Resurrected link log

[fanf]

https://dotat.at/@/2024-03-27-link-log.html

After an extremely long hiatus, I have resurrected my link log.

As well as its web page, https://dotat.at/:/, my link log is shared via:

• an Atom feed https://dotat.at/:/feed.atom
• the fediverse https://mendeddrum.org/@fanf
• Dreamwidth https://dotaturls-feed.dreamwidth.org/profile

The Dreamwidth feed has not caught this afternoon's newly added links, so I am not sure if it is actually working...

There is a lengthy backlog of links to be shared, which will be added to the public log a few times each day.

The backlog will be drained in a random order, but the link log's web page and atom feed are sorted in date order, so the most-recently shared link will usually not be the top link on the web page.

I might have to revise how the atom feed is implemented to avoid confusing feed readers, but this will do for now.

The code has been rewritten from scratch in Rust, alongside the static site generator that runs my blog. It's less of a disgusting hack than the ancient Perl link log that grew like some kind of fungus, but it still lacks a sensible database and the code is still substantially stringly typed. But, it works, which is the important thing.

edited to add ...

I've changed the atom feed so that newly-added entries have both a "published" date (which is the date displayed in the HTML, reflecting when I saved the link) plus an "updated" date indicating when it was later added to the public log.

I think this should make it a little more friendly to feed readers.

Comments

[sweh]

I've noticed dreamwidth feeds may suspend if they don't see any activity for a (long) time. You may need to go to the feed setting and nudge it to wake up.

[fanf]

The feed’s DW profile page says it is being updated regularly, but still has 0 entries. Mysterious. I might need to add some logging at my end…

[nou]

I noticed you popping up on my RSS reader yesterday! Good to have the linklog back.

[fanf]

Yay :-)

[andrewducker]

I noticed the same (on Feedly). And was delightfully surprised.

[fanf]

Hooray!