diff --git a/ttbp-manifesto.txt b/ttbp-manifesto.txt deleted file mode 100644 index e35dc9d..0000000 --- a/ttbp-manifesto.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,56 +0,0 @@ -TTBP MANIFESTO --------------- -ttbp: tilde town blogging platform; also known as THE FEELS ENGINE - -a history: - - in april 2016, i read a short rant by ~minerobber lamenting the lack of cli - blogging software. this struck a chord with me; years ago, i kludged myself a - perl script that generated an html blog, complete with an rss feed and a - crude tagging system. i've known other people who have done the same. what's - missing, though? - - years ago, i peeled away from livejournal and related web-based blogging - networks; partially as a participant in the general attrition, and partially - to escape some personal bad feelings that i coudn't quite put a finger on. - this is why i started writing on an independent, solo blog; i still had the - urge to publicly share some of my journaling. but it felt lonely. - - this is what happens when i log in to a unix box: i reattach my screens, and - flip through irc to catch up on chat, and alpine to check my mail. in the - past, on non-tilde machines, i've fired up zephyr to message friends. i git - pull my repos for updates. i check the nethack leaderboard. these are all - cli-based actions, but they are also based on the idea that when i wasn't - looking, things changed. those things changed because other people performed - some actions of their own. i catch up on these updates with the implicit - acknowledgement that other humans exist and do things in my environment. - - this is what i realized i missed from running my own clumsy blog scripts. i - had ways to chat, mail, and collaborate on text-based projects through the - terminal, but nothing that served as a central hub for journal-writing. - - i didn't think of myself as a strong programmer or a skilled developer, but i - had a few ideas that i thought i could try out. on april 29th, 2016, i put - out a general call in irc for people to run ~endorphant/bin/ttbp; ~sl2c - confirmed that it worked. on may 2nd, 2016, i opened it up again, and others - jumped in; ~sanqui, ~karlen, ~varscite, ~vilmibm, ~insom, ~marcus, ~nossidge, - ~jumblesale, ~krowbar. others trickled in; people sent me crash reports, - wrote to me about mysterious behaviors, lamented about broken settings when i - pushed code updates, shared with me how this fulfilled their nostalgia for an - experience that i personally never had, complained about lacking features - they wanted, yelled with delight about the interface, filled it with feelings - they didn't know how to express. - - it's now december 4th, 2016, and there are 42 users on ttbp. some of them - have never posted, many of them i've never spoken to. there are 581 entries, - which is an average of almost 14 entries per user, and a little over two and - a half entries per day. it now takes 11 seconds to load the global feed - because i implemented it sloppily, thinking i'd handle scaling issues later. - - i've loved every second of this. i'm humbled and pleased and a little - terrified at the trust and appreciation and responsibility that's been given - to me in the past seven months. - -the backend: -lessons: -future work: