#textfiles — Public Fediverse posts
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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
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Ah yes, the mystical art of `sed`—where typing gibberish suddenly makes you feel like the Gandalf of text files. 🧙♂️✨ Because who doesn't want to spend their time whispering sweet nothings to a language from the 70s, right? 😜📜
https://julienlargetpiet.tech/articles/sed-a-powerfull-mini-language-from-the-70s.html #sed #wizardry #textfiles #programming #humor #retrotech #HackerNews #ngated -
Congratulations! You've just discovered that text files can be interfaces! 🎉 #YAML is the new UI/UX darling, because who needs buttons when you have indentations? 🙄 Next up, ASCII art replaces #PowerPoint. 📈
https://ochagavia.nl/blog/configuration-files-are-user-interfaces/ #textfiles #interfaces #UIUX #ASCIIart #HackerNews #ngated -
Lifehacker: Use This App Instead of Excel to Directly Edit CSV Files. “ModernCSV, an indie app for Linux, Mac, and Windows computers, is the best tool I’ve come across for this purpose. If you work with CSV files frequency, or just need to edit one quickly, it’s worth checking out. This application is built specifically with CSV files in mind and makes working with them simple.”
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#Textfiles.com is such a #bizzare blast from the #past. To a point every time I find that site again (basically #remembering it exists 😅) and read through some of the #text files. It gives a bit of #nostalgia. While some of the stuff are wayyy beyond my time I've seen references to them in forums before.
It's a nice read through perse. It got directories/categories of #ASCII art to #stories to the most fun... The #Anarchy section. Just remember anything in the anarchy section is uhhh... Don't try the stuff listed. 😂💀👀
The site in question:
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#StuffAlceaI just make my entire life "#stupid #proof ", by designing everything so dead simple a toddler could use it.
That way I only need to remember a few things,
and the rest I put into #textfiles (codesnippets) or notes (thoughts, ideas )Even if I wake up groggy or end up sleepless I can still perform well, as I put more thought, into simplifying stuff in the #future
TL;DR:
I put extra effort in today, so that "difficult thing" is easier in every future day