Bots Are Eating My Blog for Lunch
Peter digs into why his server was suddenly overloaded and finds a swarm of bots chewing through his blog.
Peter digs into why his server was suddenly overloaded and finds a swarm of bots chewing through his blog.
π 11 Jun 2025 | π Link post
A look back at the simpler days of PHP and jQuery, when building websites was fast and easy. Now, modern tools often add more hassle than helpβsometimes less really is more.
π 01 Jun 2025 | π Link post
Some thoughts about what Joel expects out of blogging regularly, or having a website at all.
π 10 Apr 2025 | π Link post
Keenan talks about their love of Toxic by Britney Spears. Great song, great post.
π 17 Jan 2025 | π Link post
This whole WordPress saga is getting more and more ridiculous. This is the latest step by Automattic to further fuck things up for themselves.
π 10 Jan 2025 | π Link post
I knew SQLite was a cool project, but this great post show how interesting the project is.
π 03 Jan 2025 | π Link post
Manu writes about his opinions on Substack vs blogging and owning your content. I heartily agree!
π 04 Dec 2024 | π Link post
I watched this video last night and I was utterly enthralled throughout the entire thing. In this video, a nun answers random questions all about her life, religion and a all kinds of other stuff.
π 20 Nov 2024 | π Blog post
Matt, the co-founder of WordPress, writes about how WP Engine is a βcancer to WordPressβ because they disable revisions.
π 22 Sep 2024 | π Link post
Lou talks about the recent loss of his son's much loved dog, Osa. Be warned, you'll need tissues at the ready!
π 01 Sep 2024 | π Link post
While still in its infancy, there's one feature that Scott would *love* to see on Mastodon - the ability to post locally only.
π 01 Sep 2024 | π Link post
A parody of the "Wear Sunscreen" thing from the late 90s. This is just fabulous.
π 17 Jul 2024 | π Link post
Keenan goes into great detail on the trials and tribulations of building a new Eleventy site while possessing very little development experience.
π 05 Jul 2024 | π Link post
Manu talks about the ongoing issues with AI scraping the web and what are options are, as site owners, to prevent it.
π 24 Jun 2024 | π Link post
Brandon talks about his desire to write less about blogging. I'm not sure I agree though.
π 19 Jun 2024 | π Link post
Chat with someone for two minutes, and try to figure out if it was a fellow human or an AI bot. Think you can tell the difference?
π 06 Jun 2024 | π Link post
Manu talks about self-promotion on his site, how it concerns him and whether others find it annoying, or see it as advertising.
π 26 Apr 2024 | π Link post
Niq talks about segregating your email and not publishing your personal email where possible. One email address ain't gonna cut it these days.
π 09 Mar 2024 | π Link post
Chris talks about the challenges he's faced since selling CSS-Tricks to Digital Ocean, and where his head has been at since.
π 01 Mar 2024 | π Link post
Rach turned off the analytics on her site as she now finds them boring. This post contains the best quote ever.
π 29 Jan 2024 | π Link post
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