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-# BiRabittoh's Blog
-Welcome to my blog!
+# BiRabittoh's Gemlog
+Welcome to my gemlog!
 I will post about anything I find interesting or noteworthy, be it related to irl stuff or the tech world. I hope someone can read this and maybe find it inspiring? If you do, feel free to let me know.
 
 => .. Go back to my capsule.

M blog/modern-web-bloat/index.gmi → gemlog/modern-web-bloat/index.gmi

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+=> ../ Back to my gemlog.
+
 # Modern web bloat
-This is it. My first blog post; I guess I just became a boomer.
+This is it. My first gemlog; I'm glad to be a pioneer for the gemini protocol.
 
 ## Inspiration
 Some time ago I stumbled upon a [video], where the popular Linux influencer [Luke Smith] talked about the effort of looking up a Chicken Parmesan recipe in 2021 without having any adblock or privacy extensions enabled.
 That's because most modern websites take a lot of time to load framework files, ads and trackers. While that's kinda functional, I think we should change our habits and start making simple websites again.
-In fact, I thought about creating this blog (and article) when I saw [Lonami]'s minimal website and immediately noticed how fast and clean it feels.
+In fact, I thought about creating this gemlog (and article) when I saw [Lonami]'s minimal website and immediately noticed how fast and clean it feels.
 Yeah, this looks like a first world problem and it probably is, but it's not as subtle as you think. I'm actually convinced that the internet could actually benefit from this way of thinking, and that's what I'm going to talk about.
 
 => https://odysee.com/@Luke:7/a-demonstration-of-modern-web-bloat:f [video]
@@ -28,7 +30,7 @@ I guess people just find it more comfortable if they can do everything with a single program, and they're not to blame for that. This IS the easiest approach for unexperienced people: just have a program that does everything, instead of having to learn how to use a bunch of different software.
 This plethora of uses is possible today because of the existence of various libraries and frameworks that simplify JavaScript and CSS and make them easier to develop complicated websites with.
 This is good for basic web users who just want functional websites, and great for developers since they can easily code advanced functions inside the browser, which makes them work in every OS.
 Sadly, this brings us to the problem: any modern website has become a burden for any browser to load, since our browser needs to download and parse through each library and often fill the page content as you scroll through.
-In his video, Luke Smith found that a simple Chicken Parmesan recipe would take up to _5-10 megabytes_, which doesn't sound like a lot, but it actually is.
+In his video, Luke Smith found that a simple Chicken Parmesan recipe would take up to 5-10 megabytes, which doesn't sound like a lot, but it actually is.
 It's easier to understand it if you think about it with video-games; any game on 16-bit consoles and earlier, including full-fledged 30+ hour adventures like Final Fantasy 6 and Chrono Trigger, weighs less than one single recipe page (as stated [here]).
 
 => https://blogs.umass.edu/Techbytes/2014/02/10/history-of-gaming-storage/#attachment_2827 [here]
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ Well, I don't think this "problem" is getting solved soon, as new frameworks for web development are constantly being introduced. Sadly, it's a one-way train, but if you're a web-dev you could actually make a difference yourself!
 I mean, this can not apply to all websites. Some of them just NEED to be as responsive and interactive as they are; most of them actually just became bloated at a certain time period (probably mid-2000s) when having a flashy website was cool and different from what everyone else had.
 Nowadays you can be different than other websites by using plain HTML and CSS for your website: this ensures your pages will load instantly and be compatible even with the oldest of browsers!
 If you like this philosophy, you can check out other projects that aim for a simpler and faster web, like these ones:
+
 => gemini://gemini.circumlunar.space/ gemini://
 A new, purposefully limited, internet protocol.
 => https://www.getzola.org/ zola
@@ -47,5 +50,4 @@ A modern recipe website based on user collaboration via GitHub;
 => https://wiby.me/ wiby.me
 A search engine that aims to only index classic style webpages.
 
-### The article ends here.
-=> ../ Back to my blog.
+=> ../ Back to my gemlog.

M index.gmi → index.gmi

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+
 # BiRabittoh's Capsule
 
 Welcome to my personal capsule!
 I'll write about whatever comes to mind, mainly technology and art, so that people can read it when I get famous in 80 years or so.
-=> blog Don't forget to check out my blog.
-Also, big thanks to Leonie (@koyu) for helping me host this!
+=> gemlog Don't forget to check out my gemlog.
+Also, big thanks to Leonie (koyu) for helping me host this!
 => ../ koyu.space
 
 ## About me
@@ -27,5 +38,5 @@ You can add me on Discord or send an e-mail for business inquiries. I'll try to reply as soon as I can.
 => https://discordapp.com/users/132123740724002816/ Bi-Rabittoh#5566 on Discord
 => mailto:andronacomarco@gmail.com andronacomarco@gmail.com
 
-Lastly, you can check out the https version of this website, which also has an Atom feed for my blog.
+Lastly, you can check out the https version of this capsule, which also has an Atom feed.
 => https://bi-rabittoh.github.io/ Web version