[Burgeon Lab]
This blog goes through the process of creating a Python script to find orphan pages (pages without internal links) on a website, Hugo static site files in this case. The script extracts all links from the site and compares it with the full list of pages to get pages which are orphaned.
Hello there. I’m Naty, a tech dabbler and lifelong learner.
BurgeonLab is a public logbook where I document my mostly geeky interests and other digital enlightenments. I enjoy writing about FOSS/open source, privacy-focused services, blogging with Hugo (static site generator), and tech how-tos.
(I’m also known as @eclecticpassions or @aperture2iris.)
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Latest Blogs
Add a privacy‑first appreciation button to your Hugo site: iine features, install steps, and partial template code. Improving small web interactivity.
Read how I moved from third‑party free tools (like OG Image Maker) to D2, a text‑to‑diagram language, for local, customizable OG image generation. Combining D2 with a Bash script helped automate the process and produce ready‑to‑use OG images. The workflow uses CLI image tools (pngquant, cwebp, ImageMagick) and I talk about the benefits of text‑based templates, offline generation, and automation.
Fix timezone display issues with websites by bypassing Firefox fingerprinting protection, either globally or for specific sites like Tuta Calendar.
Turn your Hugo blog posts into a GitHub-like contribution calendar with Apache ECharts. I’ll show you how to extract blog post metadata to build a heatmap calendar using the Open Source JS Library. Including how to integrate it with Hugo partials and CSS, full code snippets, and tips on how to customize styling, scaling, and tooltip behavior.
This blog shares my personal reflections on key blogging topics inspired by ‘The Worst Community Report’ podcast interview questions. I discuss my site’s name choice, writing motivations, social media habits, writing setup, and publishing process. I also explore ideas about smaller web communities and end with some recommendations just like in the podcast episode.
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Top 6 Posts
Most popular pages (past 30 days) with unique visits (privacy-focused analytics, no cookies used).
Embracing IndieWeb and the Small Web
Ever since I learnt about content ownership, enshittification, and the IndieWeb in 2025; I’m gradually integrating small web principles and IndieWeb features into this Hugo blog. In the last week of 2025, BurgeonLab gained full Micropub support through IndieKit!
For instance, my site supports receiving webmentions if your site supports sending them; otherwise, feel free to send me a webmention manually! Public display of webmentions is not supported yet, only I will get notified if you mention something from my site.
Common in small web communities, webrings are a group of sites linked together serially that share a common theme. To see what webrings my site belongs to, click on the expandable list in the footer. Discover other sites with the navigational links!
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