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<h1 id="nexus-7-2013-wifi-and-ubuntu-touch">Nexus 7 2013 (WiFi) and
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<p>About a month ago (give or take) I purchased a Nexus 7 2013 (WiFi)
with the intent of flashing Ubuntu Touch (OTA 9) onto it. I had
previously flashed Ubuntu Touch onto a Nexus 5 that I had gotten for
Christmas last year, again with the intent of flashing Ubuntu Touch onto
it, so I knew what I could look forward to and what I could expect.</p>
<h2 id="flashing-ubuntu-touch">Flashing Ubuntu Touch</h2>
<p>Flashing Ubuntu Touch onto the Nexus 7 was pretty easy overall. First
thing I had to do was install <code>adb</code> and <code>fastboot</code>
onto my computer (running Ubuntu), as well as the
<code>ubports-installer</code> snap.</p>
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<p>Next, on the nexus 7 I needed to enable developer mode, enable USB
debugging, unlock the bootloader, and re-enable dev mode and USB
debugging. After that, I hooked up the Nexus 7 to my PC and launched the
UBports Installer. It detected that the Nexus 7 was connected and pulled
up the menu for flashing it right away. I clicked the needed buttons to
flash it and let it do it's thing.</p>
<h2 id="initial-setup">Initial Setup</h2>
<p>After Ubuntu Touch was flashed onto the Nexus 7, I went through the
initial setup of the device. First was the standard stuff like setting
up WiFi and creating a user account.</p>
<p>After that, I made sure any updates were applied and went on to
install the apps I use from the Open Store, as well as any that I made
myself.</p>
<h2 id="day-to-day-usage">Day-to-Day Usage</h2>
<p>Using this thing more-or-less every day for about the past month, it
has worked great! I use it to check the weather, browse my Mastodon
feed, shop on Amazon, and more!</p>
<h2 id="papercuts">Papercuts</h2>
<p>Of course, my experience has not been perfect. While I have not had
any major issues using Ubuntu Touch on the Nexus 7, here are some
papercuts that I have come across:</p>
<ul>
<li>Screen orrientaion is locked to landscape on lockscreen</li>
<li>WiFi may not auto-reconnect. Pulling down WiFi menu may reconnect
Wifi. Disabling WiFi and re-enabling reconnects WiFi</li>
<li>Username on lockscreen does not move when keyboard pulls up</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="summary">Summary</h2>
<p>All in all, I love this thing! Ubuntu Touch is maturing nicely, and
is very much in a usable, daily driver state. The Nexus 7 is a nice
tablet, with a good screen resolution, feel, and size.</p>
<p>Of course, you may suffer from a lack of apps compaired to what you
may be used to from iOS or Android, however there is a nice selection of
apps available on the Open Store that may fill almost any role you need
them to.</p>
<p>Overall, I would definitely suggest this setup to anyone wanting a
nice tablet with a free OS on it, or simply a nice tablet experience
overall!</p>
<h2 id="afterword-app-picks">Afterword: App Picks</h2>
<p>Here are some apps I recommend using on Ubuntu Touch:</p>
<ul>
<li>FluffyChat (Matrix Client)</li>
<li>Podbird (Podcast client)</li>
<li>Telegram/TELEports* (Telegram)</li>
<li>uMastonauts (Mastodon client)</li>
<li>Recorder (audio recorder)</li>
<li>uAdBlock (system-wide ad blocker)</li>
<li>UT Tweak Tool (tweak UT even more. Use caution!)</li>
</ul>
<p>*TELEports is still in beta as of writing</p>
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<h1 id="my-experience-with-apple">My Experience with Apple</h1>
<p>Okay, we have some stuff to get into here</p>
<p><br />
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<p>Let's start with a few things right off the bat</p>
<p>I have been an Android user all my life, I've never owned an iPhone
before early September 2023</p>
<p>I very much like the design of iPhones, from how the hardware is
(usually) designed, to how the home screen is designed, to how the icons
look, to the animations and their fluidity</p>
<p>To TL;DR that, I like how they look, always have</p>
