So, I’ve been using ikiwiki for my website since 2011. At the time, I was hosting the website on a tiny hosting package included in a DSL contract - nothing dynamic possible, so a static site generator seemed like a good idea. ikiwiki was a good social fit at the time, as it was packaged in Debian and developed by a Debian Developer. Today, I finished converting it to Hugo. Why? I did not really have a huge problem with ikiwiki, but I recently converted my blog from wordpress to hugo and it seemed to make sense to have one technology for both, especially since I don’t update the website very often and forget ikiwiki’s special things. ... Read more 》

I’m back to blogging, after shutting down my wordpress.com hosted blog in spring. This time, fully privacy aware, self hosted, and integrated with mastodon. Let’s talk details: In spring, I shutdown my wordpress.com hosted blog, due to concerns about GDPR implications with comment hosting and ads and stuff. I’d like to apologize for using that, back when I did this (in 2007), it was the easiest way to get into blogging. Please forgive me for subjecting you to that! ... Read more 》