I haven't talked about SiloRider in two years, and even then it was the only time I mentioned it on this blog since I announced it eight years ago! I'm obviously not good at advertising or project management. But I'm decent at coding, and if you looked at the repository, I've been slowly maintaining https://ludovic.chabant.com/blog/2026/11/13/silorider-0-3-0/
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@RogerBW No offense taken! :)
But yes, it's been so long I should have re-introduced SiloRider in the post (now done).
Basically it's a Python command-line utility that parses your blog's homepage for specific standard markup (called "microformats"), and cross-posts your content to social media platforms. Basically, it's how I post 99% of my updates on my blog, and everything then shows up on my Bluesky and Mastodon accounts.
@RogerBW Other people might use Buffer or IFTTT or whatever to do something similar
@ludovic I do not wish to offend, but you've done something a lot of projects do and I feel I know you at least a little. Could you say somewhere on that page, if not in the toot, what SiloRider is and why I should be interested? If your name weren't familiar, I wouldn't have gone down the two links to find out; I'd have assumed "just another advertiser".