<p><br />
</p>
<p>That's not to say that I don't have my issues with iOS, and Apple's
stuff in general</p>
<p>For starters, iOS is a closed-source operating system</p>
<p>One cannot simply look at the source code of it, make and contribute
changes, and if so desired, redistribute their own spin of it</p>
<p>Another point of contention I've always had with Apple's devices, and
one reason it took me so long to purchase an iPhone, is the cost</p>
<p>That's not to say that everything that isn't an iPhone is like half
the price of one, but compared to the price of something like a Google
Pixel 4a (which, by the way, something more privacy respecting like
GrapheneOS or CalyxOS can be put on), it's quite a bit more (and yes, I
am well aware of the iPhone SEs, which have roughly only been about
<code>$50</code> USD more than Google's [Pixel a] series phones)</p>
<p>Customization was another point of contention, however as my age
steadily increases, I find that I want to fiddle with things less
frequently, and like to have something that works for me and I don't
have to mess around with all the time</p>
<p>Anyways, that's enough griping for the time being, let's get into my
actual experiences with Apple's stuff</p>
<h2 id="i-got-an-iphone">I Got… an iPhone?!</h2>
<p>I purchased an iPhone XR off of someone I know for a very generous
<code>$100 USD</code> at the beginning of September this year (the going
rate at the time was around <code>$220 USD</code>), with the intended
purpose of using it as an appliance for it's better facial tracking via
the Face ID camera system compared to an Android camera or a stand alone
webcam for my VTubing activities (which I swear I will get back into at
some point!)</p>
<p>Since I had just acquired this device, and I had never really had the
chance to toy around with an iPhone before, I decided that I would try
using it for a bit, to see what the experience is like, and to see if
how I like having things setup would translate well onto an iPhone
(plus, I wanted to be able to test some things out, like XMPP clients
for iOS, so I can better recommend those types of things to people that
use an iPhone compared to an Android device)</p>
<h2 id="initial-fiddling-with-the-device">Initial Fiddling with the
Device</h2>
<p>First off, allow me to get this out of the way: If you primarily use
a Linux computer, and especially if you do not have a Windows or macOS
machine in your home, forget about plugging the iPhone into your PC and
doing anything with it</p>
<p>It can be done, somewhat, but trust me, save yourself the headache,
it ain't worth it in my opinion</p>
<p>The first real issue, for me, that I ran into with trying to setup
this iPhone like a daily driver was that the experience with trying to
use a KeePass database for password management is… less than
desirable</p>
<p>I ended up setting up Bitwarden and importing my KeePass database
into it (which was really easy, by the by), and quite frankly, the
experience of using Bitwarden on an iPhone, and even an Android device
for that matter, is pretty sweet</p>
<p>Bitwarden on a Linux PC, at least in my use, leaves a small bit to be
desired compared to using KeePassXC, primarily in the auto-typing
category (or seemingly lack-there-of), but overall I actually enjoy
using Bitwarden</p>
<h2 id="starting-to-use-an-iphone">Starting to Use an iPhone</h2>
<p>I decided that, since I wanted to try using my newly acquired iPhone
XR as a daily driver, I'd try using some of the conveniences that come
with it, that I have avoided their contemporaries on other devices</p>
<p>So, I setup Face ID unlocking, and might I just say, it works REALLY
nicely, and something I didn't know about, is that if you aren't looking
right at the device, even if your face is pointed at it, it will not
unlock the thing until you actually look at it, so that's a nice little
touch that I was unaware of</p>
<p>I also put some of my cards in Apple Wallet, because it had been AGES
since I last used tap-to-pay on a phone, due to using custom Android
