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Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jul 16, 2026

300 Minutes a Month: Cutting My Eleventy Netlify Build Time in Half

A sequel to my Eleventy build post: this time the bottleneck wasn't the build tool, it was the hosting bill. Notes on caching webmentions and guestbook fetches, killing a dead Discord webhook, nearly breaking my JSON feed, and a git error I still don't have an answer for.

eleventyjavascript

brennan.dayJul 6, 2026

Publishing My Eleventy Blog to the ATmosphere with Standard.site

A walkthrough of how I wired up Standard.site AT Protocol lexicons into this 11ty blog: from writing a custom publish script to migrating to Sequoia, with code for the link tags, and handle verification.

eleventyjavascript

Adam DJ Brett's blogJul 6, 2026

How to Implement status.lol on BuildAwesome

A practical guide to publishing new Eleventy blog posts to status.lol with GitHub Actions, the omg.lol API, and a small durable state file.

11tybuild-awesome

Adam DJ Brett's blogJul 5, 2026

Making Static Sites FAIR with metadata.json, Zotero, Eleventy, and Jekyll

A detailed implementation note on adding FAIR Signposting, per-page Schema.org metadata.json files, Zotero metadata, and citation automation across Eleventy and Jekyll sites.

Adam DJ Brett's blogJun 25, 2026

Making Blogs Easier to Cite with Zotero

What I learned from implementing Zotero-friendly metadata across adamdjbrett.com, JCRT, The New Polis, Esthesis, and The Whitestone Foundation.

brennan.dayJun 20, 2026

How Webmentions Work on brennan.day

A tutorial and walkthrough of how I implemented webmentions on my site, from setup to display, including webmention.io integration, Eleventy filters, CSS styling, and Bridgy for sending.

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brennan.dayMay 15, 2026

Cleaning House: Refactoring My Eleventy Config Into Modules

How I decomposed an 866-line .eleventy.js monolith into four focused modules, fixed some lurking bugs, and eliminated dead CSS and dead dependencies along the way.

eleventyjavascript

brennan.dayMay 11, 2026

I Made My Eleventy Build 5× Faster with Five Changes

A walkthrough of how I audited my 11ty build benchmarks and cut cold-start time from 14 seconds down to 2.6 seconds by caching two custom filters and swapping out a bare network fetch.

eleventyjavascript

The Fulcrum (backup)

The Fulcrum (backup)Apr 26, 2026

The Programmer’s Fulcrum: 24 April, 2026

This post originally appeared on The Fulcrum. Welcome to this week's The Programmer's Fulcrum. It's your weekly curation of the essential news in the Open Media Network and Fediverse development communities with a focus on devastating big tech via Techno Anarchism. We aim to provide actionable content you can use to destroy Techno Feudalism each...

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brennan.dayMar 13, 2026

Building brennan.day Part Two: IndieWeb, New Features, and Three Months of Iterations

What have I added to my site since I started in December? Quality-of-life improvements, new pages, interesting features, and of course, easter eggs! When you add a little each day, it really adds up.

eleventyIndieWeb

Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Mar 6, 2026

Build Awesome's Kickstarter is Cancelled

After only a couple days, Build Awesome's Kickstarter has been cancelled and rescheduled due to email delivery issues that ruined the project's momentum despite reaching their funding goal in a single day.

EleventyStatic Site Generators

brennan.dayMar 6, 2026

Build Awesome's Kickstarter is Cancelled

After only a couple days, Build Awesome's Kickstarter has been cancelled and rescheduled due to email delivery issues that ruined the project's momentum despite reaching their funding goal in a single day.

EleventyStatic Site Generators

Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Mar 4, 2026

The End of Eleventy

Build Awesome is a rebrand of 11ty/Eleventy, backed by a successful $40k Kickstarter. But this attempt to monetize static site generators repeats the same mistakes that killed Gatsby and Stackbit—and misunderstands who actually builds static sites.

EleventyStatic Site Generators

brennan.dayMar 4, 2026

The End of Eleventy

Build Awesome is a rebrand of 11ty/Eleventy, backed by a successful $40k Kickstarter. But this attempt to monetize static site generators repeats the same mistakes that killed Gatsby and Stackbit—and misunderstands who actually builds static sites.

EleventyStatic Site Generators

Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Feb 8, 2026

Announcing Three New Free JAMstack Blogging Themes

I've spent the last few weeks working on three new free themes for IndieWeb blogging: Indiepaper, Newsprint, and brennan.jp.net, all of which centre around giving people a place to call their own on the internet.

Web DevelopmentIndieWeb

brennan.dayFeb 8, 2026

Announcing Three New Free JAMstack Blogging Themes

I've spent the last few weeks working on three new free themes for IndieWeb blogging: Indiepaper, Newsprint, and brennan.jp.net, all of which centre around giving people a place to call their own on the internet.

Web DevelopmentIndieWeb

Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 22, 2026

Creating an Alphabetical Tag Page feat. Nunjucks Pitfalls

I transformed a messy tag list into an organized alphabetical sections, and there were a surprising amount of gotchas I encountered along the way.

Web Developmenteleventy

brennan.dayJan 22, 2026

Creating an Alphabetical Tag Page feat. Nunjucks Pitfalls

I transformed a messy tag list into an organized alphabetical sections, and there were a surprising amount of gotchas I encountered along the way.

Web Developmenteleventy

SimonCox.comJan 17, 2026

Alternate main heading and title in 11ty templates

I wanted a way to display a h1 tag that was different from my title tag

Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 13, 2026

Posting to Your Static Site with Quill and Micropub

After building an IndieAuth comment system, I wanted to complete the loop by posting content to my site from an external client. Here's how I implemented a Micropub endpoint for my static site using Quill as the client.

eleventyIndieWeb

brennan.dayJan 13, 2026

Posting to Your Static Site with Quill and Micropub

After building an IndieAuth comment system, I wanted to complete the loop by posting content to my site from an external client. Here's how I implemented a Micropub endpoint for my static site using Quill as the client.

eleventyIndieWeb

Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 13, 2026

Respecting the No-JS Choice: Making Your Site Work for Everyone

Gracefully degrading my site for no JavaScript, including the CSS-based .no-js approach, testing with Lynx, and creating an informative experience for all users.

brennan.dayJan 13, 2026

Respecting the No-JS Choice: Making Your Site Work for Everyone

Gracefully degrading my site for no JavaScript, including the CSS-based .no-js approach, testing with Lynx, and creating an informative experience for all users.

Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jan 11, 2026

From 65 to 83: Attempts at Performance Optimization

A humble look into the performance optimizations boosting my Lighthouse score from 65 to 83, including critical CSS, layout shift fixes, and image optimization while maintaining the site's design and user experience.