links

personal sites

sites i love to visit. i list friends/mutuals first before other beloved sites, and buttons before banners, but individual order has no meaning. most recent additions are closer to the end, at least until i reorganize this again.

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web development

code editors

  • visual studio code: really wonderful code editor with lots of integrations. πŸ’˜
  • brackets: what i used when i first started coding. great for beginners! πŸ’˜

beginner-friendly

code snippets and specific tutorials

mostly cosmetic, but fun
fully-furnished, mostly saving to study

embetterment

making your code nicer, making your site more accessible/responsive, stuff like that.

features

fun/good stuff to add to your site.

site design

photo editing

hosting & ownership

  • neocities: where i started. free, with extra stuff if you're a supporter! very beginner friendly with social features to meet others on the personal web.
  • vercel: where i'm at right now. free for hobbyists, and with great integration with github + eleventy! i love it so far. πŸ’˜
  • nekoweb: an alternative to neocities with similar social features.
  • squidge: lots of services for fans and fandom, but also hosts fan websites!
  • porkbun: get a domain – this is where i got mine! i was charmed by the user-friendly, personable language on their site. πŸ’˜
  • namecheap: another place to get a domain name.
  • landchad: teaches you how to build your own site, platform, e-mail server, and more. kind of advanced stuff!!!

blogging
  • bearblog.dev: simple blogging platform that looks good anywhere! rss is easy to grab, and nice little community. i use this for my blog. πŸ’˜
  • smol.pub: another simple blogging platform, but the rss is kind of fucky on my feed reader. seems more customizable for free than bear is.
  • dreamwidth: like livejournal before its enshittification. i use this for my brainworms... and if you want to use it as a blog, here's a tutorial on how to integrate it into your site.
  • montaigne: make a site or blog from your folders. see also: blot
  • zonelets: more code-based blogging platform, mostly meant to integrate into hand-coded sites. see also: zoneLOTS, which has tagging!

games

for playing

  • hShop: content preservation for the nintendo 3DS
  • GBA/GB/GBC on PC: big downloadable file of gameboy games

for making

  • scratch: tool built by MIT to help kids learn to make games and animations
  • bitsy: ake your own tiny game
  • twine: make nonlinear stories!

art

programs

reference

tutorials and resources

colors

organization

note-taking

  • notion: note-taking app. requires an internet connection, but very useful for organizing your notes into something pretty and presentable. i use this sometimes to make drafts for my pages. πŸ’˜
  • obsidian: note taking app that gets stored in your local files. you write in markdown. lots of great ways to customize your user experience too. i use this the most now! πŸ’˜
  • more note-taking apps: i haven't vetted these myself, but other recs include notesnook, tiddlywiki, dynalist, and xtiles

other

  • frogtab: plaintext task organizing tool – also good for making a contact form! πŸ’˜
  • miro: board / mind map / brainstorming tool. i've also used mural, and have been recommended milanote.
  • airtable: easy database maker. i use this for my fic catalog and blorbo roster. πŸ’˜
  • sendrecurring: send recurring email and text reminders
  • typehere: type stuff and it will save even if you close it!

social & communication
  • bus stop: a casual message board.
  • privnote: send a note that will be self-destructed after
  • postcrossing: send postcards around the world

writing & reading

writing

  • 4thewords: defeat monsters by hitting word counts or writing for x amount of time. requires subscription after a free trial.
  • 750 words: encourages the habit of writing daily with a point system
  • reverse dictionary: helps you look for a word. see also: tip of my tongue.
  • novellla: a focused writing app you can access through your browser

reading

  • recommend me a book: shows you the first page of a book without showing you the title and author, so you can decide if you want to read it mostly without any preconceived notions
  • typelit.io: tests your typing by practicing on books. gets you reading classic lit and i believe they have a way to upload a book of your choice on there too!
  • feedbro: extremely simple RSS feed reader browser extension. shows an unobtrusive little notification bubble in the icon when feeds i subscribe to are updated. πŸ’˜
  • the ginormous yuri rec list: early 2010s rec list of yuri/GL manga. outdated but this was an incredible list for me when i was in high school
  • 12ft.io: bypass paywalls, typically on journalism websites

hobby & fannish
  • LaTeX: typesetting program for bookbinding
  • stuffed frog pattern: a pattern to make your own stuffed toy frog. i don't sew but this looks pretty simple and easy to do from scraps!
  • sub sub gakkou: giant resource for learning how to hardsub videos. i used this when i was learning how to subtitle!
  • how to make a fanzine: great resource for anyone thinking of organizing a modern day fanzine project.

health

digital & tech

miscellaneous

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links are not arranged in any particular order within their headings, and anything i can personally vouch for is marked with a πŸ’˜. happy websurfing!

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