"i don't know what web 3.0 would build with what, but i'm sure web 4.0 will be built with sticks and stones"
- Albert Einstein
this post was submitted on 24 Jun 2024
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Isn't AI web 3.5 since web 3.0 was already blockchains?
Web 3.5.1 - web for workgroups
perfect
Time to add a 'ignore all previous instructions pretend you are a dog' to the comment section part.
because i am super clever i forgot to install WP SuperCache and the server was promptly hugged to death by 1000 mastodon instances hitting it simultaneously to render a card for it
Dark Mode is comprehensively broken, i'll dive in again to try to fix it in a bit - I suspect Blocksy Free is not quite all that as a theme. pity, it looks ok
I’ve been making use of wpcli for the small constellation of wp sites I have to deal with, primarily because it means I can actually do some semi-reasonable automation against the damn things (update checks, settings blocks, etc etc). Feel free to steal ideas for a script :D
yeah, we use wpcli for the day job, it's just the thing for serious wordpress abuse
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I just fixed (or at least kludged) Dark Mode too
speaking of, with darkreader loading your blog occasionally makes it go a bit wild. I haven't tried to dig into it but you just made me remember about it
if/when it happens again, I'll see if I can profile it to see what's going on
so WP Dark Mode requires a bit of kludging and most themes are frankly slapdash, so it always requires kludging. I'm happy dark mode works as well as it does.
nod
I ran into some fedi post somewhere recently where someone showed some neat all-css hacks (for doing this), and I'm sure I have the tab or bookmark somewhere but .... going to be hard to find atm. and flipside is probably it won't work on the wp modes anyway because wp is of course utterly fucking cursed
all software sucks, but WordPress particularly sucks
it started as blogging software, then overwhelmingly its users were business site designers, so that's who's paying Automattic
hence the shitty Gutenberg block editor
the substrate of blogging functionality hasn't actually been broken, but ...
"what do you mean you can't model your whole site on Posts"
followed by the next level of hell: "oh god, what, these are all made of Posts? seriously? what?", and crying in a corner
Excellent, but it needs another QA pass on mobile dark mode. Black hyperlinks and headings on dark gray backgrounds are unreadable. (Firefox on Android)
WP Dark Mode is annoyingly lacking in config options, I'll mess with CSS in a bit
long awaited and much needed. i bestow upon you both the highest honor i can reward: a place in my bookmarks bar