#plaintext — Public Fediverse posts

And, if you're one of the exactly 4 people in the world who actually, honestly believes #agentic #AI is a thing other people care about (hint: we don't), consider that LLMs work best in #plaintext (no js-required rendering!)

AI agents will work best if your site renders well in a #textmode #browser.

‘The Worst Leak I’ve Witnessed’: A CISA Contractor Left AWS GovCloud Credentials Sitting In A Public GitHub Repo

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/05/26/the-worst-leak-ive-witnessed-a-cisa-contractor-left-aws-govcloud-credentials-sitting-in-a-public-github-repo/

ZDNet: Microsoft Edge just stopped storing your passwords in plaintext – but you’ll need the latest update. “In a recent post by Microsoft Edge Security Team Lead Gareth Evans, the company announced that it will no longer store your plaintext passwords in Edge in memory. The change comes in response to a recent finding that questioned the safety and security of your stored passwords.”

This week I share three cool tech finds, no affiliates: plain text capture, a Bauhaus obsession, and the keyboard that finally fits my EDC:

- Capture for Obsidian @hiro
- Bauhaus Clock for iOS
- Nillkin foldable keyboard with trackpad.

Medium members https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-208-3-cool-plain-text-app-and-tech-finds-0fff212aaff6

Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/05/18/ptpl-208-capture-obsidian-bauhaus-clock-nillkin-keyboard

Next week: All about my new ​templates​ for planning your week in a 1-P (One Page Notebook) https://miscellaneplans.gumroad.com/l/1p-weekly-planner

#ptpl #Obsidian #PlainText #macOS #iOS #1P #1P

This week I share three cool tech finds, no affiliates: plain text capture, a Bauhaus obsession, and the keyboard that finally fits my EDC:

- Capture for Obsidian @hiro
- Bauhaus Clock for iOS
- Nillkin foldable keyboard with trackpad.

Medium members https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-208-3-cool-plain-text-app-and-tech-finds-0fff212aaff6

Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/05/18/ptpl-208-capture-obsidian-bauhaus-clock-nillkin-keyboard

Next week: All about my new ​templates​ for planning your week in a 1-P (One Page Notebook) https://miscellaneplans.gumroad.com/l/1p-weekly-planner

#ptpl #Obsidian #PlainText #macOS #iOS #1P #1P

This week I share three cool tech finds, no affiliates: plain text capture, a Bauhaus obsession, and the keyboard that finally fits my EDC:

- Capture for Obsidian @hiro
- Bauhaus Clock for iOS
- Nillkin foldable keyboard with trackpad.

Medium members https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-208-3-cool-plain-text-app-and-tech-finds-0fff212aaff6

Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/05/18/ptpl-208-capture-obsidian-bauhaus-clock-nillkin-keyboard

Next week: All about my new ​templates​ for planning your week in a 1-P (One Page Notebook) https://miscellaneplans.gumroad.com/l/1p-weekly-planner

#ptpl #Obsidian #PlainText #macOS #iOS #1P #1P

This week I share three cool tech finds, no affiliates: plain text capture, a Bauhaus obsession, and the keyboard that finally fits my EDC:

- Capture for Obsidian @hiro
- Bauhaus Clock for iOS
- Nillkin foldable keyboard with trackpad.

Medium members https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-208-3-cool-plain-text-app-and-tech-finds-0fff212aaff6

Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/05/18/ptpl-208-capture-obsidian-bauhaus-clock-nillkin-keyboard

Next week: All about my new ​templates​ for planning your week in a 1-P (One Page Notebook) https://miscellaneplans.gumroad.com/l/1p-weekly-planner

#ptpl #Obsidian #PlainText #macOS #iOS #1P #1P

This week I share three cool tech finds, no affiliates: plain text capture, a Bauhaus obsession, and the keyboard that finally fits my EDC:

- Capture for Obsidian @hiro
- Bauhaus Clock for iOS
- Nillkin foldable keyboard with trackpad.

Medium members https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-208-3-cool-plain-text-app-and-tech-finds-0fff212aaff6

Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/05/18/ptpl-208-capture-obsidian-bauhaus-clock-nillkin-keyboard

Next week: All about my new ​templates​ for planning your week in a 1-P (One Page Notebook) https://miscellaneplans.gumroad.com/l/1p-weekly-planner

#ptpl #Obsidian #PlainText #macOS #iOS #1P #1P

A nice thing about #OrgMode files is that they age quite well.

Notes written years ago are still just #PlainText files I can open anywhere. No export step required, no discontinued service to worry about.

beorg works with the same approach on iOS.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id1238649962

A nice thing about #OrgMode files is that they age quite well.

Notes written years ago are still just #PlainText files I can open anywhere. No export step required, no discontinued service to worry about.

beorg works with the same approach on iOS.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id1238649962

A nice thing about #OrgMode files is that they age quite well.