ROMs for the past few years without any of the Google-y bits, and let me
just say, I missed tap-to-pay</p>
<p><br />
</p>
<p>Since I was unable to get my downloaded music collection onto the
iPhone via the means I had available and was willing to do, I decided to
give Apple Music a try, since I could get a one month free trial of
it</p>
<p>It's perfectly fine, no real qualms with it, aside from the usual “I
don't have any ownership of this music whatsoever and any given song,
album, or artist can be ripped right out from under me at any given
moment” stuff, but that's how I feel about all streaming platforms</p>
<p>I'd say I definitely prefer it to Spotify, because 1) it's more
privacy respecting in comparison, and 2) I'm still bitter at Spotify for
removing SCANDAL for a period of time, and they can go piss in a river
for all I care</p>
<h2 id="where-is-she-now">Where is She Now?</h2>
<p>Well… okay hear me out here</p>
<p>So I've now been using an iPhone as my primary mobile computing
device for just shy of two months, and quite frankly… I rather enjoy
it</p>
<p>I have just recently purchased a brand new (pink!) iPhone 15, along
with a brand new (also pink!) Apple Watch Series 9 (and a pink case and
watchband as well!)</p>
<p>I have honestly come to enjoy using an iPhone, and am finding real
value in what Apple has on offer, especially when one starts to possess
multiple Apple devices (in my case, an iPhone and an Apple Watch)</p>
<p>I am leaning more into the convenience side of them, most definitely,
and quite frankly I am finding actual joy in doing so and feel that it
is providing actual value for me</p>
<p>I am still maintaining using essential services outside of Apple's
ecosystem though, such as continuing to use Nextcloud for my contacts,
calendar, and cloud storage, and Bitwarden versus iCloud Keychain for my
passwords</p>
<p>Raivo, with any syncing turned off, has been my choice for a TOTP 2FA
app</p>
<p>The Dynamic Island on the iPhone 15 is actually pretty nice, nothing
groundbreaking, but what it does bring to the table is rather
pleasant</p>
<p><br />
</p>
<p>I also rather like the Apple Watch</p>
<p>The haptic feedback wen turning the crown feels nice, the ability to
easily find the phone that it's paired to if you misplace it is really
nice to have, the fact that I can use Apple Pay with it instead of
having to pull out my phone is really convenient, plus, and this is a
major one here folks, I can spy on the kitties in Neko Atsume with
it!</p>
<h2 id="are-you-done-yet">Are You Done Yet?</h2>
<p>Mostly <code>(#^-^#)\</code></p>
<p><br />
</p>
<p>Seriously though, I am finding that these things are bringing some
serious value to me, even with all of things about them that annoy
me</p>
<p>iOS isn't open-source; the only way to install apps without
“jailbreaking” is through the App Store, which requires you to have an
Apple ID, which I think asks for WAY too much personal information up
front; without a Windows or macOS computer, you can pretty much forget
about doing virtually anything that you'd be used to with an Android
device, and even then you still lose out in comparison in that field</p>
<p>However, those gripes of mine are almost certainly not going to
matter to most people, and to be frank, I'd sooner trust Apple with my
shit than Google, Amazon, or Facebook/Meta</p>
<p><br />
</p>
<p>Anyways, I like using an iPhone now, I like the Apple Watch, I enjoy
the conveniences they bring, I very well may end up sticking with
Apple's stuff long-term, these things are making me happy</p>
<p>Don't shame people for using things that aren't the most private or
secure, be practical when you are trying to help people with that type
of stuff</p>
<p>I hope you enjoyed reading this, apologies for everything being kinda
everywhere, I'll catch ya in the next one!</p>
<h3 id="software-recommendations-for-the-iphone">Software
Recommendations for the iPhone</h3>
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<li>Raivo (TOTP 2FA)</li>
<li>Bitwarden (password management)</li>
