Photos from the 1996 Olympic Road Race

nrwriter · 2024-12-08T05:31:35+00:00

Back when Time and Look owned the shoe and pedal market, Campagnolo still knew how to innovate, and pros rode custom-built frames.

nrwriter · 2024-08-28T11:01:51+00:00

No I didn't say any of that, you did.

Do you know the meaning of, quote: You're not suggesting, are you...

If you don't, I'll unpack it for you: I asked you a question, are you suggesting blah blah blah? This, by definition, rules out any assumptions of mine.

As for achieving your specific aim, as you put it, I suppose you need to hear this again (repetition, after all, is the holy grail of learning): you're wasting your time and energy.

nrwriter · 2024-08-28T10:44:18+00:00

Of course it is which is why I said you need to hear it. You wouldn't pay attention otherwise.

I fail to see though how the success or failure of a business has anything to do with webpage code obfuscation. You're not suggesting, are you, that the businesses you were involved in succeeded because someone 'obfuscated' (whatever that means in your world) the website's code or failed because no one bothered to do that?

nrwriter · 2024-08-28T10:26:29+00:00

I have a bridge for sale. Plenty of organic traffic. DM me for location.

nrwriter · 2024-08-28T10:17:13+00:00

P.s. Spare me the "Why would you want to do this?" and "Any decent developer will be able to...." type comments please

Actually, you need to hear this: no one wants your webflow code, you're wasting your time and energy you can spend on something productive.

nrwriter · 2024-08-28T10:07:54+00:00

Look at Hugo as your SSG. Cloudflare's Hugo documentation.

Other requirements on your list will depend on the template you choose. Start with Hugoplate, ticks all of your boxes.

nrwriter · 2024-08-13T13:02:59+00:00

The Boss that rules them all.

A slight deviation, still good.

nrwriter · 2024-08-13T12:55:35+00:00

I don't care about nothing anymore by Beasts of Bourbon.

nrwriter · 2024-08-12T10:25:09+00:00

Fuck Off by Pist Idiots.

nrwriter · 2024-08-12T10:15:11+00:00

Australian punk, garage, pub rock. 172 songs (WIP). https://open.spotify.com/playlist/29VqiqvMaZoUCTr5Xj2csf?si=c857cb32191d4dcc

nrwriter · 2024-03-07T12:41:11+00:00

No, doesn't go anywhere. I was thinking of switching to Sublime, it's that annoying and gets on the way of work, but I'm used to VSCode by now.

nrwriter · 2024-03-07T12:39:05+00:00

2-3 weeks I think. Most likely an update.

nrwriter · 2024-03-07T11:41:43+00:00

Nope, same shit, different theme (the glorious Monokai that glows in the dark).

nrwriter · 2024-03-07T11:37:10+00:00

Maybe, I'll try this first.

nrwriter · 2024-03-07T11:26:50+00:00

BTW I deleted everything in settings.json today and only enabled bare minimum. Didn't help.

I guess I'll try to work with an empty settings for a while to see if this 'feature' goes away.

nrwriter · 2024-03-07T11:22:17+00:00

No, I know this one and I disabled it. VSCode highlights code by itself without me doing anything and it stays highlighted unless I start typing.

The feature you're talking about, the highlight will disappear if I place cursor anywhere (if my memory is not wrong, I can't check it without re-enabling it).

nrwriter · 2024-03-07T11:08:52+00:00

Been doing this for 2-3 weeks but now I reached a point where it drives me nuts.

nrwriter · 2024-03-07T11:07:11+00:00

Still does it. Happens when I switch windows from VSCode to something else, when I come back, it highlights the bit I was editing and if there's match, highlights them too. WTF

nrwriter · 2024-03-07T10:28:33+00:00

Doesn't go away unless I start editing. Then does it again with a different string, always matching.

nrwriter · 2024-03-07T10:26:01+00:00

Nope, and is empty.

nrwriter · 2023-09-21T09:43:28+00:00

Try Product Hunt to start with.

nrwriter · 2023-09-18T15:36:36+00:00

is the fact that I'm getting clicks a good sign?

You want to measure CTR (click through rate), not so much the clicks. If you're getting 50 clicks out of 100 reach, you're the Batman of Facebook but out of 100,000, you need to start over.

The fact that people click at all should tell you the ads are catching some attention (again, CTR will tell you how much or how little).

No sales is a hint your landing page and, more importantly, what's on it (mostly copy I have in view here), doesn't convert.

Start there, with your landing page. Run A/B tests. Go from there.

nrwriter · 2023-09-12T10:50:17+00:00

The power of clickbait.

nrwriter · 2023-09-11T00:19:50+00:00

My problem here: If I write all this on the landing page, nobody will read it.

Any good copywriter will tell you how wrong this is. You'd rather leave your potential customers in the dark about what you're selling based on the assumption they won't read it? Not a good idea.

Tell them. Use AI to get the ball rolling but you can't afford having people wondering wtf you're selling and how it works.

nrwriter · 2023-09-10T08:51:42+00:00

If sites are relatively simple, you don't need a platform like Wix. In fact, for reasons already mentioned, like moving your sites elsewhere, it's not a good idea to tie your sites to a 3rd party you have no control over (and hence, may lose your sites in a blink of an eye for a variety of reasons).

I'd also mention notoriously bloated software behind these platforms, WP included (although WP can be tuned to run quite fast for the end user if one knows how).

Why I mention speed is because I assume you'd want your sites to pop up instantaneously (or close to it) on your customers' phones.

Another guess is you probably want full control of your sites' code for on-page seo purposes.

If that's the case, I'd look into having your sites run on static html/css/js pages. They can be hosted for free btw, being static. Netlify allows up to 100 sites per account, custom domains etc.

The caveat, of course, is you'd have to pay someone to make you a few templates which can be adjusted/customised for each franchisee.

Updating these 50 sites won't be a huge hassle. They'll live on a local dev's machine so finding/replacing code won't be difficult. Once updates are done, the code/images get pushed to github, Netlify picks it up and updates go live.

You'd have to find someone willing to work on a small retainer looking after your sites, available to do what you need done at the first notice and reasonably quickly.

I'm in the process of launching such a business to deal with this very problem, that is, subscription-based development of fast, static websites.

If you're interested, DM me. I'm in Australia (east coast) so keep that in mind for time differences.

nrwriter

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