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“every Jedi builds their own light saber” → yes, good, very wise

“every developer builds their own static site generator” → *loud, knowing sigh*

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@arjache guilty

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@arjache Add "Every CS student builds their own shell" to the list. or, well. An older list, I suppose. xD

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@arjache
YODA: [lightsaber extending at 0.5 cm/sec and sputtering] when eight hundred years of posts have you made, deploy not so fast you will

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@arjache I've found the arch linux wiki to be the most detailed light saber support on the internet.

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@shlee @arjache You mean SSG support?

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@arjache Hey now, they're all still better than using WordPress.

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@arjache shh... :neocat_nervous:

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@arjache static sith generator?

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@arjache I adopted one.

I intend to rebuild it.

Eons ago, at the dawn of Web 2.0, every developer built their own CMS. Including me.

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@kboyd @arjache and before that, we all created at least one templateing library.

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@arjache@toot.cat OH MY GOD 💀
I feel attacked

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“I can't let you touch it, that would defeat the purpose. See only I know the build chain and the deployment of this particular site generator. That way, when you look at your generator, you know beyond a doubt that you can't use anyone else's HOWTO.”

@arjache

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@arjache
I'm not a developer!

And it is so long ago, that I can't remember the programming language. And the page never went online.

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@arjache
Actually my very first project that set me on a path towards becoming a professional developer was a static site generator for a music library

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@arjache
Maybe I should rewrite it in Rust

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@alter_kaker @arjache When I build something with music it too has a lot of static (noise) in it.

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@arjache Luke and Rey didn't at first.

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@arjache ask me about the time I accidentally invented server side rendering

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@arjache@toot.cat look, i-

looks at my static site generator

i...

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@arjache an elegant weapon... from a more civilized time.

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@arjache ... we don't hear about light sabre accidents do we ... energy weapons that will cut through ... anything? ... built by a high-schooler?

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@arjache Sigh, yep. And now that I’ve made my ~bed~ [Rube Goldberg machine] I must ~lay in it~ [keep writing more and more code to achieve basic functionality].

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@arjache I’m reading you while taking a break from working on mine. 😅

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@arjache Not I!!!

I built my own static site generator*s*

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@arjache as long as they dont develop their own crypto, they can have fun with their static site generator. as a treat.