<li>Monal/Siskin IM (XMPP)</li>
<li>Firefox Focus (general web browsing)</li>
<li>Brave (for using YouTube with a lot of the features of having
YouTube Premium, without the downsides of having the actual app (TL;DR a
more privacy respecting way to use YouTube))</li>
<li>Neko Atsume: Kitty Collector (for seeing cute kitties!)</li>
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<h1 id="secure-apple-id-against-iphone-theft">Secure Apple ID Against
iPhone Theft</h1>
<p>After acquiring my first iPhone, I stumbled across a video on YouTube
by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) <a href="#sources">[1]</a> about how
thieves are steeling peoples iPhones and, with just the victim's
passcode, completely and permanently locking victims out of their Apple
account (also detailed in another video <a href="#sources">[2]</a> by
the WSJ)</p>
<p>Both videos <a href="#sources">[1]</a><a href="#sources">[2]</a>, as
well as a video by Techlore <a href="#sources">[3]</a> made (at least
seemingly) in response to the WSJ's reporting, provide some guidance on
what you can do to help protect yourself against something like his
happening</p>
<p>In this blog post of mine, I'm really just gonna be outlining in a
readable format, what was suggested by both the WSJ <a
href="#sources">[1]</a><a href="#sources">[2]</a> and Techlore <a
href="#sources">[3]</a> on what can be done to help protect against
something like this happening to you if your iPhone does get stolen</p>
<h2 id="use-a-privacy-screen-protector">Use a Privacy Screen
Protector</h2>
<p>This one's kind of a low hanging fruit, but something as simple as
using a privacy screen protector can help, simply because one won't be
able to see what is on your screen if viewing your device from the
side</p>
<p>I got myself <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CCYM3S2L/">this
one</a> off of Amazon, which seems to be a somewhat popular brand of
screen protectors for iPhone (they have both normal and privacy screen
protectors for iPhone form at least the XR up to the 15 series)</p>
<h2 id="use-longer-more-complex-passcodes">Use Longer, More Complex
Passcodes</h2>
<p>Using a complex passcode goes a long way, especially if it's an
alpha-numeric passcode (where both numbers and letters are used)</p>
<p>Something like <code>[111111]</code> or <code>[123456]</code> is
pretty easy to guess, but having a passcode like <code>[727873]</code>,
or even better, something like
<code>[I 4m 7h3 m057 1337 h4x0r 3v3r!]</code> will improve the security
of your device</p>
<p>And if typing out something like the alpha-numeric passcode I made up
above every time you want to unlock your phone seems like a gigantic
pain in the rear, you always have the option to</p>
<h2 id="use-biometric-unlock-options">Use Biometric Unlock Options</h2>
<p>Setting up either Face ID (on iPhone X and newer) or Touch ID (on
iPhone 5-8, and iPhone SE (up to at least Gen II)), in combination with
a strong passcode, will secure your device even further</p>
<p>With biometric unlocking, i.e. via Face ID, you won't need to enter
your passcode every time you want to unlock your device, so you won't be
inconvenienced by having a strong passcode, and the more you use it, the
less likely a potential thief will be able to discover your iPhone's
passcode</p>
<h2 id="create-a-recovery-key">Create a Recovery Key</h2>
<p>One of the things the aforementioned videos <a
href="#sources">[1]</a><a href="#sources">[2]</a> thieves do is they
create a recovery key for your Apple ID, which prevents you from using
other account recovery options, and Apple from being able to do anything
to help you per their own guidelines</p>
<p>So with that in mind, I STRONGLY recommend creating one yourself as
soon as possible, even without concern for this type of thing happening,
and storing it in someplace safe THAT IS NOT ON YOUR IPHONE</p>
<p>Plus, as explained in the Techlore video <a href="#sources">[3]</a>,
this is a required step for enabling iCloud Advance Data Protection
anyways, so if that's something that you have an interest in doing at
