here's two things on the talking side that I'm still, or already, excited about:

1. A few weeks ago I gave a short talk on the Hyper 8 Video System¹ at the @lgm in Nürnberg. If you missed it, the recording is up at https://media.ccc.de/v/lgm25-upstream-2025-83657-hyper-8-video-system and also at my personal #hyper8 site at https://simonrepp.com/video/hyper8/lgm-2025/

2. Next thursday (July 31st) I have the pleasure of joining @firesidefedi for a relaxed chat about (probably) some of my projects, the universe, and everything. 😊 To quote them: "let me know if you have any questions for them" - so do ping @firesidefedi if you do! I'm looking forward to this! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

¹https://simonrepp.com/hyper8
Simon Repp
@freebliss@post.lurk.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

I love spending as much time as possible in the doing rather than the talking, but, from time to time you gotta get the word out too :), so here's two things on the talking side that I'm still, or already, excited about:

1. A few weeks ago I gave a short talk on the Hyper 8 Video System¹ at the @lgm in Nürnberg. If you missed it, the recording is up at https://media.ccc.de/v/lgm25-upstream-2025-83657-hyper-8-video-system and also at my personal #hyper8 site at https://simonrepp.com/video/hyper8/lgm-2025/

2. Next thursday (July 31st) I have the pleasure of joining @firesidefedi for a relaxed chat about (probably) some of my projects, the universe, and everything. 😊 To quote them: "let me know if you have any questions for them" - so do ping @firesidefedi if you do! I'm looking forward to this! (˶ᵔ ᵕ ᵔ˶)

¹https://simonrepp.com/hyper8
Simon Repp
@freebliss@post.lurk.org  ·  activity timestamp 2 weeks ago

Unforeseen turn of events: Hyper 8 v0.22 will introduce a search feature.
<(￣︶￣)> yeees

#hyper8

A Hyper 8 site. The video scrolls down on the frontpage to reveal a search box on the bottom right, then various query strings are typed in, showing swift reponses from the interface with search results. It is shown that the results can be either navigated by keyboard or by mouse. One or two search results are opened in the video, in between searching is further demonstrated as described earlier.
A Hyper 8 site. The video scrolls down on the frontpage to reveal a search box on the bottom right, then various query strings are typed in, showing swift reponses from the interface with search results. It is shown that the results can be either navigated by keyboard or by mouse. One or two search results are opened in the video, in between searching is further demonstrated as described earlier.
Simon Repp
@freebliss@post.lurk.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Hyper 8 Video System 0.21 is out!

For the full release notes and screenshots, check this page:
https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/changes/0.21/

(New to #hyper8? Visit https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/!)

This release marks two milestones that I'm really excited about:

1. With the introduction of built-in FTP deployment, another entry barrier for using Hyper 8 is lifted. No one needs to find, install and learn a separate FTP client anymore to deploy their site! Likewise, tutorials and guides for Hyper 8 now become much simpler when it comes to the final step of publishing.

2. In the last weeks I developed a new suite of tools for release communication. This is the first time I'm using it to create and publish both a release teaser image (attached to this post) and a release notes page (linked above in this post). While there is still a lot ahead in this meta-project (including its eventual release to the public as free software! :)) this already makes me very happy. •ᴗ• (For the origin story of this since early June, check this thread: https://post.lurk.org/@freebliss/114631198105328899)

Thank you so much to netidee.at for funding this work on #hyper8 in 2025, as well as to this release's contributors - @dec23k, @lislegaard, @madskjeldgaard, @pfotenhauer, @fadimat <3 - and lastly, thanks to Ryunosuke Kikuno, whose photograph is featured in the release teaser image!
Simon Repp
@freebliss@post.lurk.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 weeks ago

Hyper 8 Video System 0.21 is out!

For the full release notes and screenshots, check this page:
https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/changes/0.21/

(New to #hyper8? Visit https://simonrepp.com/hyper8/!)

This release marks two milestones that I'm really excited about:

1. With the introduction of built-in FTP deployment, another entry barrier for using Hyper 8 is lifted. No one needs to find, install and learn a separate FTP client anymore to deploy their site! Likewise, tutorials and guides for Hyper 8 now become much simpler when it comes to the final step of publishing.

2. In the last weeks I developed a new suite of tools for release communication. This is the first time I'm using it to create and publish both a release teaser image (attached to this post) and a release notes page (linked above in this post). While there is still a lot ahead in this meta-project (including its eventual release to the public as free software! :)) this already makes me very happy. •ᴗ• (For the origin story of this since early June, check this thread: https://post.lurk.org/@freebliss/114631198105328899)

Thank you so much to netidee.at for funding this work on #hyper8 in 2025, as well as to this release's contributors - @dec23k, @lislegaard, @madskjeldgaard, @pfotenhauer, @fadimat <3 - and lastly, thanks to Ryunosuke Kikuno, whose photograph is featured in the release teaser image!

