Slash Pages
42 points by wonk
42 points by wonk
Why standardise something that is best left quirky?
I wouldn't say "standardised", more a collection of different things folks have posted about in the past
I've got a couple of pages I'm waiting to get onto the website too - if you see this Robb!
I feel that if these start to feel like a common convention, that will also be when some people start to subvert them, for example by putting something absurd on /blank, or changing the path of the slash page, for example /noooope for things you really want nothing to do with. The coolest thing about indie websites is that unlike with centralised platforms, we can play with the format however we want.
Some of these are neat, some of these are "why on earth would I post this for the world to read" e.g. /death
I've also thought that depending on your threat model stuff like /uses or /defaults kind of just exposes the tools you use that a threat actor.
For most people its probs a non issue. And not that I'm personally some big shot spy or whistleblower or anything, just working in infosec makes you think about these things.
I have a similar page on my website because, for a variety of reasons, the people who will likely handle my digital stuff (if they want to) will not be my legal next of kin anyway. I'm pretty sure it's true for a lot of people whose surviving close relatives are not skilled enough with computers to serve as executors for their "digital estate".
I love the idea of slash pages. I recently published a /brag where I get to expand on projects and tasks I have led. I originally wrote it for a job application and felt like a waste to not publish it.