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4 pointsTimD16y ago8 comments

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rangerranvir6y ago

There are no separate links for your posts. Not sure how have you created them, but you might want to try

- WordPress - Blogger

or best for programmers.

- Jekyll https://jekyllrb.com/

and hosting it on GitHub pages.

Let me know if you need help setting it up.

TimD1OP6y ago

Thanks for pointing that out, I'll definitely need link-able posts! Hopefully I don't have to redesign everything.

FYI, I'm just using Bootstrap and plain HTML/CSS/PHP with one or two JS functions.

Jekyll+Github looks like a pretty nice setup, although idk if it's worth the effort to change now.

rangerranvir6y ago

Linkable posts are always useful. If you are worried about the effort. Please have a look at the one that I own. https://ranvir.xyz/blog/.

The basic version, https://github.com/barryclark/jekyll-now

I also use the basic CMS, https://siteleaf.com to manage it.

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vsefler6y ago

Your articles names are misleading (you were not building CPU, but PC) and it resonates more like newbie blog than a proper dev blog worth od ycombinator. Get more xps and try again. Also, are you asian?

TimD1OP6y ago

Thanks, I have a horrible habit of saying CPU instead of PC since my brain thinks "ComPUter=CPU", even though I know the distinction.

You're right about it sounding like a newbie blog: there's no technical content (yet! I just wanted to get something up), and I've added explanatory stuff for things every real programmer should know. Instead of catering to everyone, I should choose an audience and write specifically for that.

I know nothing I have written will be front-page of HN, but you gotta start somewhere, and for me taking the inital step is the hardest.

I'm not Asian. What makes you ask?

newman8r6y ago

hah - I had a high school teacher (~20 years ago - she taught the computer class) and she constantly called the entire box a 'cpu' too - a few of us gave her grief for it but it was all in good fun.

BTW I think your blog looks clean, good luck with it. Getting to the front page on HN isn't that hard, it's only a matter of time if you keep submitting.

Oh yeah - and definitely make separate pages for each blog post like rangerranvir mentioned - absolutely essential.

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rangerranvir6y ago

There are no separate links for your posts. Not sure how have you created them, but you might want to try

- WordPress - Blogger

or best for programmers.

- Jekyll https://jekyllrb.com/

and hosting it on GitHub pages.

Let me know if you need help setting it up.

TimD1OP6y ago

Thanks for pointing that out, I'll definitely need link-able posts! Hopefully I don't have to redesign everything.

FYI, I'm just using Bootstrap and plain HTML/CSS/PHP with one or two JS functions.

Jekyll+Github looks like a pretty nice setup, although idk if it's worth the effort to change now.

rangerranvir6y ago

Linkable posts are always useful. If you are worried about the effort. Please have a look at the one that I own. https://ranvir.xyz/blog/.

The basic version, https://github.com/barryclark/jekyll-now

I also use the basic CMS, https://siteleaf.com to manage it.

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vsefler6y ago

TimD1OP6y ago

Thanks, I have a horrible habit of saying CPU instead of PC since my brain thinks "ComPUter=CPU", even though I know the distinction.

I know nothing I have written will be front-page of HN, but you gotta start somewhere, and for me taking the inital step is the hardest.

I'm not Asian. What makes you ask?

newman8r6y ago

hah - I had a high school teacher (~20 years ago - she taught the computer class) and she constantly called the entire box a 'cpu' too - a few of us gave her grief for it but it was all in good fun.

BTW I think your blog looks clean, good luck with it. Getting to the front page on HN isn't that hard, it's only a matter of time if you keep submitting.

Oh yeah - and definitely make separate pages for each blog post like rangerranvir mentioned - absolutely essential.

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