olaven's comments

On: Is getting insights from calendar data something you'd want?

[olaven]

Hey HN!

I built this landing page to validate whether there's demand for automatic time tracking across calendars. I already use calendars to manage my time and life, but I lack the macro perspective on how that time is actually distributed. The idea: connect your existing calendars and other data sources, and get analytics on your time patterns. I realized I have detailed time records already living all over the place, but no way to see insights across all of them.

Before building the full product, I wanted to see if others feel this same gap. If this sounds interesting to you at all, I'd be grateful if you checked it out, possibly signing up for the waitlist.

Is this a problem you actually have? What's missing from existing solutions?

Link: https://makro-poc.vercel.app/

Thanks for reading.

- olaven :)

On: Which blogging platform should I use?

[olaven]

If you want to write markdown and use something really simple, I feel it's appropriate to mention Markblog[0], a blogging engine I wrote a while back.

I've also written a short guide where I combine it with Github Pages for free hosting and Github Actions for automated CI[1].

[0]: https://github.com/olaven/markblog [1]: https://olaven.org/out/guides/blog_with_git_and_markdown.htm...

On: Show HN: Md2blog – A zero-config static site generator for dev blogs

[olaven]

This looks great! I actually made a very similar tool called Markblog[1]. We did a lot the same way (even using Deno!), but we did themes a little differently. I used custom CSS-files, but your approach is even simpler.

Not to detract from Md2blog, I just want to add it to the converstaion for anyone interested in these things :) Keep up!

[1]: https://github.com/olaven/markblog

[schemescape → olaven]

Thanks for sharing! Is there an example site built with Markblog? I didn’t see a link in the readme.

It certainly sounds very similar!

Edit: Found this link on the Markblog docs: https://olaven.org/

Edit again: I like that you appear to have an automated approach to deploying to GitHub Pages.

[olaven → schemescape]

Thanks for checking it out! Yeah, like you I made it for personal use :)

Thank you!

On: Show HN: Bear – Minimal blogging platform

[olaven]

If I may, I would like to add my own Markblog to the list :-) It is basically a static site generator based on markdown files. (https://github.com/olaven/markblog)

[pedrocx486 → olaven]

I wish I had the courage to share my projects here, but I'm really afraid of being torn apart. :-)

I made a similar minimal project but targeting github.io, apparently most here want self-hosting.

On: Ask HN: What are the best blogging platforms for developers in 2020?

[olaven]

If you don't mind some self promotion:

I made a tiny, markdown-based blogging solution called Markblog. (https://github.com/olaven/markblog)

No frontend framework. Just Markdown. With Github Pages/Github Actions you'll have hosting and automatic building as well (https://olaven.org/out/guides/blog_with_git_and_markdown.htm...)

This is the blogging platform i prefer and I hope it can be of use for someone else :-)

[iam-tony → olaven]

Markblog looks promising, thank you!