some point, you'll already be ahead of the game there</p>
<p>To do this:</p>
<ul>
<li>1: Open [Settings]</li>
<li>2: Tap on your Apple ID at the top of the Settings app</li>
<li>3: Tap [Sign-In &amp; Security]</li>
<li>4: Tap [Account Recovery]</li>
<li>5: Tap [Recovery Key]</li>
<li>6: Enable [Recovery Key]</li>
</ul>
<p>It will then display a recovery key, which you'll want to jot down,
as the next screen will have you input it</p>
<p>Remember to store it somewhere safe, and off of your iPhone, lest you
may be screwed in the future</p>
<p>Here's the link to
<a href="https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT208072/" class="external_link" target="_blank">Apple's
support page</a> regarding setting up a recovery key, should you wish to
view it</p>
<h2
id="use-screen-time-to-prevent-changing-your-passcode-or-apple-id-password">Use
Screen Time to Prevent Changing Your Passcode or Apple ID Password</h2>
<p>As outlined in Techlore's video <a href="#sources">[3]</a>, and
mentioned in one of WSJ's videos about this attack <a
href="#sources">[2]</a>, you can make use of the Screen Time feature of
the iPhone to lockdown the ability to change the device's passcode, as
well as your Apple ID's password</p>
<p>To do this:</p>
<ul>
<li>1: Open [Settings]</li>
<li>2: Tap [Screen Time]</li>
<li>3: Tap [Content &amp; Privacy Restrictions]</li>
<li>4: Enable [Content &amp; Privacy Restrictions]</li>
<li>5: Tap [Passcode Changes]</li>
<li>6: Tap [Don't Allow]</li>
<li>7: Tap [&lt; Back]</li>
<li>8: Tap [Account Changes]</li>
<li>9: Tap [Don't Allow]</li>
<li>10: Go back to the [Screen Time] section</li>
<li>11: Tap [Change Screen Time Passcode]</li>
</ul>
<p>From there, it will have you set a four (4) digit passcode which will
be required to make any changes to anything under [Content &amp; Privacy
Restrictions]</p>
<p>When you are creating this passcode, be sure that you DO NOT MAKE IT
THE SAME OR SIMILAR TO YOUR DEVICE'S PASSCODE</p>
<h2 id="use-a-password-manager-other-than-icloud-keychain">Use a
Password Manager Other than iCloud Keychain</h2>
<p>First off, if you're using a password manager, congratulations!</p>
<p>However, if you're using one properly, and that one is the one built
into iCloud Keychain, then if you are locked out of your Apple ID,
you're kinda screwed</p>
<p>What I would suggest, as well as what Techlore suggested <a
href="#sources">[3]</a>, is to use a separate password manager</p>
<p>My personal recommendation would be
<a href="https://bitwarden.com/" class="external_link" target="_blank">Bitwarden</a></p>
<p>The Bitwarden app in iPhone can be used as your default autofill
service, and can be unlocked via biometric, so you won't have to type in
you (STRONG) master password every time you wish to access it</p>
<p>As a plus, if you have Face ID unlock for Bitwarden turned on, it
will mandate the vault's master password to unlock it if Face ID can't
unlock it (y'know, like, if someone steals your iPhone)</p>
<h2 id="wrapping-up">Wrapping Up</h2>
<p>That's about all I've got for this one folks</p>
<p>Some other things that were mentioned between the three videos <a
href="#sources">[1]</a><a href="#sources">[2]</a><a
href="#sources">[3]</a> were things like</p>
<ul>
<li>Using separate passcodes for sensitive apps (i.e. banking apps) when
able, that are different and unrelated to your device's</li>
<li>Not storing photos of sensitive documents (i.e. driver's license,
tax documents) on your mobile device</li>
<li>Not storing banking passwords a password manager (I do see this as a
major plus for overall security, however I personally find it to be too
big of a hit to convenience, so you do you on this one)</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="sources">Sources</h3>
<ol type="1">
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QUYODQB_2wQ/" target="_blank" class="external_link">(YouTube)
Apple’s iPhone Passcode Problem: Thieves Can Ruin Your Entire Digital
Life in Minutes | WSJ</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlQFyVF8oW0/" target="_blank" class="external_link">(YouTube)
