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Ack....
Timestamps within posts started looking stupid to me, and I didn't like the way I was naming post files.
Life seems just one big refactor at times....
2023-10-30 · 5 days ago
analysis paralysis is why I've never been that good at programming. I always wanted to do it right the first time or fix it to perfection before moving on...and busted my timelines. 8 hrs for that feature? nah, how about 16 or 20?
Whatever you do, keep it simple, that's a (1) key to your capsule longevity. So, I'd say, unless the date matters, that's something you might skip within the post themselves. Myself, I name my posts as YYYY-MM-DD_whatever_is.gmi
"Analysis paralysis": a new term to me. Definitely nails it.
I did wind up simplifying significantly. Files are now named yyyy-mm-dd-hh-mm-ss.gmi. An index.gmi associates a yyyy-mm-dd and title with each file so others don't have to get bogged down in hour/minute/second, but can maybe derive meta perspective from temporal distance between posts.
And thus is the paralysis seemingly over. How nice to have feeling in mind's extremities again!
2023-10-31 · 5 days ago
Post mania — Post mania Duck alignment As is my tendency, I spent a bunch of time yesterday agonizing over post format, which included matters like: Should there be a date in the title? (Seemingly unnecessary in Bubble, but possibly nice if/when mirroring post elsewhere.) Should there be a date in the post itself, e.g. on a level two header after a level one header title? Should it be 12-hour with AM/PM format, or 24-hour format? Do I really want to use a level one header (#) for the title...