#plaintext — Public Fediverse posts

Read My Rants

Instead of writing a post this week, I will refer you to my guest post on lazybea.rs where I rant to @hyde about Pandoc, Ghostty, PKM, diaries, and Flammkuchen.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-08-13.html

#IndieWeb #PlainText #Pandoc #blog #blogging #blogpost

Read My Rants

Instead of writing a post this week, I will refer you to my guest post on lazybea.rs where I rant to @hyde about Pandoc, Ghostty, PKM, diaries, and Flammkuchen.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-08-13.html

#IndieWeb #PlainText #Pandoc #blog #blogging #blogpost

@hyde @alex

Thanks for inviting me to participate. I enjoyed digging into the topics and even learned about some new ones.

Definitely making Flammkuchen at some point!

#indieweb #smallweb #plaintext #journaling #pkm #tech #cooking #books #blogpost #blogging #pandoc #books #reading #productivity

@hyde @alex

Thanks for inviting me to participate. I enjoyed digging into the topics and even learned about some new ones.

Definitely making Flammkuchen at some point!

#indieweb #smallweb #plaintext #journaling #pkm #tech #cooking #books #blogpost #blogging #pandoc #books #reading #productivity

This week @readbeanicecream is my guest for the #OverUnder 078

He shares his thoughts on #Pandoc, #Ghostty, #PKM, #diary, and #Flammkuchen..

He also replied to @alex's question.

And, like every week, we got a recommendation for two #books.

#bloggers #bookstodon #book #blog #fediverse #mastodon #journaling #plaintext #food #blogging #writing
#blaugust2026 #blaugust
https://lazybea.rs/ovr-078

This week @readbeanicecream is my guest for the #OverUnder 078

He shares his thoughts on #Pandoc, #Ghostty, #PKM, #diary, and #Flammkuchen..

He also replied to @alex's question.

And, like every week, we got a recommendation for two #books.

#bloggers #bookstodon #book #blog #fediverse #mastodon #journaling #plaintext #food #blogging #writing
#blaugust2026 #blaugust
https://lazybea.rs/ovr-078

There’s no denying it, try as I might to avoid the conclusion: Org mode makes more sense and fits better with my own self-proclaimed plain text philosophy than trying to force Obsidian into doing productivity gymnastics.

So what’s holding me back?

Both Obsidian and Org have the potential to be pretty deep rabbit holes. I’ve successfully resisted the pull toward complexity of the former thus far.

Exploring why I’m still reluctant to approach the latter.

#plainText #productivity #org

There’s no denying it, try as I might to avoid the conclusion: Org mode makes more sense and fits better with my own self-proclaimed plain text philosophy than trying to force Obsidian into doing productivity gymnastics.

So what’s holding me back?

Both Obsidian and Org have the potential to be pretty deep rabbit holes. I’ve successfully resisted the pull toward complexity of the former thus far.

Exploring why I’m still reluctant to approach the latter.

#plainText #productivity #org

Really digging brolly.sh for quick weather checks. If only it had RSS feeds.

https://brolly.sh/

#plaintext #weather #rss #indieweb

Really digging brolly.sh for quick weather checks. If only it had RSS feeds.

https://brolly.sh/

#plaintext #weather #rss #indieweb

Said by clever computer-touching friend:

"The logo for vi is "vi" rendered in whatever typeface you use in your terminal."

#vi #nvi #plaintext #humor

I Only Work at My Desk

In both my professional life and my personal projects, I only work at my desk. When I create a work solution, I create with the idea that it will be used from my work computer and nowhere else. And honestly, I am happy to have that inconvenience.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-30.html

#Productivity #Philosophy #PlainText #IndieWeb #BlogPost #Blog

I Only Work at My Desk

In both my professional life and my personal projects, I only work at my desk. When I create a work solution, I create with the idea that it will be used from my work computer and nowhere else. And honestly, I am happy to have that inconvenience.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-30.html

#Productivity #Philosophy #PlainText #IndieWeb #BlogPost #Blog

Breaking! 🚨 🎉 Ayer quedó finalmente instalado en el rack de servidores de Undernet el equipo dedicado a la comunidad Tilde-UnderNET. Se trata de un proyecto Pubnix (servidor Unix de acceso público) corriendo sobre OpenBSD 7.9 con servicios legacy como IRC, finger, FTP, Usenet, Gopher y Gemini. La idea es fomentar el intercambio de ideas, código y experiencias en un entorno donde se privilegia el uso de la terminal de texto plano. No tenemos claro si es la primera iniciativa de este estilo en Uruguay (o por lo menos activa) y nos motiva mucho inaugurar nuestro propio rincón nerd. Todavía quedan un par de cosas por pulir, pero ya tenemos varios servicios online y funcionando. Les dejo algunas capturas. Si quieren solicitar una cuenta pueden hacerlo enviando un correo a [email protected] con las razones para unirse, un username de login y una llave pública SSH. Todavía estamos discutiendo, proponiendo cosas y tirando ideas. Nuestro canal de discusión principales son el grupo de XMPP xmpp:[email protected]?join y la propia Usenet interna #tilde #plaintext #textoplano #retro #consola #terminal #unix #pubnix #uruguay #undernet #openbsd #nerd

