🤷🏻‍♀️ frequently asked ???

who are u?

i'm elle! the webmaster here

what are your pronouns?

irl i'm she/her but i'm ok with whatever as long as u aren't being sexist or bigoted about it

everyone on the internet is a dog anyways ૮ • ﻌ - ა

what is this place?

it's my escape from the social and/or commercial web. a place to play and experiment for fun

i just think the internet needs more personal homepages now more than ever

does this have something to do with crypto??

no! there's no dog coins or anything here. but it does use some tech that is often associated with what some call "web3" (i don't like that term, it's all just the internet to me ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)

for example, the page is stored on ipfs, with some media on arweave, and u can get here via alternative domain name systems like ens and handshake

i know there is a lot of bad stuff in crypto (esp in the cryptocurrency space) but there is also some useful stuff to explore! this homepage tries to use energy efficient tech (well, as efficient as the internet can be at least, which is not very (╥_╥)) and will never ask u to use any cryptocurrency to access it

how is the chat made?

it's based on cursor party by matt webb and runs on partykit. i forked matt's code and added my own features. u can read more about it in my blog post

what is a signing extension (for optional usernames in chat)?

they are local apps/browser extensions (such as frame, metamask, rainbow, etc.) crypto ppl call them wallets but they are basically just little keychains that provide u with a public-private cryptographic keypair and lets u sign to verify ownership of those keys. think pgp keys, yubikeys, or passkeys

i decided to use this system because ens lets u prove domain name ownership with a simple dns txt record. this avoids having to create user accounts or, worse, keeping user info in a database somewhere to be leaked x_x

what did u make this site with?

just plain old html/css/js (no frameworks.) i'm just typing it all out as i go in vscode