Notes written years ago are still just #PlainText files I can open anywhere. No export step required, no discontinued service to worry about.

beorg works with the same approach on iOS.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id1238649962

A nice thing about #OrgMode files is that they age quite well.

Notes written years ago are still just #PlainText files I can open anywhere. No export step required, no discontinued service to worry about.

beorg works with the same approach on iOS.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id1238649962

A nice thing about #OrgMode files is that they age quite well.

Notes written years ago are still just #PlainText files I can open anywhere. No export step required, no discontinued service to worry about.

beorg works with the same approach on iOS.

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id1238649962

@ellane while not todo.txt format, I've used remind(1) for quite a while. It also uses a #plaintext DSL for creating calendar events that is more powerful than any other calendar application I've ever used. And being just a CLI application, it plays well with other Unixy tools, allowing for incoming events to be scripted, and output to feed other scripts.

https://dianne.skoll.ca/projects/remind/

What if your calendar was just a text file?

This week I show you how to build a todo.txt-format calendar — which is of practical use all on its own — and optionally view today's events in your Obsidian daily note.

It is inspired by calendar.txt, but it's not that. Yes, I know Emacs can do it all. It's not that, either, by design.

Medium (includes blog post link) https://miscellaneplans.medium.com/how-to-create-a-plain-text-calendar-with-the-todo-txt-format-41f0ce6f093d
Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/05/11/plain-text-calendar-todo-txt

#ptpl #PlainText #calendar #obsidian

Cooking with Plain Text

As I slowly move my life away from the cloud and back to my local machine, I am embracing the simplicity and elegance of plain text. This includes applying plain text workflows to my daily life such as my plain text cookbook.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/2026/05/10/cooking-with-plain-text/

#indieweb #cooking #blogging #plaintext #productivity

#Vim carnival submissions about #PKM.

I hoped to get more people involved, but that wasn’t the case. Perhaps the next one will be 😅.

I loved @malin' mapping:

inoremap <C-l> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u

I'll let you find what it does

#neovim #plaintext #notes #carnivals #fediverse #mastodon #editors #opensource #indieweb #BSD #linux

https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202605

#Vim carnival submissions about #PKM.

I hoped to get more people involved, but that wasn’t the case. Perhaps the next one will be 😅.

I loved @malin' mapping:

inoremap <C-l> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u

I'll let you find what it does

#neovim #plaintext #notes #carnivals #fediverse #mastodon #editors #opensource #indieweb #BSD #linux

https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202605

#Vim carnival submissions about #PKM.

I hoped to get more people involved, but that wasn’t the case. Perhaps the next one will be 😅.

I loved @malin' mapping:

inoremap <C-l> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u

I'll let you find what it does

#neovim #plaintext #notes #carnivals #fediverse #mastodon #editors #opensource #indieweb #BSD #linux

https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202605

#Vim carnival submissions about #PKM.

I hoped to get more people involved, but that wasn’t the case. Perhaps the next one will be 😅.

I loved @malin' mapping:

inoremap <C-l> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u

I'll let you find what it does

#neovim #plaintext #notes #carnivals #fediverse #mastodon #editors #opensource #indieweb #BSD #linux

https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202605

#Vim carnival submissions about #PKM.

I hoped to get more people involved, but that wasn’t the case. Perhaps the next one will be 😅.

I loved @malin' mapping:

inoremap <C-l> <c-g>u<Esc>[s1z=`]a<c-g>u

I'll let you find what it does

#neovim #plaintext #notes #carnivals #fediverse #mastodon #editors #opensource #indieweb #BSD #linux

https://lazybea.rs/vim-carnival-202605

ZDNet: Why Edge stores your passwords in plaintext, according to Microsoft. “A security researcher found that Edge stores your plaintext passwords in memory when you use the browser to manage them. In a social media post, researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning explained how the process works and posted a video showing it in action.”

ZDNet: Why Edge stores your passwords in plaintext, according to Microsoft. “A security researcher found that Edge stores your plaintext passwords in memory when you use the browser to manage them. In a social media post, researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning explained how the process works and posted a video showing it in action.”

ZDNet: Why Edge stores your passwords in plaintext, according to Microsoft. “A security researcher found that Edge stores your plaintext passwords in memory when you use the browser to manage them. In a social media post, researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning explained how the process works and posted a video showing it in action.”

ZDNet: Why Edge stores your passwords in plaintext, according to Microsoft. “A security researcher found that Edge stores your plaintext passwords in memory when you use the browser to manage them. In a social media post, researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning explained how the process works and posted a video showing it in action.”

