---
slug: site-backend
title: "Site Backend"
date: "2024-06-02T13:00:00-04:00"
draft: true

pics:
  site-backend:
    css: "image"
    tip: "Editing this site with Vim and Firefox."
    sources:
      - "/files/posts/site-backend/0-editing-1024.webp"
      - src: "/files/posts/site-backend/0-editing-1024.png"
        width: 1024
        height: 640
---

On Friday I posted [a long Site Backend article][site-backend] which
explains how the content on this site is managed, speed and security
tweaks, [Hugo][] customizations, [Apache][] configuration, and more.

[{{< pe-figure "site-backend" >}}][site-backend]

[site-backend]: {{< relref "articles/site-backend.md" >}}
  "Article explaining site backend."
[dk-sort]: https://github.com/pablotron/dk-sort
  "Browser plugin which adds a sort toolbar to Daily Kos live update articles."
[firefox]: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/
  "Mozilla Firefox web browser."
[daily kos]: https://dailykos.com/
  "Daily Kos"
[hugo]: https://gohugo.io/
  "Hugo static site generator."
[apache]: https://apache.org/
  "Apache web server"
[browser extension]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Browser_extension
  "Web browser extension."
[dk-sort-bookmarklet]: https://pmdn.org/dk-sort.txt
  "Browser bookmarklet which sorts entries in Daily Kos live update articles in chronological order."
[javascript]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JavaScript
  "JavaScript scripting language"
[csv]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comma-separated_values
  "Comma-separate Values file (CSV)"
[addon]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/dk-sort/
  "Firefox Add-Ons page for dk-sort"
[chrome]: https://www.google.com/chrome/
  "Google Chrome web browser"
[edge]: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/edge
  "Microsoft Edge web browser."
[ditch-chrome]: #time-toditch-chrome
  "Time to ditch Google Chrome"
[bookmarklet]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bookmarklet
  "Web browser bookmark which contains a brief JavaScript script."
[ditch-chrome]: #time-to-ditch-chrome
  "Time to Ditch Chrome"
[ars-chrome-nonsense]: https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/05/google-starts-deprecating-older-more-capable-chrome-extensions-next-week/
  "Google Chrome’s plan to limit ad blocking extensions kicks off next week (arstechnica.com)"
[post-firefox-redux]: {{< relref "posts/2023-12-02-firefox-redux.md" >}}
  "Firefox Redux"
[ad-blocker]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_blocking
  "Ad blocker"
[ublock origin]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UBlock_Origin
  "uBlock Origin ad-blocker"
[eff-manifest-v3]: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2019/07/googles-plans-chrome-extensions-wont-really-help-security
  "Google's Plans for Chrome Extensions Won't Really Help Security (eff.org)"
[be-evil]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Don%27t_be_evil#Use_in_criticism_of_Google
  "Don't Be Evil, v2.0"
[pragprog]: https://pragprog.com/
  "The Pragmatic Bookshelf"
[drm]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_rights_management
  "Digital Rights Management"
[pdf]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PDF
  "Portable Document Format (PDF)"
[epub]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB
  "e-book file format"
[ebooks]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ebook
  "electronic book"
[vim]: https://www.vim.org/
  "Vi-improved text editor"
[very-magic]: https://vimhelp.org/pattern.txt.html#%2Fmagic
  "Documentation for magic settings in Vim, including the \\v \"very magic\" prefix."
[kindle app]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amazon_Kindle#Kindle_applications
  "Kindle application"
[send to kindle]: https://www.amazon.com/sendtokindle
  "Send to Kindle"
[practical vim]: https://pragprog.com/titles/dnvim2/practical-vim-second-edition/
  "Practical Vim, Second Edition"
[modern vim]: https://pragprog.com/titles/modvim/modern-vim/
  "Modern Vim"
[vim books]: https://iccf-holland.org/vim_books.html
  "Vim books"
[vim scripts]: https://www.vim.org/scripts/
  "Scripts for Vim"