683: Website Speedrun
6 September 2026
Brent has two hours to build a great website, and the solution he finds feels more like a Linux tool than a modern web framework. Naturally, Wes takes it too far.
Episode Links
- Web Boost — Send us a boost via sats or USD
- 💥 Gets Sats Quick and Easy with Strike
- 📻 LINUX Unplugged on Fountain.FM
- Jupiter Garage SWAG
- Sorry, I only open regular files Sticker
- Clanker Therapy Session 1 - Member’s Stream — We’re taking the hype out of agents and showing the workflows that actually help. Join us for a hands-on walk-through of our Hermes multi-agent setup, how we let agents manage systems safely, and how we introduce them to a new Home Assistant instance without letting them run wild.
- Clanker Therapy Session 1 Highlights - YouTube
- Covered Bridge Cookies — Our cookies have no trans fats and are made with the best ingredients from Vermont based companies. Butter from Cabot, Chocolate from Barre Callebaut of St Albans, and we always use unbleached and unbromated flour along with natural flavorings. We use small batch production techniques that produce an unmistakable home made taste unlike mass-produced cookies.
- Zola — Your one-stop static site engine. Forget dependencies. Everything you need in one binary.
- gerbrent/brentgervais.ca — Landing page for Brent Gervais, built with Zola
- Zola Documentation
- Zola CLI Usage
- Zola Directory Structure
- Zola Installation
- Zola Search
- Zola GitHub
- Zola Changelog
- WintermuteOS — A personalized declarative desktop built from NixOS, Wayland/Hyprland, and QuickShell.
- SwapMarket — Non-custodial Bitcoin swaps marketplace. Swap between different Bitcoin layers while staying in full control.
- SwapMarket/swapmarket.github.io - GitHub — Decentralized and trustless marketplace for Boltz-compatible Bitcoin swap providers.
- Alby Hub CLI — CLI for managing Alby Hub
- hughhowey/neo — A novel-writing tool created by a novelist.
- nives — An AI assistant for Home Assistant that remembers. One add-on, and the memory stays on your own machine.
- nives-omarchy — Talk to your Home Assistant house in plain language, from your Omarchy desktop.
- Pick: OpenMouse — OpenMouse runs entirely in your browser over WebHID — DPI, polling rate, buttons, and RGB, for dozens of gaming mice, with no accounts, no installs, and no telemetry sent anywhere.
- OpenMouse Supported Devices
- Pick: Wallos — Open-Source Personal Subscription Tracker
- Wallos on GitHub — Open-source, self-hostable personal subscription tracker. Visualize your recurring expenses, manage your budget, and save money.