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A Java geekAug 9, 2026

Security Baked Into the JVM: two Subjects, one call

A Java geekAug 2, 2026

GitHub agentic workflows and Renovate

githubagentic workflow

dailysportscar.com | Sportscar Racing's Internet Magazine [Unof…Jul 30, 2026

Hypercar Tyre Future In Focus As Goodyear Challenges Michelin

Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jul 24, 2026

Creating a Digital Garden in 11ty: Tracking My Daily Word Count with URLminder

I decided to build brennan.click, a wiki-linked digital commonplace book in Eleventy, with auto-generated stubs created with eleventy-plugin-interlinker, pure-CSS hover transclusion and footnotes with no JavaScript, and a plain-text /urlminder.txt feed that drives a Beeminder goal.

eleventyjavascript

Brennan Kenneth Brown ♾️Jul 20, 2026

Softcore First, Hardcore Eventually: A Ladder for the IndieWeb

Responding to Adam Newbold's 'Hardcore IndieWeb' guide, I argue for a ladder approach to joining the IndieWeb. Rather than choosing between easy platforms and full technical independence, people should climb rungs progressively. Start with BearBlog or Pika, learning hand-coded HTML, then move to static site generators when ready. This applies progressive disclosure to onboarding, avoiding the curse of knowledge that makes experts skip beginner-friendly steps.

IndieWebtechnical

A Java geekJul 19, 2026

Security Baked Into the JVM: the Safe Codebase Audit Pipeline

Tactile UniverseJul 16, 2026

TU Blender add-on V6.0

Technicalaccessibility

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 12, 2026

A Full Guide to Properly Delete Corporate Social Media Accounts

Facebook, Messenger, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, X, Reddit, Discord. Eight platforms, eight different deletion policies. A full technical walkthrough of what 'delete' actually means on each one, the prep work nobody tells you to do first, and the human-side work the documentation doesn't mention.

technicalIndieWeb

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

Daily Times - Latest Pakistan News, World, Business, Sports, LifestyleJul 5, 2026

Islamabad likely to host next round of US-Iran technical talks next week

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brennan.dayJul 5, 2026

A Case for the Ethical Treatment of Generative AI

Are there ethical implications of generative AI consciousness? From von Neumann's self-replicating machines to modern LLMs, we must inventory the problem of other minds, the possibility of AI consciousness, and why we ought to consider the welfare of systems that may experience something like suffering.

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A Java geekJul 5, 2026

Two nasty surprises in Home Assistant's config

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brennan.dayJul 3, 2026

Blogging with Magic Unicode: Simple Doesn't Have to Mean Boring!

You don't need bloat. You can use CSS variables and Unicode symbols to add visual personality to your personal website while keeping it minimal, accessible, and fast-loading. Includes a reference of symbol sets (celestial, elemental, occult, card suits, chess, zodiac, and more) with colour examples using the Gruvbox palette.

technicaltutorial

brennan.dayJul 2, 2026

Fixing Work Imports from Other OTW-based Archives

By default, the OTWArchive codebase blocks all imports from AO3, a problem for every fork. My fix includes removing AO3 from PERMITTED_HOSTS, writing a custom Ruby story parser that extracts only the story content from AO3 work pages, and extending the same parser to support imports from other OTWA-based archives!

technicaltutorial

A Java geekJun 28, 2026

Security Baked Into the JVM: why fork Apache River and OpenJDK?

dailysportscar.com | Sportscar Racing's Internet Magazine [Unof…Jun 25, 2026

IMSA Pushes Next-Gen LMP2 Debut To 2029

brennan.dayJun 25, 2026

Every Commit A Sentence: Git Commit Messages for Bloggers

I had 448 `feat:` commits and 417 `fix:` commits. Nearly the same count, for wildly different kinds of work. Here's why conventional commits were never designed for a writer's blog, and the eleven-type system I built to replace them.

dailysportscar.com | Sportscar Racing's Internet Magazine [Unof…Jun 22, 2026

The 2030 Starting Gun Has Been Fired, The Hard Work Starts Now

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.

IndieWebtechnical

brennan.dayJun 18, 2026

Choosing Friction and Clear Skies: I’m No Longer Using Cloudflare

I'm pausing my folk.zone project to completely replace Cloudflare in my stack with more ethical choices after a conversation with Adam Newbold of omg.lol, the site that inspired the project in the first place. For in practice, there is no such thing as neutrality, and convenience is not a virtue.

IndieWebself-hosting

brennan.dayJun 10, 2026

Why Make Your Website Accessible, Anyways?

Web accessibility isn't compliance theatre or checking off a list. It's about designing for everyone. Exploring the curb cut effect, why disability is more common than we think, and practical steps to make your website usable by as many people as possible.

IndieWebaccessibility

brennan.dayJun 4, 2026

I Need To Stop Making Promises I Can't Keep

Building fanfiction.lol taught me that some promises are impossible to keep. I wanted canonical tags for everything and 'write whatever you want' as a tagline, but Canadian obscenity laws and the philosophical complexity of tag wrangling forced me to adjust. Here's what I learned about running a community archive, the legal constraints I face, and the promises I can still keep.

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dailysportscar.com | Sportscar Racing's Internet Magazine [Unof…Jun 3, 2026

Michelin’s 2026 Hypercar Tyres Set For Crucial Le Mans Test