#Tag
If you are a command-line geek and dream of browsing the web in your terminal, you should really try #offpunk :
https://offpunk.net/index.html
Latest trunk now has support for #unmerdify and it starts to work really great:
Yes, content is extracted and displayed in less! It works!
🥳 JavaScript Database (JSDB) version 6.1.4 released:
• Adds TypeScript type definitions
Been meaning to do this for a while and finally got round to it :)
https://codeberg.org/small-tech/jsdb#javascript-database-jsdb
#JavaScript #database #JavaScriptDatabase #JSDB #native #data #web #dev #NodeJS #SmallWeb
Yours truly speaking at Defuse Dublin (IxDA) last month, where I presented on Gaza Verified and Small Tech/Small Web.
All photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/irq95gn1ncUJtL4W7 (apologies for Google/Alphabet, Inc. link)
All talks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsaoWzR87FsUvLEI7xjThSdIB5TqMrOc0 (apologies for YouTube/Alphabet, Inc. link)
If you are a command-line geek and dream of browsing the web in your terminal, you should really try #offpunk :
https://offpunk.net/index.html
Latest trunk now has support for #unmerdify and it starts to work really great:
Yes, content is extracted and displayed in less! It works!
Surfacing the small and independent web is at the heart of what we do. It's amazing to see people discovering gems and adding new sites to the Small Web feed.
Haven't explored it yet? Here's where to start: https://kagi.com/smallweb
Ah, the joys of having a built-in native JavaScript database¹ that can persist and load typed JavaScript objects² and an interactive JavaScript shell (REPL)³ in Kitten⁴ :)
:kitten:💕
¹ https://kitten.small-web.org/reference/#database
² https://kitten.small-web.org/tutorials/database-app-modules/
³ https://kitten.small-web.org/reference/#kitten-s-interactive-shell-repl
⁴ https://kitten.small-web.org
#Kitten #SmallWeb #web #development #JavaScript #NodeJS #JSDB
Yours truly speaking at Defuse Dublin (IxDA) last month, where I presented on Gaza Verified and Small Tech/Small Web.
All photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/irq95gn1ncUJtL4W7 (apologies for Google/Alphabet, Inc. link)
All talks: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLsaoWzR87FsUvLEI7xjThSdIB5TqMrOc0 (apologies for YouTube/Alphabet, Inc. link)
Would you financially support a new effort (of mine) to build and maintain a database of metadata and descriptive statistics about the #Fediverse and other #SocialWeb, #Indieweb, #smallweb, and #p2p networks?
I would serve high-level interfaces to a database of metadata resulting from ongoing automated crawls.
Key goals would include • comprehension of the current state of networks, and • navigation of the breadth of networks based on topic, identity, and technical necessity for ad-hoc needs.
I like the Gemini Protocol, but — I think too many of the other small-net protocols try to mimick Gemini.
I think things would be better in some ways if — those so inclined to create a new small-net protocol would be more creative (rather than conforming to the patterns that the Gemini Protocol has used or established).
Sure, you can accept the small-net values, but — try something new, as far as designing a protocol goes.
Would you financially support a new effort (of mine) to build and maintain a database of metadata and descriptive statistics about the #Fediverse and other #SocialWeb, #Indieweb, #smallweb, and #p2p networks?
I would serve high-level interfaces to a database of metadata resulting from ongoing automated crawls.
Key goals would include • comprehension of the current state of networks, and • navigation of the breadth of networks based on topic, identity, and technical necessity for ad-hoc needs.
Manu is launching a new web discovery resource, the newsletter Dealgorithmed.
A newsletter about the small web, the poetic web, the quiet web, the web many say we lost years ago, yet it's still here, ready to be rediscovered by those who care.
Cool mention of Kagi's Small Web on the WP Builds podcast!
🥳 New Kitten Release!
🚨 Breaking change: You can now add arbitrary JavaScript in script blocks in Kitten Markdown Pages front-matter (and the imports property is gone).
You can also use JavaScript string interpolation and all special Kitten tags (e.g., conditional tags, etc.) in Kitten Markdown Pages.
📦 https://kitten.small-web.org
Examples:
• Simple: https://codeberg.org/kitten/site/src/branch/main/tutorials/markdown/index.page.md?display=source
• More complex: https://codeberg.org/kitten/site/src/branch/main/reference/index.page.md?display=source
And the Markdown parser itself is now both more robust and faster than before.
(This change also bumps the Kitten runtime to Node.js version 24.6.0.)
Enjoy!
💕
• Full change log: https://codeberg.org/kitten/app/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG.md#2025-11-14
• Kitten Markdown Pages reference: https://kitten.small-web.org/reference/#markdown-pages-page-md-files
• Kitten Markdown tutorial: https://kitten.small-web.org/tutorials/markdown/
#Kitten #SmallWeb #KittenMarkdownPages #Markdown #improvedParser
If you’re using Kitten¹ in production, listen up (yes, both of you!)
I’ve had a Kitten release with a hugely improved Markdown parser and Kitten Markdown Pages support lying on my laptop for the past three months as I was working on Gaza Verified².
This week, I went over over everything and documented it and the release is ready.
This is a breaking change if you use Kitten Markdown Pages (.page.md files).
