Meta / Colophon

This is a meta page. I write about my process and the tools I use, as well as general principles. It is a work in progress and will change around. Thanks to Hedy for the inspiration!

Tools

I write the drafts for blog entries in a cryptpad instance, Google doc or with Libre Office - I am trying to move away from Google drive, but it's still the most convenient option and offers great spell checking. I am trying cryptee as an alternative right now. Sometimes I just type directly in Visal Studio Code, like now.

The HTML and CSS files are handwritten in Visual Studio Code. I don't use any static site generators, but I do use my own Template.

To have some sort of version control I use git locally. Sometimes I make backups too. For image editing I mostly use GIMP and Apple photos.

I use this tool to get coordinates to create image maps. For quick and easy svg image maps, I use this tool. They are easier to work with and responsive.

Tech

This page is hosted on a Hetzner server. I might self-host one day, but I am happy with my arrangement for now.

There's no cookies, analytics or scripts running in the background. The IP adress gets saved for up to a month in the server log files, other than that there is no logging of personal data.

Principles

Testing

I test on the devices I have available, which are quite a few. I mostly test with the following browsers: