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A solid link dump this month. Lots of thinking about personal websites, the open web, and what we’re all doing here in 2026.

• Understanding blogs – Tracy Durnell’s Mind Garden Tracey Durnell breaks down what personal blogs are.
• I Wish People Were More Public Borretti wants you to be more public online, share more things that you enjoy.
• SSI (Server-Side Includes) - nekoweb.org Nekoweb introduces SSI for static sites on their platform. Huge news for static site lovers. I could drop in a version of flamedfury.com from 1999 and it would render on Nekoweb. What a time to be alive.
• The lines that draw us together Reflections on the invisible lines that connect us through writing, linking and sharing ideas across personal websites.
• Some Thoughts on the Open Web Reflections on what the open web actually means today.
• Patrick - Fun with the web Small playful experiments built in a blog post.
• The art of the desk setup Arun shares his desk setup. How small choices shape daily work.
• Webspace Invaders · Matthias Ott Matthias Ott discovers the web is being attacked by invasive patterns and dark designs from AI crawlers. How can we build services that respect users instead of extracting every last pixel from them?
• In The Beginning There Was Slop Reflections on the flood of AI generated “slop”. Is it the AI or the Humans that create the slop?
• A Golden Era of Blogging Jim Nielsen questions the idea of a “golden era” of blogging.
• Blogging Before Blogs Taking a look back at early “blogs” and how they shaped a new kind of web culture.
• The IndieWeb and Small web What’s the overlap between the IndieWeb and the small web?
• Why I Don’t Think AI is the Devil Lou pushes back on the idea that AI is inherently evil. I agree that it’s mostly about how it’s used.
• The Death of Curating, the Rise of Curation - Stephanie Stimac’s Blog Reflections on how we’ve lost the habit of curating what we read and share, and why intentional curation made the web feel more personal. I hope my bookmarks help make the web feel more personal 😃
• citations.css Shellsharks experiments with styling citations in CSS, showing how small tweaks can make references to authors clearer and more readable.
• Phoenix’s Web Corner! - The Rise of Sanityware Shubham talks about where they stand with the web in 2026, writing about independence, ownership, and what he wants his site to be moving forward.

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This exciting set of links all about the indieweb courtesy of fLamed fury.