Breaking! 🚨 🎉 Ayer quedó finalmente instalado en el rack de servidores de Undernet el equipo dedicado a la comunidad Tilde-UnderNET. Se trata de un proyecto Pubnix (servidor Unix de acceso público) corriendo sobre OpenBSD 7.9 con servicios legacy como IRC, finger, FTP, Usenet, Gopher y Gemini. La idea es fomentar el intercambio de ideas, código y experiencias en un entorno donde se privilegia el uso de la terminal de texto plano. No tenemos claro si es la primera iniciativa de este estilo en Uruguay (o por lo menos activa) y nos motiva mucho inaugurar nuestro propio rincón nerd. Todavía quedan un par de cosas por pulir, pero ya tenemos varios servicios online y funcionando. Les dejo algunas capturas. Si quieren solicitar una cuenta pueden hacerlo enviando un correo a [email protected] con las razones para unirse, un username de login y una llave pública SSH. Todavía estamos discutiendo, proponiendo cosas y tirando ideas. Nuestro canal de discusión principales son el grupo de XMPP xmpp:[email protected]?join y la propia Usenet interna #tilde #plaintext #textoplano #retro #consola #terminal #unix #pubnix #uruguay #undernet #openbsd #nerd

Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD) en ANSI art en Tilde-UnderNET #astronomy #ansi #ascii #plaintext #apod #tilde #undernet #uruguay

Astronomy Picture Of the Day (APOD) en ANSI art en Tilde-UnderNET #astronomy #ansi #ascii #plaintext #apod #tilde #undernet #uruguay

Just a slow morning of site clean up and coffee.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/

#indieweb #blogging #smallweb #plaintext #opensource #personalsites #tech #smolweb #foss #pandoc #asciidoctor #productivity #rss #blogpost #blog

Just a slow morning of site clean up and coffee.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/

#indieweb #blogging #smallweb #plaintext #opensource #personalsites #tech #smolweb #foss #pandoc #asciidoctor #productivity #rss #blogpost #blog

Build Your Quizlets with Pandoc

Need flashcards in a flash? Forget about Quizlet and those other flashcard tools. Build your flashcards with Pandoc.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-23.html

#Pandoc #PlainText #Productivity #indieweb

Build Your Quizlets with Pandoc

Need flashcards in a flash? Forget about Quizlet and those other flashcard tools. Build your flashcards with Pandoc.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-23.html

#Pandoc #PlainText #Productivity #indieweb

"NB" c'est l'appli TUI que j'utilise le plus souvent.
Je gère mes notes et mes taches dessus.

C'est un outil "plain text", car tout est stocké dans des fichiers MD.
Ce qui permet d'avoir accès à tes notes ou tes taches, meme si NB n'est plus installé.
J'adore la résilience que permet le plain text.
Pas base de données, donc pas de serveur de base de données.
Juste des fichiers lisibles en clair, avec ou sans l'appli.

Derrière j'ajoute mon dossier racine à syncthing et je récupère tout sur mes autres device.
Sur mobile j'ai "markor" qui prend le relai.

Bref une pé-pite.

Vidéo de présentation ici :
https://videos.stackgui.de/w/tjrks6VJWuS6Ef5X4ectEG

et repo :
http://github.com/xwmx/nb

#plaintext #localfirst #tui #syncthing

"NB" c'est l'appli TUI que j'utilise le plus souvent.
Je gère mes notes et mes taches dessus.

C'est un outil "plain text", car tout est stocké dans des fichiers MD.
Ce qui permet d'avoir accès à tes notes ou tes taches, meme si NB n'est plus installé.
J'adore la résilience que permet le plain text.
Pas base de données, donc pas de serveur de base de données.
Juste des fichiers lisibles en clair, avec ou sans l'appli.

Derrière j'ajoute mon dossier racine à syncthing et je récupère tout sur mes autres device.
Sur mobile j'ai "markor" qui prend le relai.