How to Prevent iPhone Thieves From Stealing Your Apple ID–And Your Money
| WSJ Tech News Briefing</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25wG173PL3U/" target="_blank" class="external_link">(YouTube)
Stop iPhone Data Thefts Now!</a></li>
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<h1 id="hello-again">Hello Again</h1>
<p>Well howdy there!</p>
<p>I’ve… kinda not done anything on here for a while now, huh?</p>
<p>I mean, I updated the look of my website to function kinda like
Windows XP, but I haven’t really done much in the way of blogging since…
2023?!</p>
<p>Damn, over a year and a half huh?</p>
<h2 id="what-ive-been-up-to">What I’ve Been Up to</h2>
<p>Where should I begin…</p>
<p>Oh, I know!</p>
<p>Major one first, I’ve got a girlfriend now!</p>
<p>We’ve been together for about as long as it’s been before my last
blog posts regarding Apple stuff (she’s not responsible for my lack of
blogging I swear!)</p>
<p>She’s funny, smart, kind, sweet, and just a genuinely awesome person,
I truly love her from the bottom of my heart!</p>
<p>Anyways, enough of the mushy stuff</p>
<p>I’ve been playing
<a href="https://sao-if-en.bn-ent.net/" target="_blank">Sword Art
Online: Integral Factor</a> since about March or April, and it’s been
pretty fun!</p>
<p>Been playing a bunch of
<a href="https://www.warframe.com/" target="_blank">Warframe</a> as
usual, however I’ve kinda been sleeping on it for a while now, just
kinda been taking a break, I’ll be back on it again with a vengeance
once Isleweaver drops on the 25th</p>
<p>Also have been playing some Battlefield 4 with some peoples recently
on PC (so nice to play this game again, miss my stuff from Xbox though),
and also played R.E.P.O. for the first time as well!</p>
<p>Outside of gaming stuff, I’ve switched all my computers (sans my
media PC (soon TM)) to Debian, with ZFS on root, and ZFSBootMenu</p>
<p>Been running Debian Trixie on them all, which at the time of writing
this is still in Testing, but is expected to become Stable potentially
next month</p>
<p>I also installed Debian Bookworm with the same setup on my neighbor’s
laptop, and will be doing the same for their new-to-them desktop once
the remaining components that were missing have arrived</p>
<p>Shifting gears into Apple related stuff, I got the M2 iPad Air when
it came out, in blue, along with the Apple Pencil Pro to go along with
it</p>
<p>I also got my hands on two (2) black HomePod Minis a few months ago
that were on clearance at a big box retailer near where I work for
around $50 USD each</p>
<p>And they work rather nicely as stereo speakers for the Apple TV 4K
(with ethernet) that I ordered new off the Apple Store app</p>
<h2 id="are-you-done-yet">Are You Done Yet?</h2>
<p>I suppose so</p>
<p>Well anyways, with the <a
href="/blog/2025/06/static-site-generators">recent redoing of how I
craft my website</a>, I should be doing more blog posts now, whenever I
can think of something that I wanna write about, since all I gotta do
now is write the Markdown for them and have my WebGen script take care
of the rest for me</p>
<p>Here’s a fun fact before I sign off,
<a href="https://www.kate-editor.org" target="_blank">Kate</a> has a
spell check toggle that I didn’t know about, which means I can use my
favorite text editor to write these blog posts while still catching any
incorrect spellings I might make along the way!</p>
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<h1 id="static-site-generators">Static Site Generators</h1>
<p>You’ve likely heard of static site generators before, there certainly
seems to be no shortage of them</p>
<p>Just to name a few off the top of my head, there’s
<a href="https://www.gohugo.io/" target="_blank">Hugo</a>,
<a href="https://www.jekyllrb.com/" target="_blank">Jekyll</a>, and
<a href="https://www.11ty.dev/" target="_blank">11ty</a></p>
<p>I personally have never found static site generators appealing,
primarily because I didn’t want to be constrained to what themes were
