[HN Gopher] Twenty years of my blog
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Twenty years of my blog
Author : simonw
Score : 168 points
Date : 2022-06-13 16:09 UTC (6 hours ago)
(HTM) web link (simonwillison.net)
(TXT) w3m dump (simonwillison.net)
| jacobr wrote:
| It's strange with people you've followed for such a long time but
| never interacted with. I remember that wedding photo with the
| falcon, and Lanyrd. Then we had different interests for a while,
| but the last few years I've truly enjoyed your perspectives on
| Twitter, your blog, and lately the piece on architecturenotes.
| mgdlbp wrote:
| Couple notes related to using the Wayback Machine to recover
| parts of the old blog:
|
| To list URLs for bulk downloading, you can also directly use the
| CDX or Memento APIs, which are pretty simple and require no auth.
| Documentation here,[1][2] though the bulk of the CDX docs in the
| GitHub repo they link apparently haven't been updated since 2013.
|
| [1] https://archive.org/help/wayback_api.php
|
| [2] https://support.archive-it.org/hc/en-
| us/articles/11500179002...
|
| Appending _if__ to the date part of an archive URL hides the
| Wayback Machine banner -- the URL format also supports other
| replay codes and approximate dates. The official docs[3] here are
| even more outdated; Wikipedia 's guide[4] looks like the most
| complete but still leaves out codes like _oe__ and _mp__ (which
| no one seems to know the intended uses of).
|
| [3] http://archive-
| access.sourceforge.net/projects/wayback/admin...
|
| [4]
| https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:Using_the_Wayback_Machine...
| simonw wrote:
| That if_ trick is fantastic, thanks!
|
| With banner:
| https://web.archive.org/web/20060316094837/http://scripts.in...
|
| Without banner:
| https://web.archive.org/web/20060316094837if_/http://scripts...
|
| Added a note about that to the bottom of
| https://simonwillison.net/2022/Jun/12/twenty-years/#internet...
| ianbooker wrote:
| Truley a gem of the early "modern web" and a source of
| inspiration ever since. I remember checking the aside daily for
| new links in the early days...
| thehodge wrote:
| Simon (and Nat of course) are one of the most inspirational
| (smartest and loveliest) couples I've encountered in all the
| weird tech events..
|
| Their honeymoon, creation of Lanyrd and then eventual sale was a
| lovely story to follow over the years (and it's certainly part of
| an inspiration to our latest project)
|
| Here's to 20 more years of blogging!
| geoelkh wrote:
| This is great!
| mshenfield wrote:
| I had the luck of getting to interact with Simon a little at my
| first real programmer job at Eventbrite. You would never know
| meeting him that he was one of the creators of Django, (and TIL
| querySelector!). He was infectiously curious and excited about
| programming in a way that bubbled over to most people he
| interacted with. He would also enthusiastically engage with what
| you were working on, even the beginner project I had at the time.
| I don't know him well, but my impression was not just of a great
| programmer, but a great colleague and an authentically positive
| person.
|
| Congrats on twenty years!
| arittr wrote:
| Working with Simon was one of my fave parts of being at EB -
| the guy is just one of the smartest, most interesting, nicest
| people around. Strongest lunchtime banter in the industry too.
| simonw wrote:
| I miss our lunchtime banter so much!
| mountaineer wrote:
| Thank you Simon, truly an incredible job creating, learning, and
| sharing with the world. Definitely one of my biggest inspirations
| as nearly every day there is a new discovery in the feed or on
| twitter.
| earthboundkid wrote:
| It's amazing that Simon just casually invented
| document.querySelector! I'd retire if I had that in my bio, but
| he just keeps going!
| itsmemattchung wrote:
| > Introducing Django--17th July 2005
|
| Or retire here :)
| cubes wrote:
| Let's not forget his latest project, https://datasette.io/
| Tomte wrote:
| Wow. I've read his blog for a long time and never knew he was
| behind Django.
| hendry wrote:
| Congratulations Simon!
|
| Here's to another twenty.
| swyx wrote:
| congrats Simon! its been a pleasure discovering your work as a
| more recent follower and to see you still documenting yourself so
| religiously is a sheer inspiration. heres to the next 20!
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