Pet project of the day: Oracolo.
It is a minimalist Nostr blog that consists of a *single* ~140K html file. Personalize it with your npub and upload it where do you like, it just works. It also runs without a web server, so if you don't have a web site you can simply send it via email/dm to showcase your tales.
https://image.nostr.build/7ee63d88f54df0c0b4ee0c37dc19c78141ee27d0154eefaff303156cb1987d0a.jpg

Examples:
https://raw.githack.com/dtonon/oracolo/master/examples/opensats.html
https://raw.githack.com/dtonon/oracolo/master/examples/hodlbod.html
https://raw.githack.com/dtonon/oracolo/master/examples/fiatjaf.html

Source and how-to: https://github.com/dtonon/oracolo

Take it as a didactic experiment, it's no production ready, indeed it has some limitations (no SEO friendly structure), but can work as a temporary solution (e.g. coming soon and parking pages), and it is still an example of how easy it is to create a Nostr-powered blog and deploy it on a low-tech infrastructure.


That’s really interesting! Share it on HN 🤗 they like this sort of self hosted blog stuff


Thanks, also for the suggestion!


seems like a good way to share a resume?

nicely done.


Without using a web site? It should work!


Onward 🫡

Onward 🫡


nostr:npub1dergggklka99wwrs92yz8wdjs952h2ux2ha2ed598ngwu9w7a6fsh9xzpc if I'm not mistaken you are interested in something like this, working toward a simple blog solution powered by Nostr


良い


I reactivated my account because this showed up in my rss feed this morning. I just hafta hack on it and see if can be added to `publi.sh`.

https://m.primal.net/IJUq.gif

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Hey, you have "mpm" instead of "npm" on oracolo's repo README.md


Oh, this should be a clue that I hate npm haha
Thank you, fixed


I love stuff like this

Single html files ftw

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that's exactly what I needed for my homepage


so sick
 + "I hate npm mode"  🫡

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What does it mean to by powered by nostr? Do comments work over nostr, is the content published to nostr,.. ?


I was looking for something like this after Elon broke the twitter feed plugin on my website ❤


Good question: you can use whatever client that supports long format (https://habla.news, https://yakihonne.com, https://highlighter.com, etc) to write your post, and your personal blog is automatically updated. No fuss.

I will update the readme, thanks.


Remember that you can also embed individual notes/profiles using njump: https://njump.me/about


Interesting stuff, will check it out!

Interesting stuff, will check it out!


This is awesome, its cool to see simple HTML and JS apps making a comeback
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this is sick

this is sick


If you want to use Oracolo with docker ⚡🤖
https://github.com/PastaGringo/oracolo-docker

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:btc:


Muito belo. Excelente
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Pet project of the day: Oracolo.
It is a minimalist Nostr blog that consists of a *single* ~140K html file. Personalize it with your npub and upload it where do you like, it just works. It also runs without a web server, so if you don't have a web site you can simply send it via email/dm to showcase your tales.
https://image.nostr.build/7ee63d88f54df0c0b4ee0c37dc19c78141ee27d0154eefaff303156cb1987d0a.jpg

Examples:
https://raw.githack.com/dtonon/oracolo/master/examples/opensats.html
https://raw.githack.com/dtonon/oracolo/master/examples/hodlbod.html
https://raw.githack.com/dtonon/oracolo/master/examples/fiatjaf.html

Source and how-to: https://github.com/dtonon/oracolo

Take it as a didactic experiment, it's no production ready, indeed it has some limitations (no SEO friendly structure), but can work as a temporary solution (e.g. coming soon and parking pages), and it is still an example of how easy it is to create a Nostr-powered blog and deploy it on a low-tech infrastructure.


I know I'm being annoying saying this, but I think this needs to pointed out for those who might want to use it.

INAL, this is not legal advice, but a blog made this way is in all likelihood not GDPR-compliant.
As soon as one opens the website, one's IP address (which is personal data) is sent to (and collected by) relay servers the user doesn't even know about.
So one should be mindful of that.

Still cool project, thanks for sharing it!


Its open source, no? You can add all the baggage you would like to the package Daniele published


Fixed

https://image.nostr.build/75b4a8f39c9a0e40b65be3ec5c315f637a6ed233c77769a835b7469427204229.png


> Its open source, no?

I don't know how to answer this question. It doesn't have a license at the moment.

> You can add all the baggage you would like to the package Daniele published

I can. I pointed it out for others who might want to use this, especially people located in the EU/UK or other territories with similar laws.