ZDNet: Why Edge stores your passwords in plaintext, according to Microsoft. “A security researcher found that Edge stores your plaintext passwords in memory when you use the browser to manage them. In a social media post, researcher Tom Jøran Sønstebyseter Rønning explained how the process works and posted a video showing it in action.”

Started to use org-social in #emacs

It is nerdy feel to use #plaintext and #emacs #orgmode to connect in a social media.

Follow me at
https://host.org-social.org/shrini/social.org

Have to find how to sync #orgsocial and #gotosocial

#org-social

Started to use org-social in #emacs

It is nerdy feel to use #plaintext and #emacs #orgmode to connect in a social media.

Follow me at
https://host.org-social.org/shrini/social.org

Have to find how to sync #orgsocial and #gotosocial

#org-social

Started to use org-social in #emacs

It is nerdy feel to use #plaintext and #emacs #orgmode to connect in a social media.

Follow me at
https://host.org-social.org/shrini/social.org

Have to find how to sync #orgsocial and #gotosocial

#org-social

Hi @PrivacyDigest,
not exactly the #plaintext allies I'm glad to see, but hey.

#Microsoft #Edge Stores #Passwords In #Plaintext In RAM
#privacy #security

https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/05/06/2014204/microsoft-edge-stores-passwords-in-plaintext-in-ram?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

Envelope budgeting: planning ahead for known expenses by regularly putting money into pre-determined categories, or envelopes. This week I show how I’m doing that in plain text accounting, specifically, Beancount.

Medium (includes blog link) https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-206-plain-text-accounting-envelope-budgeting-in-beancount-8a5b49b3281b
Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/05/04/ptpl-206-beancount-envelope-budgeting
#plainTextAccounting #budgeting #plainText

append to your ~/.bashrc

note() {
default="notes.txt"
f="${1:-$default}"
date +%Y-%m-%d | tee -a "$f"
cat >> "$f"
echo "---" >> "$f"
}

or just do

cat >> plain.txt

and enjoy your plaintext life one Ctrl+D at a time.

The simplest note taking app for GNU systems. https://sterpeto.vivaldi.net/2026/05/03/the-simplest-note-taking-app-for-gnu-systems/

#plaintext #bash #gnu #note #notetoself

Had an oldschool #plaintext file of printer(ish) output with form-feeds (0x0C, ^L) separating pages/sections and wanted to split out each page into its own sequentially-numbered file. A little awk:

$ awk 'BEGIN{name="output_000.txt"} $0 ~ sprintf("%c", 12){close(name); name =sprintf("output_%03i.txt", ++i); next}{print >> name}END{close(name)}' source.txt

and done. Several hundred pages all split out into individual files.

Interesting...I wanted to create a new markdown file without using Notepad on my work laptop; when I do this, I usually use OneDrive's built-in text editor - but it's ugly and annoying. I thought I'd try Google Drive. It actually sends you to an external website: https://texteditor.co. You can link it with your existing Google account but I don't think it has any affiliation with Google otherwise. I kind of like it. #tech #writing #plaintext

Se passer de serveur c'est possible ?
On oublie Nextcloud, infomaniak, proton.

Que ça soit SaaS, sur un cloud ou auto-hébergé, pas de différence.

Ça s'appelle le "100% local first" ou encore "plain text system".

Ça permet de réduire son empreinte carbone en se passant de serveur et en faisant des économies au passage.

Et ça permet de tout faire tourner sur son ordi de tous les jours, avec de la synchro multi device.

- Les notes : des fichiers md synchronisés
- Les fichiers : des fichiers locaux synchronisés
- Les rappels : la convention todo.txt
- Les mots de passe : keepass ou pass unix
- La communication : Lora, bitchat, jami

On peut faire plein de choses, mais il y a des limites :
- Mail
- Calendrier
- Contacts

J'ai creusé tout ça dans une vidéo détaillée, parce que j'adore le small web :
https://videos.stackgui.de/w/cU5HW4MFawTauCt9JppQ3q

Vous connaissez d'autres choses dans cette dynamique ?

#localfirst #plaintext #syncthing

Se passer de serveur c'est possible ?
On oublie Nextcloud, infomaniak, proton.

Que ça soit SaaS, sur un cloud ou auto-hébergé, pas de différence.

Ça s'appelle le "100% local first" ou encore "plain text system".

Ça permet de réduire son empreinte carbone en se passant de serveur et en faisant des économies au passage.

Et ça permet de tout faire tourner sur son ordi de tous les jours, avec de la synchro multi device.

- Les notes : des fichiers md synchronisés
- Les fichiers : des fichiers locaux synchronisés
- Les rappels : la convention todo.txt
- Les mots de passe : keepass ou pass unix
- La communication : Lora, bitchat, jami

On peut faire plein de choses, mais il y a des limites :
- Mail
- Calendrier
- Contacts

J'ai creusé tout ça dans une vidéo détaillée, parce que j'adore le small web :
https://videos.stackgui.de/w/cU5HW4MFawTauCt9JppQ3q

Vous connaissez d'autres choses dans cette dynamique ?