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Simon Repp
@freebliss@post.lurk.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

The upcoming Hyper 8 release (0.19, probably in a week or two) is going to introduce four different feeds in one go: Atom, Plain RSS, Podcast RSS and Media RSS.

As a visitor on a Hyper 8 site you'll be able to subscribe to the site itself but also selectively to every subcollection and playlist on a site.

In the coming weeks sometime I'll also be implementing audio-only media/formats, with that there will probably also come a feed differentiation that allows people to subscribe to audio-only feeds.

In effect, hyper8 becomes a (video and/or audio) podcasting platform¹ with this as well.

(ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ #hyper8

¹ edit - I better put this in quotes: "platform". :)

Screenshot showing the new subscribe page in Hyper 8: "Subscribe – Demo Atom https://example.com/feed.atom (Copy URL) A simple, mostly text based feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Media RSS https://example.com/media.rss (Copy URL) An RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in multiple formats directly over the feed. Plain RSS https://example.com/plain.rss (Copy URL) A simple image and text based RSS feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Podcast RSS https://example.com/podcast.rss (Copy URL) A podcast client compatible RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in a single format only directly over the feed."
Screenshot showing the new subscribe page in Hyper 8: "Subscribe – Demo Atom https://example.com/feed.atom (Copy URL) A simple, mostly text based feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Media RSS https://example.com/media.rss (Copy URL) An RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in multiple formats directly over the feed. Plain RSS https://example.com/plain.rss (Copy URL) A simple image and text based RSS feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Podcast RSS https://example.com/podcast.rss (Copy URL) A podcast client compatible RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in a single format only directly over the feed."
Screenshot showing the new subscribe page in Hyper 8: "Subscribe – Demo Atom https://example.com/feed.atom (Copy URL) A simple, mostly text based feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Media RSS https://example.com/media.rss (Copy URL) An RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in multiple formats directly over the feed. Plain RSS https://example.com/plain.rss (Copy URL) A simple image and text based RSS feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Podcast RSS https://example.com/podcast.rss (Copy URL) A podcast client compatible RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in a single format only directly over the feed."
Simon Repp
@freebliss@post.lurk.org  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

The upcoming Hyper 8 release (0.19, probably in a week or two) is going to introduce four different feeds in one go: Atom, Plain RSS, Podcast RSS and Media RSS.

As a visitor on a Hyper 8 site you'll be able to subscribe to the site itself but also selectively to every subcollection and playlist on a site.

In the coming weeks sometime I'll also be implementing audio-only media/formats, with that there will probably also come a feed differentiation that allows people to subscribe to audio-only feeds.

In effect, hyper8 becomes a (video and/or audio) podcasting platform¹ with this as well.

(ﾉ´ヮ`)ﾉ*: ･ﾟ #hyper8

¹ edit - I better put this in quotes: "platform". :)

Screenshot showing the new subscribe page in Hyper 8: "Subscribe – Demo Atom https://example.com/feed.atom (Copy URL) A simple, mostly text based feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Media RSS https://example.com/media.rss (Copy URL) An RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in multiple formats directly over the feed. Plain RSS https://example.com/plain.rss (Copy URL) A simple image and text based RSS feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Podcast RSS https://example.com/podcast.rss (Copy URL) A podcast client compatible RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in a single format only directly over the feed."
Screenshot showing the new subscribe page in Hyper 8: "Subscribe – Demo Atom https://example.com/feed.atom (Copy URL) A simple, mostly text based feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Media RSS https://example.com/media.rss (Copy URL) An RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in multiple formats directly over the feed. Plain RSS https://example.com/plain.rss (Copy URL) A simple image and text based RSS feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Podcast RSS https://example.com/podcast.rss (Copy URL) A podcast client compatible RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in a single format only directly over the feed."
Screenshot showing the new subscribe page in Hyper 8: "Subscribe – Demo Atom https://example.com/feed.atom (Copy URL) A simple, mostly text based feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Media RSS https://example.com/media.rss (Copy URL) An RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in multiple formats directly over the feed. Plain RSS https://example.com/plain.rss (Copy URL) A simple image and text based RSS feed that only links to video and audio content on the website. Podcast RSS https://example.com/podcast.rss (Copy URL) A podcast client compatible RSS feed that distributes video and audio content in a single format only directly over the feed."