introducing likes.fyi

Hello, friends! I've been on the internet since the year started with a 1. I've been writing software for nearly as long. I'm old, and as a Certified Software Typist (Middle-Aged) I'm at the stage of my career where many of us develop a sort of Programmer's Hubris, a belief that the software that we personally find fun to build will also be met with broad public adulation and commercial success beyond our wildest dreams.

It is in the throes of this wretched affliction that I come to you today to share my vision as the guy that's finally going to make social bookmarking stick. That's right, I'm building a new typescript mcdoodle called likes.fyi.

tl;dr

likes.fyi is a collection of tools for collecting, organizing, and sharing links to stuff you like. Today it's a way to generate a website with some links you want to share. In the future it will be a fully customizable and extensible system for sharing links online. It will always be open source.

Okay. So, What Is It Actu...

Right now likes.fyi is nothing but an idea but I'm working on building two concrete things: the fyi.likes.share lexicon and a static site generator that displays share records. Along the way I expect to build and share a small collection of tools for interacting these records. At some point I may try to tie it all together into a coherent "product" but for now it's more of an exploratory playground.

Sounds Like Another, Similar Project

I'm sure it does! I'm aware of several bookmarking tools and two atproto-to-website tools. What's missing for me from the existing tools is the emphasis on sharing links. Sharing is the core of what likes.fyi is about.

I'll be investigating the existing tools as I go so follow along here if you're interested in that process. Please let me know on bsky if you know a project that I should be looking at. Thanks!

This Is A Lot of Words To Announce A Toy Project

Correct. Well spotted.

Sounds Interesting Enough, I Guess

Great! Follow us here on Leaflet for more content like this or on Bluesky at @likes.fyi for more of a chill beach party sort of vibe.