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(HTM) Author: Willy Goiffon <dev@z3bra.org>
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2021 19:48:53 +0200
That's all folks ❤
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+# This is my last post
+
+29 september, 2021
+
+… here.
+
+## Everything comes to an end
+
+It's been 5 years since my last post here. I think we can safely
+assume that I will never post anything on here again.
+
+## Shed a tear, fellow internet stranger
+
+This was my very first blog, and I love it. I cannot imagine taking it
+down, because I have so many good memories associated with it.
+
+The loud-ass fan running 24/7 under my desk, preventing a good night
+sleep, but necessary to reach 99.999999999% uptime between to electrical
+outages…
+
+<s>Spending</s> Wasting time typing posts in HTML, tweaking the CSS,
+then markdown, tweaking the CSS, reinstalling the OS, building a makefile for it, tweaking
+the CSS, starring at it, tweaking the CSS, …
+
+Forcing myself into learning a topic because I HAVE TO WRITE A FUCKING
+POST PER MONTH.
+
+[Planning updates][0], [Recovering from hardware issue][1], [Recovering
+from stupidity issue][2], [Acting like I was doing backups correctly][3],
+…
+
+Man these were funky times!
+
+## Monochromatic is dead, long live whatever!
+
+But I grew up. I changed, and so did my interests. This blog's "engine"
+is fairly static after all, and after carrying it over the years,
+I need something different.
+
+I'm more of a sysadmin than a programmer, and as such, I like building and
+automating things. As I get older, I tend to be lazier than enthusiastic
+about blogging, and the process I forced myself into with this blog
+doesn't cut it anymore, and isn't "portable":
+
+- pull out the repo
+- `mkdir -p $(date "+%Y/%m")`
+- write the article in markdown
+- run `make` to generate the tarball
+- realise I forgot to list the file in `config.mk`
+- `make` again
+- commit post in `git`
+- [push it][4] and hope for the git hook to work (it never does)
+- deploy the website manually from a tarball
+- read the post online, and pick a typo…
+
+This feels so painful now.
+
+I still like to write about stuff, but I need a simpler way to do
+it. I've tried a few times to change the way I blog there, but in the
+end, it would mean changing all the URLs, changing the way I generate
+the HTML, and totally recreate this blog from scratch, just keeping
+the old articles. And as I said, this blog is full of good memories,
+and being a nostalgic person here, I don't want to change it!
+
+## So what's next ?
+
+One thing's for sure: I'm not stopping my activity on the internet.
+
+This blog will remain up, but will not receive further updates after
+this post.
+
+My main website (https://z3bra.org) will remain up, because I now use
+it to promote the tools I write, so I'll keep updating that at least.
+
+I brought back my gopher hole: [gopher://z3bra.org][5] ([http][6]), and hacked
+together a [gopher proxy][6] to make it easier to read. It's far from
+perfect, and rather fragile, but does the job.
+At some point I'll put a relayd(8) in front of it and call it "finished".
+
+I also started blogging over gopher, using [scribo][7]. The phlog is
+currently hosted at [gopher://phlog.z3bra.org][8] ([http][9]).
+
+This workflow suits me for now, and I like the simplicity of gopher. I
+might look into [gemini][10] at some point…
+
+## Closing thoughs
+
+Running this blog was a great experience. Now it's time for me to move
+on to something new and more refreshing. At this time, it means
+[gopher][5], but this might (will!) change as time goes by.
+
+If you've been following this blog, thank you, from the bottom of my
+heart. I hope you've enjoyed reading me as much as I loved posting here!
+
+**Gros bisoux les copains, et à trés vite !**
+
+[0]: https://blog.z3bra.org/2014/07/planning-downtime.html
+[1]: https://blog.z3bra.org/2014/08/im-back-up.html
+[2]: https://blog.z3bra.org/2015/04/the-wrong-sysadmin.html
+[3]: https://blog.z3bra.org/2014/09/backup-someone.html
+[4]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Olgn9sXNdl0
+[5]: gopher://z3bra.org
+[6]: http://phroxy.z3bra.org
+[7]: http://z3bra.org/scribo
+[8]: gopher://phlog.z3bra.org
+[9]: http://phroxy.z3bra.org/phlog.z3bra.org
+[10]: https://gemini.circumlunar.space
(DIR) diff --git a/config.mk b/config.mk
t@@ -35,7 +35,8 @@ PAGES = index.html \
2016/01/make-your-own-distro.html \
2016/03/hand-crafted-containers.html \
2016/08/desktop-streaming.html \
- 2016/09/pack-it-up.html
+ 2016/09/pack-it-up.html \
+ 2021/09/ending.html
FEEDS = rss/feed.xml
EXTRA = favicon.ico monochrome.css