Hosting Comments for this Blog: An Isso Adventure

Posted on Sun 15 March 2026 in general • Tagged with software, blog, webdev

A shiba looking concerned at a laptop. Credit: Ms Kng on Pexels

(To skip my narration and jump to the setup part, click here.)

As you might have noticed, fd93.me has comments now!

Specifically, comments powered by isso. In this article, I want to talk about the various decisions and technical steps that led me to the current setup. While this …


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How Not To Write A Web Service in Rust

Posted on Sun 11 August 2024 in general • Tagged with software, rust, programming, webdev

When writing a web service in Rust you may be tempted to do careful research based on your use case, to tailor your code to fit the needs of a typed language with strict memory safety, and to take a pragmatic approach to development. Doing things this way might make …


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Stacks for Simple Static Sites

Posted on Sat 17 February 2024 in general • Tagged with programming, productivity, webdev

Wouldn't it be great if you could type out an article on your computer, push a couple of buttons, and have it appear on the web? No clunky page builders, no admin logins, and no mandatory updates.

With the right setup for your website, this is possible.

I wrote about …


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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Simple Websites

Posted on Sun 11 February 2024 in general • Tagged with programming, productivity, webdev

Simple websites are better than beautiful ones.

I'll repeat that for the folks in the back.

Simple websites are better than beautiful ones.

Let me be clear what I mean by a simple website. I don't mean a Wordpress site with a minimalist theme. I also don't mean a Substack …


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