Specifically:
1. You can now include arbitrary JavaScript in your Markdown pages in a `script` block in your YAML front matter.
2. Because of #1, the `imports` front matter property has been removed (just use JavaScript imports to load in components, etc.)
3. You can now use JavaScript string interpolation and special Kitten syntax (e.g., conditional tags) within your Kitten Markdown Pages.
4. Because of #3, if you have JavaScript string interpolation or Kitten-specific tags in Markdown code fences, you must escape them. e.g., `${something}` becomes `\${something}` and `<if ${something}>this<else>that</if>` becomes `\<if \${something}>this\<else>that\</if>` .
That’s it.
So the simple Kitten Count example that increments a counter on page reload and displays the latest count would look like this as a Kitten Markdown Page now:
```markdown
---
script: |
let count = 1
---
# Kitten count
${'🐱️'.repeat(count++)}
```
This took so long to get right but I think it’s 100% solid right now (the only way I’ve been able to break it so far turned out to be a bug in the CommonMark spec itself).
I’ll update you once the new release is live.
💕
🥳 New Kitten Release!
🚨 Breaking change: You can now add arbitrary JavaScript in script blocks in Kitten Markdown Pages front-matter (and the imports property is gone).
You can also use JavaScript string interpolation and all special Kitten tags (e.g., conditional tags, etc.) in Kitten Markdown Pages.
📦 https://kitten.small-web.org
Examples:
• Simple: https://codeberg.org/kitten/site/src/branch/main/tutorials/markdown/index.page.md?display=source
• More complex: https://codeberg.org/kitten/site/src/branch/main/reference/index.page.md?display=source
And the Markdown parser itself is now both more robust and faster than before.
(This change also bumps the Kitten runtime to Node.js version 24.6.0.)
Enjoy!
💕
• Full change log: https://codeberg.org/kitten/app/src/branch/main/CHANGELOG.md#2025-11-14
• Kitten Markdown Pages reference: https://kitten.small-web.org/reference/#markdown-pages-page-md-files
• Kitten Markdown tutorial: https://kitten.small-web.org/tutorials/markdown/
#Kitten #SmallWeb #KittenMarkdownPages #Markdown #improvedParser
If you’re using Kitten¹ in production, listen up (yes, both of you!)
I’ve had a Kitten release with a hugely improved Markdown parser and Kitten Markdown Pages support lying on my laptop for the past three months as I was working on Gaza Verified².
This week, I went over over everything and documented it and the release is ready.
This is a breaking change if you use Kitten Markdown Pages (.page.md files).
Specifically:
1. You can now include arbitrary JavaScript in your Markdown pages in a `script` block in your YAML front matter.
2. Because of #1, the `imports` front matter property has been removed (just use JavaScript imports to load in components, etc.)
3. You can now use JavaScript string interpolation and special Kitten syntax (e.g., conditional tags) within your Kitten Markdown Pages.
4. Because of #3, if you have JavaScript string interpolation or Kitten-specific tags in Markdown code fences, you must escape them. e.g., `${something}` becomes `\${something}` and `<if ${something}>this<else>that</if>` becomes `\<if \${something}>this\<else>that\</if>` .
That’s it.
So the simple Kitten Count example that increments a counter on page reload and displays the latest count would look like this as a Kitten Markdown Page now:
```markdown
---
script: |
let count = 1
---
# Kitten count
${'🐱️'.repeat(count++)}
```
This took so long to get right but I think it’s 100% solid right now (the only way I’ve been able to break it so far turned out to be a bug in the CommonMark spec itself).
I’ll update you once the new release is live.
💕
My latest story Ticker (flash fiction, medical horror, sci-fi) is now up on my Gemini capsule!
gemini://ferenbrooke.com/short-stories/ticker.gmi
Web link for normal people:
Looking forward to seeing some of you at Defuse Dublin tonight at The Sugar Club.
Event is not ticketed (first come, first serve) and doors open at 7PM.
#DefuseDublin #Dublin #Ireland #talks #events #design #IxDA #technology #SmallTech #SmallWeb #Gaza #Palestine #GazaVerified
A space for Bonfire maintainers and contributors to communicate
![Screenshot of the Kitten shell open in terminal for the currently-running site:
> kitten.db.accounts.findAccountWithHandle('@aral@mastodon.ar.al')
Proxy [
Account {
id: 'ce4c1f2c-2044-47a0-b97e-1bc1a43bfc07',
url: 'https://mastodon.ar.al/@aral',
isVerified: true,
data: Proxy [ [Object], [Object] ],
isScheduled: false,
joinPageIp: undefined,
privatePageIps: Proxy [ [Array], [Object] ],
isTeam: false,
callDays: Proxy [ [Array], [Object] ]
}
get: [Function: bound getHandler], set: [Function: bound setHandler], defineProperty: [Function: bound definePropertyHandler], deleteProperty: [Function: bound deletePropertyHandler]
}
]
> kitten.db.calendar.scheduleInterview(kitten.db.accounts.findAccountWithHandle('@aral@mastodon.ar.al').id)](https://s3-eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/mastodon-aral/media_attachments/files/115/667/639/809/634/637/original/d4faadd522ba9d69.png)
