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Matthias runs the wonderful newsletter Own Your Web, which delves into topics related to personal websites every two weeks. In the eighth edition, Matthias focuses on Blogrolls.

While reading the newsletter, I always feel a bit nostalgic because it often discusses topics that have been around for so long but have somewhat faded away. Blogrolls certainly fall into that category.

40 years ago, the first Apple Mac was released. That makes it younger than me, which I must initially protest. However, when looking through old pictures in search of used computers, I have to admit that it's all been quite a long time.

I have been using Apple computers productively since around 2006. Before that, I spent a long time with Linux, even had this Linux blog, and was part of RadioTux. I found it great that I could configure almost everything the way I wanted with Linux. The terminal was a constant companion.

Twitter no longer exists. X is continuing to go downhill. Threads is part of Meta. Bluesky is not being used by anyone, and Mastodon is too complicated. There is only one true social media platform!

What should a good social media platform look like? I've written about it before: It must primarily be decentralized and open source. Every person should be able to set it up and use it quickly. Of course, we all immediately think of one thing: twtxt.

A final update regarding Kirby plugins - at least for now.

My Pexels Field plugin was released in a new version for Kirby 4 on Friday. I've adapted the design to the new panel and optimized quite a bit under the hood. Downloading should now work better and automatically update the file view in the panel.

Additionally, there is now a function to set a default size. So far, the original image was always downloaded, but it is often very large, and such large images are often not needed on a website. You can now set the image size and save some space.

You can find all the information here.

For those who have been following Kirby's development, they were probably not entirely surprised; the first release candidates have been arriving in the past weeks - and today, Kirby 4 was officially released.

The important information first: The Podcaster, Komments, and IndieConnector plugins are already compatible with Kirby 4 and can be used without further ado. If you haven't done so already, now is the right time for an update. Unfortunately, my Pexelfield plugin still needs a few bug fixes but will also follow shortly.

Kirby 4 comes with extensive changes. I won't list them all here, as it's better to check them out directly on the release page. For end users, the visual changes in the panel are probably the most noticeable.

By the way, for those who already have a Kirby 3 license, you can use the sale that started today to get an update for K4.