Let's go 🚀

Let's go 🚀


Onward 🫡

Onward 🫡


I don't think it *can* be fixed. It requires that the IP of the user is sent automatically to relays, most or all of which are not GDPR-compliant.
I wasn't requesting a change. Rather, I was warning those who may chose to rely on this of something to consider.


Indeed, GDPR is a giant mess that make no sense for the most part and has proven to be ineffective.
I was kidding about the fix, I just added a note to surface the relay concept, that is central in Nostr; incidentally this works also as transparent informative about where data is fetched, and so with whom IPs are shared, for just technical reasons, has requested by GDPR. In fact it's not different that hotlink an image.
Finally the user can, and should, personalize the relays, using something he has verified and trust (e.g. one's own).


This is amazing! Add window.nostr and zapthreads or some such and people can engage with it.


WDYT about having a separate nostr event describing "a blog" with something like a custom feed to show a curated list of stuff on the site?


I was just planning to add a filter setting, by tags, to personalize the blog content. So you can just display #myblog articles, or pick some more elaborate topics.

But why a new king? 3023 seems a good fit for a blog.

Instead, I thought about using the new custom feeds by nostr:npub1jlrs53pkdfjnts29kveljul2sm0actt6n8dxrrzqcersttvcuv3qdjynqn, but then I would have a huge job in handling all kinds haha, and the config probably would be too complex.


Filter by tag is best first start!

I'm not about a "kind for posts", I'm about "kind for describing a website". Right now you specify an author npub, but if you start using custom feeds etc it might get more and more complex, so maybe "blog" could be it's own event and then options and settings could be written there and it could be discoverable, gain WoT etc.


Cool project!


> kind for describing a website

This is really interesting, let me think about it!


> Indeed, GDPR is a giant mess that make no sense for the most part and has proven to be ineffective.

I don't really consider the GDPR that messy, compared to other laws.
It's ineffective when people or companies don't comply with it. But all laws have people breaking them and getting away with it.

Regardless, I wasn't attempting to endorse or oppose the GDPR, just pointing this out as something to consider before using this.

> In fact it's not different that hotlink an image.

Which can also be an issue GDPR-wise and even CDNs can be dubious.


I wrote [Oracolo](https://github.com/dtonon/oracolo) (see the announcement below) because I was brainstorming about Nostr "long format" and thinking about how to promote it. There seems to be little love for this format, why?
Long posts should have interesting value because the author usually put effort into them, and are produced for a long-term fruition. In the end, blogging was one of the most productive strands on the web, and still holds considerable importance.

But in standard (kind-1) social clients they are rather hidden. I think many people don't even know they exist, they probably intuit something just because they see a particular formatting. This is quite evident if you compare the responses/zaps/reactions of the short notes with the long ones, the latter have far fewer interactions, a fact that I read as less exposure to readers.

Interlude: don't know what this "long format" stuff is?
Check https://habla.news or https://highlighter.com

I think the situation can be largely improved with some adjustments in kind-1 clients:

- Add a tab/section to the user's profile, next to the usual posts/responses, that lists only the long format notes;
- Highlight/pinning recent long notes in the user's profile to give them visibility; the user picture could also have a special mark that alerts about fresh content available;
- In the feed show the preview of long notes with a special design, and allow the user to read them in a separate/immersive view (or just link to njump.me);
- In an appropriate context (es. at the footer of a long note) invite the user to discover long format and post his own content;
- Offer a filtered feed that display only long format notes;

Finally, we should probably also evaluate and agree on a new labeling in clients, because “long notes” is self-explanatory but also a bit confusing next to "plain notes”. Perhaps “articles” might be a better term.

If clients bring more interaction on articles, content creators are naturally incentivized to invest their time in this area, thus increasing the production of in-depth content that may be of interest even to those who are not as involved in social media dynamics.

Memo for kind-1 clients: interoperability is our superpower and currently your are the main entrance to Nostr, so don't be fearful or lazy, please embrace it.

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#nostrdesign

There seems to be little love for Nostr articles, why? Long posts should have interesting value because the author usually put effort into them, and are produced for a long-term fruition. But in “standard” Nostr social clients they are rather hidden. Let's fix it.

This is a long form article, you can read it in https://habla.news/a/naddr1qvzqqqr4gupzq77777lz9hvwt86xqrsyf2jn588ewk5aclf8mavr80rhmduy5kq9qqdkc6t5w3kx2ttvdamx2ttxdaez6mr0denj6en0wfkkzaqxq5r99