#localfirst #plaintext #syncthing

"Plain text has been around for decades and it's here to stay." – Unsung

https://unsung.aresluna.org/plain-text-has-been-around-for-decades-and-its-here-to-stay/

#HackerNews #plaintext #technology #history #digitalcommunication #unsungheroes #longevity

"Plain text has been around for decades and it's here to stay." – Unsung

https://unsung.aresluna.org/plain-text-has-been-around-for-decades-and-its-here-to-stay/

#HackerNews #plaintext #technology #history #digitalcommunication #unsungheroes #longevity

"Plain text has been around for decades and it's here to stay." – Unsung

https://unsung.aresluna.org/plain-text-has-been-around-for-decades-and-its-here-to-stay/

#HackerNews #plaintext #technology #history #digitalcommunication #unsungheroes #longevity

"Plain text has been around for decades and it's here to stay." – Unsung

https://unsung.aresluna.org/plain-text-has-been-around-for-decades-and-its-here-to-stay/

#HackerNews #plaintext #technology #history #digitalcommunication #unsungheroes #longevity

"Plain text has been around for decades and it's here to stay." – Unsung

https://unsung.aresluna.org/plain-text-has-been-around-for-decades-and-its-here-to-stay/

#HackerNews #plaintext #technology #history #digitalcommunication #unsungheroes #longevity

One of the things which encouraged me towards less "trendy" software is that it hasn't gotten totally caught up in ai-hype. Books written before the slop-pocalypse are really useful, and turn out to be a nice way to soothe my inner nerd while I continue to learn new (to me) things.

As an example, the venerable "Unix Power Tools" has a wonderful chapter on the vi editor:

https://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix/upt/part05.htm

Enjoy!

#vi #viTips #nvi #text-editor #plaintext #stopSlop #noAI

One of the things which encouraged me towards less "trendy" software is that it hasn't gotten totally caught up in ai-hype. Books written before the slop-pocalypse are really useful, and turn out to be a nice way to soothe my inner nerd while I continue to learn new (to me) things.

As an example, the venerable "Unix Power Tools" has a wonderful chapter on the vi editor:

https://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix/upt/part05.htm

Enjoy!

#vi #viTips #nvi #text-editor #plaintext #stopSlop #noAI

One of the things which encouraged me towards less "trendy" software is that it hasn't gotten totally caught up in ai-hype. Books written before the slop-pocalypse are really useful, and turn out to be a nice way to soothe my inner nerd while I continue to learn new (to me) things.

As an example, the venerable "Unix Power Tools" has a wonderful chapter on the vi editor:

https://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix/upt/part05.htm

Enjoy!

#vi #viTips #nvi #text-editor #plaintext #stopSlop #noAI

One of the things which encouraged me towards less "trendy" software is that it hasn't gotten totally caught up in ai-hype. Books written before the slop-pocalypse are really useful, and turn out to be a nice way to soothe my inner nerd while I continue to learn new (to me) things.

As an example, the venerable "Unix Power Tools" has a wonderful chapter on the vi editor:

https://docstore.mik.ua/orelly/unix/upt/part05.htm

Enjoy!

#vi #viTips #nvi #text-editor #plaintext #stopSlop #noAI

You Don't Need a Tech Stack. You Just Need a Text Editor.

Plain text files built the internet before technology stacks were a thing. Honestly, there is no reason why your web presence cannot just be a simple TXT file.

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026/04/17/you-dont-need-a-tech-stack-you-just-need-a-text-editor/

#tech #technology #plaintext #textfiles #indieweb #writing #blogging

You Don't Need a Tech Stack. You Just Need a Text Editor.

Plain text files built the internet before technology stacks were a thing. Honestly, there is no reason why your web presence cannot just be a simple TXT file.

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026/04/17/you-dont-need-a-tech-stack-you-just-need-a-text-editor/

#tech #technology #plaintext #textfiles #indieweb #writing #blogging

You Don't Need a Tech Stack. You Just Need a Text Editor.

Plain text files built the internet before technology stacks were a thing. Honestly, there is no reason why your web presence cannot just be a simple TXT file.

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026/04/17/you-dont-need-a-tech-stack-you-just-need-a-text-editor/

#tech #technology #plaintext #textfiles #indieweb #writing #blogging

You Don't Need a Tech Stack. You Just Need a Text Editor.

Plain text files built the internet before technology stacks were a thing. Honestly, there is no reason why your web presence cannot just be a simple TXT file.

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2026/04/17/you-dont-need-a-tech-stack-you-just-need-a-text-editor/

#tech #technology #plaintext #textfiles #indieweb #writing #blogging