Bref une pé-pite.

Vidéo de présentation ici :
https://videos.stackgui.de/w/tjrks6VJWuS6Ef5X4ectEG

et repo :
http://github.com/xwmx/nb

#plaintext #localfirst #tui #syncthing

Bueno, comenzamos la migración de la comunidad Tilde Undernet al nuevo servidor dedicado OpenBSD y estamos finalizando el nuevo servidor de respaldo cifrado redundante. Luego de todo esto, se viene una tremenda, pero no voy a adelantar nada aún #tilde #undernet #plaintext #textoplano #openbsd #bsd #pubnix #uruguay

Bueno, comenzamos la migración de la comunidad Tilde Undernet al nuevo servidor dedicado OpenBSD y estamos finalizando el nuevo servidor de respaldo cifrado redundante. Luego de todo esto, se viene una tremenda, pero no voy a adelantar nada aún #tilde #undernet #plaintext #textoplano #openbsd #bsd #pubnix #uruguay

Link Tree? How about a Pan-tree?

One of the easiest things to create for yourself is a “Link in Bio” page. This time, I do it with Pandoc.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-10.html

#PlainText #IndieWeb #Pandoc

Link Tree? How about a Pan-tree?

One of the easiest things to create for yourself is a “Link in Bio” page. This time, I do it with Pandoc.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-10.html

#PlainText #IndieWeb #Pandoc

RE: https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/116881615636081749

I moved to #plaintext years ago and haven't looked back. Extremely lightweight, interoperable with any application, and compatible with so many tools. A little markdown formatting and regular expressions can take you a long ways. Throw version control on it and you can git working stress-free.

RE: https://caneandable.social/@WeirdWriter/116881615636081749

I moved to #plaintext years ago and haven't looked back. Extremely lightweight, interoperable with any application, and compatible with so many tools. A little markdown formatting and regular expressions can take you a long ways. Throw version control on it and you can git working stress-free.

Ever since moving my workflow to almost everything #PlainText it seems very revolutionary compared to 99.9% of rich text editors today. I can work in almost any application. If I dislike what Microsoft does to notepad, I can always just get another #MarkDown Or plain text editor. I don't have to contend with arduous menu structures or unintuitive keyboard commands to perform sentence formatting options. Modern web design and software design feels extremely bloated right now. It's gotten to the point where I started to feel like I needed to get the most modern processor just to run Microsoft Word and that will never be normal to me. It's always going to be a strange Feeling. My new workflow is also extremely portable. With just a few custom autohotkey scripts and a text editor, I can work almost
anywhere.

Ever since moving my workflow to almost everything #PlainText it seems very revolutionary compared to 99.9% of rich text editors today. I can work in almost any application. If I dislike what Microsoft does to notepad, I can always just get another #MarkDown Or plain text editor. I don't have to contend with arduous menu structures or unintuitive keyboard commands to perform sentence formatting options. Modern web design and software design feels extremely bloated right now. It's gotten to the point where I started to feel like I needed to get the most modern processor just to run Microsoft Word and that will never be normal to me. It's always going to be a strange Feeling. My new workflow is also extremely portable. With just a few custom autohotkey scripts and a text editor, I can work almost
anywhere.

@lhauser Ah, the gems!

> I had houses to build, and I was spending all my time at the hardware store choosing hammers.

> I have a nail that needs pounding, and a wide variety of hammers to pound with. I’m not forced to make a choice. I can change editors as often as I want, because my default file format gives me flexibility.

And it's not just the file format (ie. .txt, .md), but the proprietary cruft you've chosen not to embed in it. Markdown is wonderfully portable!

#PlainText

@lhauser Ah, the gems!

> I had houses to build, and I was spending all my time at the hardware store choosing hammers.

> I have a nail that needs pounding, and a wide variety of hammers to pound with. I’m not forced to make a choice. I can change editors as often as I want, because my default file format gives me flexibility.

And it's not just the file format (ie. .txt, .md), but the proprietary cruft you've chosen not to embed in it. Markdown is wonderfully portable!

#PlainText

Trying this again...

I just published a meditation on using plain text tools for writing. It's called "The Hammer," which is a tool, so why not?

https://www.the-recliner.com/the-hammer/

#writing #plaintext #obsidian #markdown

Trying this again...