available to them, nor did I want to have to craft my website around how
a given static site generator functioned</p>
<p>I also am “one of those” types of people that like to remove as many
layers of abstraction as I can from what I am doing, and get down into
the nitty gritty of things, partially because I want to know how they
work, partially because I want to not be reliant on a layer of
abstraction that hides what’s going on under the hood from me</p>
<p>That said, at least for the ones that you generate from Markdown
files, I can see the appeal, since Markdown is easy to write, meaning
you can, say, publish blog posts more often and more easily, compared to
having to write out all the HTML each time you want to make a new one
(even if you have an HTML file saved somewhere that has most of what’s
needed in it already, ya still have to write the new HTML in there)</p>
<p>I personally like writing out the HTML, it allows me to fine-craft my
site to be exactly how I like it, although it can be rather time
consuming to do, even for something so simple as writing a blog post or
something (which I totally do on the regular…)</p>
<h2 id="where-i-was">Where I Was</h2>
<p>So the most recent version of my website (as of late June 2025) was
completely hand-crafted in HTML and CSS</p>
<p>I wrote everything in raw HTML, from the initial page where ya click
the power button on the monitor to get into the site proper, to any blog
posts I had written, which while fun, honestly did make it a slight
chore when I wanted to make a new page, or write a new blog post (same
difference for all intents and purposes)</p>
<h2 id="what-i-used-to-do">What I Used to Do</h2>
<p>Before the most recent (again, at the time of writing) redesign of my
website, I made a nice little Bash script I called WebGen</p>
<p>It’s a wrapper for a program called
<a href="https://www.pandoc.org/" target="_blank">Pandoc</a>, which can
take multiple kinds of document files (i.e. Markdown) as input, and
convert them into multiple other kinds of document files (i.e. HTML) as
output</p>
<p>Pandoc also has the ability to use ‘template’ files for the output,
allowing, say, an HTML file to be used as a template that the content
of, say, a Markdown file, can be slapped into at a specific place in the
HTML</p>
<p>So my little WebGen script would scour a directory for Markdown
files, convert them into HTML, put the converted HTML into the
designated spot in the template HTML file, and output that to an HTML
file where specified by the Markdown file</p>
<p>Twas pretty simple</p>
<h2 id="what-im-doing-now">What I’m doing now</h2>
<p>After doing the whole “I’m gonna write everything on this website
from complete scratch” thing for a while, I decided I’d take a look at
that old WebGen script of mine again</p>
<p>I modified it to source a config file that houses where the root
directory of the website is, where the Markdown files are kept, and
where the template HTML files are located</p>
<p>The Markdown files now contain the title of the page (which Pandoc
puts in the final output HTML), the name of the template HTML file to
use, and the location of the new page relative to the web root</p>
<p>So the script crawls the directory of Markdown files, one-by-one
parses the location and template from each Markdown file, and does the
aforementioned stuff, and bang, web pages!</p>
<h2 id="long-story-short">Long Story Short</h2>
<p>I cleaned up WebGen, made some new template HTML files from the two
main page styles of my website, and am using it again for non-bespoke
pages on my website, especially blog posts</p>
<h2 id="if-i-wanna-use-this-thing-of-yours-myself-where-can-i-get-it">If
I Wanna Use This Thing of Yours Myself, Where Can I Get it?</h2>
<p>I’ll have it up on my Gitea whenever I get around to spinning up a
new instance of it, and I’ll update this here post when I do</p>
<p>I also plan on rewriting WebGen in Python so that people on OSes
besides Linux can make use of it if they so wish</p>
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