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Recently I've moved the index of my posts from "posts.gmi" to my main index file and I wanted to clarify why I'm doing so and why I encourage others to do so too.
When I first started out my Gemini capsule, I've used "gemlog.gmi." After a while, I've switched to putting my posts list in my index file, then I went to "posts.gmi" and now back to the index file. I liked to separate my posts in a distinct file because of aesthetic mostly, keeping my index page "clean."
I've switched back to the "one page principle", all of your posts are in your index file, the top of the page featuring other pages, the ones that are less important compared to your posts. This way it's more accessible for people in regions with bad network speed, such as those living remote. Gemini, of course, is much lighter than the HTTP, although for those living in the aforementioned areas that don't have the network infrastructure that developed, loading additional pages can be a time
consuming and costly task. Every kilobyte counts.
I believe this also improves accessibility, as the first part of the file features links to other more unimportant parts of your capsule, such as the about page, what books you've read, etc. and the second part of your capture is only a stream of posts. Obviously, you can go the extra mile and use Spartan and spare the kilobytes being used for TLS, I won't get into that subject today though.