It's time for a bit of a refresh

Good day! Welcome! Salutations!

So this here is my new website. Rework of it is something I've been planning on a while, but the work didn't really get along until right now.

And hey, I have a blog now!

The lengthy rework...

Initially I was planning on writing another full-stack website - at first in Rust, then I switched to Go, but the amount of stuff I've tried to implement has completely consumed any chances of me getting it done - that's what scope creep does to you, folks!

My previous website remained stagnant because I completely forgot how my localization system worked and I didn't want to deal with it. (Really should've pushed through that because it was still saying I was 18 years old when I am 20 now...). I've decided to keep it simple for now - I needed a cradle on the Internet I could update quickly and without hassle, as to find motivation to actually write something on it.

As such, this rewrite is made with a static website generator! I used Zola for this mission.

This means that updating this thing is real easy now! I hope that with reduced friction I'll be able to really spruce this place up.

Sadly, as a result of this, the guestbook was destroyed. I've published an archive of it, though, so no posts are lost - I really appreciate every one of them that you folks placed!

I plan to introduce some dynamic functionality later by embedding a separate service in the website's pages - some day, at least. With it I hope to bring the guestbook back! But for now...

Checksum Cooperative - a bit about my services

I used to have a list of services on my old website. When it all started, I didn't have a specific name, or organization, to collect them under - those were my personal services.

Some time later, I've placed them under a name of "IMC's Tea Empire" - because jokes about me and tea were common among my peers.

I kept this name up until recently, where I decided to make a rebrand. This rebrand is now represented on the website, too! Checksum Cooperative now has a dedicated website section, and the Codex was placed under it, too.

I plan to move Checksum Cooperative and it's services from my personal domain to a separate, dedicated one some day - once I find sufficient funding for it. Until that happens, information about it will reside on this website as usual.

Speaking of Codex...

Codex Updates!

The Codex, which is the Code of Conduct for Checksum Cooperative, received a major update.

For starters, I wrote out a Mission Statement, which are to essentially act as Core Rules of the Cooperative - outlining less of specific violations, and more of a general spirit of this hangout I am trying to setup..

I've also scratched the numeric enumeration of rules entirely and instead assigned them word tags like #HATE - taking inspiration from shorthands Wikipedia uses to refer to their rules and essays. These shorthands also act as page anchors, so I can directly link people to relevant Codex entries!

There are some rule changes, too. Besides all of them getting rephrased, new rulings are introduced - namely, official prohibition of AI generated context, mandatory ALT-text and provisions against art theft.

I have additionally abolished the previous "temporary" (I wish!) rulings about Russian-Ukranian war. There are more than 1 wars going on in the world, and I figured that instead of making any war-related rulings I could rule any bloodthirsty positions under #HATE. After all, wishing for people to get their homes bombed is pretty hateful - at least in my opinion.

I'm still not entirely confident in the rules I wrote out, but I hope to iron them out as The Cooperative continues it's way forward. After all, it's not really realistic to try and forsee anything that is going to happen...

Conclusion

Will I end up writing more than 1 blog article? Who knows! Either way, it's nice to finally refresh this place. I hope to make this place a lot more interesting than it was before!