Subjective Web Directory

This is a small experiment to steward a resilient of archive of my perspective of the web, explicitly embedding content in my site rather than giving you a URL and hoping it’s still around (and the same) when you click it. I’m also hoping that it might change how linking feels, as I’m now syndicating content and actively providing a platform for folks I’m paying attention to.

Links

• jordancrane/blog 🔧
• sircmpwn/drewdevault.com
• zim/coolguy-www
  • The Map is the Territory

Requirements

• Git – I’m using Git submodules, which depend on Git repositories.
• Static sites – The Git repository must have a branch with static HTML.

Nice to have

• 🔧 Already built – Static site exported in build branch (or similar).
• 👪 Relative paths – Link to ../foo.html, not /foo.html.
• 🌐 Protocol-less paths – Link to ./foo.html, not https://example.com/xyz/foo.html.
• 📇 No implicit indexes – Link to ./foo/index.html, not ./foo.

Notes

• Does it require a build?
  • If so, make a build directory (or similar) with the necessary assets.
  • The parent commit should be the latest source commit.
  • rm -rf public; git add worktree public; hugo or similar works great.
• Does it require an absolute path?
  • Some websites link to /style.css and such, so they need a subdomain.
  • Example: ieploy submodules/foo to foo.example.com.
• Does it link to itself?
  • If ‘foo’ has hard links to ‘foo.com’, replace them – there’s no benefit, it just makes it non-portable.
  • Note: imagine javascript that checks if it’s test.foo.com or foo.com – maybe that code should be fixed to only check subdomain.
    • Unclear what should happen if it checks for testfoo.com or foo.com, maybe it should check for testfoo and fall back to prod mode 🤷 I have not encountered this yet
• Does it link to directories as files?
  • Either fix or serve behind application that can figure out index files.
  • I get that example.com/ looks nicer than example.com/index.html but this is semi-obnoxious
  • Kinda wish that directories would redirect (unsure whether temporary or permanent) to index.html instead of serving pages at a directory URI.