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Today is my blog’s 24th blogiversary!

I started my first (previous) blog on this 220th day of 2002 using static HTML + CSS and one file per (Gregorian) month, with fragment links for specific days, posts within a day, and topics within a post:

https://tantek.com/log/2002/08.html#L20020808

No Javascript. No CMS. No SSG. No GitHub.

Just BBEdit and SFTP.

I’m still using BBEdit with my current blog, and now scp instead of SFTP.

Previously:
* 6th: https://tantek.com/log/2008/08.html#d08t1923
* 5th: https://tantek.com/log/2007/08.html#d08t2359
* 4th: https://tantek.com/log/2006/08.html#d08t2359
* 1st: https://tantek.com/log/2003/08.html#L20030808t2359

This is post 14 of #100PostsOfIndieWeb. #100Posts #indieweb
#blog #blogs #blogiversary #staticHTML #HTMLCSS #NoJS #NoJavascript #NoCMS #NoSSG #NoGitHub #BBEdit #SFTP #SCP
#Blaugust #Blaugust2026

← https://tantek.com/2026/219/t1/open-web-free-content
→ https://tantek.com/2026/231/more-weirdness-ai-chat-llm-bot

RE: https://mastodon.social/@daringfireball/116936528545971353

Using #BBEdit on macOS daily since so many years. Highly recommended!

If you come from Windows, this is your Notepad++ and so much more.

@mwichary

Every point release of #BBEdit delights me. I live in BBEdit. It's one of the few packages for which I read through the release notes every time (they often have spots of hilarity).

hello
(again)

#bbedit #macos #nostalgia

Have you saved thousands of versions? Versatility 1.2 might be what you need

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://eclecticlight.co/2026/06/03/have-you-saved-thousands-of-versions-versatility-1-2-might-be-what-you-need/

BBEdit is one of the oldest text editors for the Macintosh. It was initially released back in 1992 for Macintosh System 6. It's still one of the very best ones available. I just upgraded to the latest release BBEdit version 16. 😎

https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/

#MacOS #Macintosh #BBEdit #TextEditor #Tools #Apple #AppleSilicon

Yes, it is. It also has this appalling change:

Sure, I know everyone (not really) loves git now. I have a GH account. I administer a Gitlab instance.

But I *USE* Subversion. It remains the definitive repository of the ASF software I work with and it’s how my brain works for version control.
Obviously I can still use svn in a shell. Most of my changes are very small, so vi and svn are fine. However, it is sad to see #BBEdit abandon me. @9to5mac https://flipboard.com/@9to5mac/all-stories-54qrgsooz/-/a-wyH75TrrQJamYLzgxCuaVw%3Aa%3A151168268-%2F0

@siegel Thanks a lot for vi emulation in #bbedit 16. This really helps when switching editing contexts.

BBEdit 16 sait désormais chercher du texte dans les images et améliore ses performances http://dlvr.it/TSg9Nd #BBEdit #MiseÀJour

BBEdit 16 Is Here

https://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/bbedit16.html

#HackerNews #BBEdit #BBEdit16 #NewRelease #TextEditor #SoftwareUpdate

EDIT: It's fake! I change the link with the message of the original developer.

[Well, I'm using #BBEdit ... but here's #NotePad++ for Mac:]

https://www.macrumors.com/2026/05/04/notepad-plus-plus-trademark-violation/?link_source=ta_first_comment&taid=69f8cddd2a4c7200012637ed

I haven't jumped on the #Obsidian or #Notion bandwagon. I write in #BBEdit, #OmniOutliner, Apple Notes, #nvUltra and #1Writer. Each has its use. I link all the information with Hookmark. Hookmark's linking is much more general than Obsidian's

when one tool is not enough - why i use different writing apps for different tasks

http://cogmodo.com/onewritingtoolperwritingtask

@drafts
@bbedit
@ia
@obsidian
@ulyssesapp

#blog #writing #writingcommunity #iamwriting #software #drafts #bbedit #obsidian #iawriter #ulysses #ios #mac #apple

@robpike This is one reason I prefer @bbedit on #macOS. It handles massive files with aplomb.

#BBEdit #Mac

Ashamed to say, this experiment has not gone very well so far. While #BBEdit seems very nice for working with Svelte, I'm running into issues with React (for my volunteer gig) and Astro (for my personal website).

I'm much happier with it for writing Swift however, and would happily make the switch if I could just find a JSX language module.

My challenge to myself this week is to do all my development work in #BBEdit.

Anyway, tonight I got the various LSPs I use all configured. I've started tinkering with keybindings to be closer to my VSCode/Zed preferences but I guess I can't use "option" as the sole modifier key for any key combos???

#webdev #typescript

Il y a un truc que j'adore avec l'application #BBEdit, c'est que, lorsqu'on veut encadrer un groupe de caractères/mots par des parenthèses, crochets, guillemets ou autres signes du même genre, il suffit de sélectionner ce qu'on veut encadrer, taper sur le caractère d'ouverture, et par défaut, ça ajoute le caractère de fermeture automatiquement, et ce de part et d'autre de la sélection. Du coup, quand je suis dans une autre application, par réflexe, je fais pareil, sauf que... ben, ça efface ma sélection. Et ça m'énerve d'une force !!! 😂

@ttscoff It’s gotten so bad that I have a #BBEdit Text Factory just to clean up #AI-generated #Markdown

One of macOS's (many) annoying behaviors is carrying over search terms between apps. So if I'm searching for something in Mail, then search for something in Notes, when I go back to Mail suddenly my previous search has been wiped out and Mail is searching for whatever I was trying to find in Notes, and I have to search Mail again…which screws up my search in Notes. Lather Rinse Repeat Definition of Insanity.

Thankfully, @bbedit is way ahead of me:

defaults write com.barebones.bbedit FindDialog_UsesFindScrap -bool NO

#macos #bbedit