I just published a meditation on using plain text tools for writing. It's called "The Hammer," which is a tool, so why not?

https://www.the-recliner.com/the-hammer/

#writing #plaintext #obsidian #markdown

I just published a meditation on using plain text tools for writing. It's called "The Hammer," which is a tool, so why not?

https://the-recliner.ghost.io/ghost/#/editor/post/6a492f9abc274f00019ccfcc

#writing #plaintext #obsidian

I just published a meditation on using plain text tools for writing. It's called "The Hammer," which is a tool, so why not?

https://the-recliner.ghost.io/ghost/#/editor/post/6a492f9abc274f00019ccfcc

#writing #plaintext #obsidian

I Am Journaling Now… Sometimes

I have always struggled with journaling, but now I have found a process that works for me… most of the time.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-02.html

#writing #journaling #plaintext #journals #indieweb #blog #blogging #smallweb

I Am Journaling Now… Sometimes

I have always struggled with journaling, but now I have found a process that works for me… most of the time.

https://readbeanicecream.codeberg.page/posts/2026-07-02.html

#writing #journaling #plaintext #journals #indieweb #blog #blogging #smallweb

Calling all old-school plain text enthusiasts who have no time for algorithms!

Come and join us in the brand new Dark Forest Plain Text space. It's like the good old days of the internet never left.

We're talking low-tech plain text, relying on the text itself (rather than plugins or Emacs) amongst other things.

See you on DFOS! Boosts appreciated.

https://app.dfos.com/j/877ve24zr73rcv7t9t8ckr

#PlainText #algorithm #LowTech

Calling all old-school plain text enthusiasts who have no time for algorithms!

Come and join us in the brand new Dark Forest Plain Text space. It's like the good old days of the internet never left.

We're talking low-tech plain text, relying on the text itself (rather than plugins or Emacs) amongst other things.

See you on DFOS! Boosts appreciated.

https://app.dfos.com/j/877ve24zr73rcv7t9t8ckr

#PlainText #algorithm #LowTech

This week: Progress bars. Little graphics that illustrate your current position on a pre-defined journey.

Track goals with typewriter-style plain text progress bars, then join a new off-algorithm space for plain text enthusiasts. Two goodies, no plugins.

Medium (includes blog post link) https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-214-hand-typed-progress-bars-plus-a-new-plain-text-discussion-zone-70b3756988dd
Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/06/29/ptpl-214-text-progress-bars-dfos-discussion-zone

#ptpl #PlainText #SocialMedia #productivity #DFOS

This week: Progress bars. Little graphics that illustrate your current position on a pre-defined journey.

Track goals with typewriter-style plain text progress bars, then join a new off-algorithm space for plain text enthusiasts. Two goodies, no plugins.

Medium (includes blog post link) https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-214-hand-typed-progress-bars-plus-a-new-plain-text-discussion-zone-70b3756988dd
Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/06/29/ptpl-214-text-progress-bars-dfos-discussion-zone

#ptpl #PlainText #SocialMedia #productivity #DFOS

Why is this the only way to write proper plaintext email in proton free tier on desktop?

Step 1: Electronmail (needed because 3 accounts)
Step 2: Set composing to plaintext
Step 3: Use custom CSS to set .editor-textarea max-width to 80
Step 4: Use a border-right on it
Step 5: Compose

If someone here knows of better methods please do tell.

Hydroxide doesn't work. protonmail-python-api or whatever the library name is doesn't work. None of the forks work. It's honestly so annoying that I have to spawn a full electron window or pay up (I'm broke as a joke) to be able to use plaintext email with an org that has some semblance of user privacy.

Tuta has third-party bridges, do they work properly??

#email #plaintextemail #plaintext #protonbridge #protonmail #tuta #tutanota

Why is this the only way to write proper plaintext email in proton free tier on desktop?

Step 1: Electronmail (needed because 3 accounts)
Step 2: Set composing to plaintext
Step 3: Use custom CSS to set .editor-textarea max-width to 80
Step 4: Use a border-right on it
Step 5: Compose

If someone here knows of better methods please do tell.

Hydroxide doesn't work. protonmail-python-api or whatever the library name is doesn't work. None of the forks work. It's honestly so annoying that I have to spawn a full electron window or pay up (I'm broke as a joke) to be able to use plaintext email with an org that has some semblance of user privacy.

Tuta has third-party bridges, do they work properly??

#email #plaintextemail #plaintext #protonbridge #protonmail #tuta #tutanota

No matter what past-you instructed your task manager to put in front of you today, only today's you knows what is going to work for them.

I'm talking about giving yourself permission to view your task lists as a menu rather than a mandate. Because task management is ultimately about making sense of what's in front of you so that you can do more of what matters.

