Messy Garden

Linklog

This is where I post links to interesting websites that I stumbled upon while browsing the Internet as well as some self-referential notes, just like the good, old-fashioned weblog from the years of yore.

Email address obfuscation: What works in 2026? →

I love that there are so many ways to obfuscate your email address so spammers don't spam the crap out of it.

I hate that you have to put so much extra effort just to have a simple email address on your website so spammers don't spam the crap out of it.

Slash Pages →

I was looking for ideas for things to add to Messy Garden when I came across this resource. Some of the pages listed I've never even thought of creating before. Colour me inspired. It might do the same to you.

Now which pages should I create. Hmmm. Decision, decision...

Zola →

I tried all sorts of static site generators,from the popular ones like Hugo, Astro, and 11ty to the obscure ones, but ultimately, as someone who knows nothing about back-end coding stuff, I went with the one whose error messages I could easily1 decipher, and that's Zola.

  1. Relatively speaking. ↩