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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....
Oct 30 · 8 weeks 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
☯️ oldernow · Oct 31 at 02:39:
"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!
Then there are those who feel the need to go and cure everyone else’s analysis paralysis by convincing the world to name their gmi files in exactly the same way…
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...