Medium (includes blog post link) https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-213-the-day-i-realised-my-task-list-was-a-menu-not-a-mandate-177d64f20a17
Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/06/01/ptpl-213-task-lists-are-menus-not-mandates

#ptpl #productivity #PlainText

No matter what past-you instructed your task manager to put in front of you today, only today's you knows what is going to work for them.

I'm talking about giving yourself permission to view your task lists as a menu rather than a mandate. Because task management is ultimately about making sense of what's in front of you so that you can do more of what matters.

Medium (includes blog post link) https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-213-the-day-i-realised-my-task-list-was-a-menu-not-a-mandate-177d64f20a17
Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/06/01/ptpl-213-task-lists-are-menus-not-mandates

#ptpl #productivity #PlainText

TIL `C-c C-t` calls "doc-view-open-text", which renders the plain text version of documents.

It just opens a "pdf as text" and its insane as we can cook with this text comfortably.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Document-View.html

#emacs #plaintext #pdf

TIL `C-c C-t` calls "doc-view-open-text", which renders the plain text version of documents.

It just opens a "pdf as text" and its insane as we can cook with this text comfortably.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/emacs/Document-View.html

#emacs #plaintext #pdf

@TimothyRoes
> Could you manage a list like that on mobile?

I do! The excellent #Orgro is a mobile app designed to manage an #OrgMode document. Powerful and straightforward.

https://orgro.org/
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.madlonkay.orgro/
@orgro

> Don’t you feel plain text can become quite cluttered?

I don't. #Emacs GUI is consistent across platforms (sometimes that means it is a bit misfit to a specific desktop style, but that's okay) and Org adds good presentation to the #PlainText.

@publicvoit

@TimothyRoes
> Could you manage a list like that on mobile?

I do! The excellent #Orgro is a mobile app designed to manage an #OrgMode document. Powerful and straightforward.

https://orgro.org/
https://f-droid.org/packages/com.madlonkay.orgro/
@orgro

> Don’t you feel plain text can become quite cluttered?

I don't. #Emacs GUI is consistent across platforms (sometimes that means it is a bit misfit to a specific desktop style, but that's okay) and Org adds good presentation to the #PlainText.

@publicvoit

tieline 0.1.0 yay!

intent persists. text changes. annotate your repo anyway.

bind meaning to lines in locations, then track it across edits, history, and drift.

git + darcs support, CLI-first, zero ceremony, also super cute.

https://codeberg.org/em_cinnamon/Tieline/

#FOSS #python #plaintext

Couldn't seem to get #VimClassic to compile on #FreeBSD.

But then I realized the only thing I used it for is sncli, because it does something funny with the terminal when it hands it off to nvi, such that the cursor becomes invisible. But then, it's just a !reset to fix it, so I might as well just stick with nvi. ;)

#vi #vim #nvi #TextEditors #PlainText

Couldn't seem to get #VimClassic to compile on #FreeBSD.

But then I realized the only thing I used it for is sncli, because it does something funny with the terminal when it hands it off to nvi, such that the cursor becomes invisible. But then, it's just a !reset to fix it, so I might as well just stick with nvi. ;)

#vi #vim #nvi #TextEditors #PlainText

Plain text workflows now have a content farm problem. Who'd a thought it!

The good news is that genuine voices can still rise above the slop, and will (I sincerely hope) stand out as beacons of light because of their wonderfully flawed humanness.

#ptpl #ai #pkm #PlainText

Medium (includes blog link) https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-211-content-farms-have-found-my-niche-but-the-humans-are-still-winning-2acdcb4c46e3
Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/06/08/ptpl-211-ai-content-farms-niche-internet

Plain text workflows now have a content farm problem. Who'd a thought it!

The good news is that genuine voices can still rise above the slop, and will (I sincerely hope) stand out as beacons of light because of their wonderfully flawed humanness.

#ptpl #ai #pkm #PlainText

Medium (includes blog link) https://medium.com/@miscellaneplans/ptpl-211-content-farms-have-found-my-niche-but-the-humans-are-still-winning-2acdcb4c46e3
Blog https://ellanew.com/2026/06/08/ptpl-211-ai-content-farms-niche-internet

Как я перепробовал уйму приложений для заметок за 20 лет и вернулся к обычному .txt файлу (OBTF)

Я перепробовал Notion, Todoist, Evernote и много чего еще. Все они навязывали мне свой способ думать и организовывать информацию. Обычный текстовый файл — нет. В статье я расскажу почему один .txt и ctrl/cmd + F в моем мире победил коммерческие (и не только) тудушницы и заметко-хранилища. README.txt

https://habr.com/ru/articles/1002520/

#obtf #текстовые_файлы #задачи #тудушки #эффективность #plaintext

‘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/