Randomizing the order of blogs shown on the blogroll page

Cargo.lock

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bb8",
  "clap",
  "futures-util",
+ "rand",
  "serde",
  "sqlx",
  "time",

Cargo.toml

@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ axum = "0.6"
 bb8 = "0.8.3"
 clap = { version = "4.5.13", features = ["derive"] }
 futures-util = "0.3.30"
+rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.197", features = ["derive"] }
 sqlx = {version = "0.7.4", features = ["runtime-tokio-rustls", "postgres", "time", "macros"]}
 time = {version = "0.3.36", features = ["macros", "serde"]}

blog/NotUpdated/PersonalUpdate2021-03.html

@@ -1,102 +0,0 @@
-id: 2021-03
-title: Personal Update March 2021
-date: 2021-03-27
----
-<h2>
-    Personal Update March 2021
-</h2>
-<p>
-    So in the spirit of honestly chronicling my journey, I have to say that this past week has been fairly unsuccessful.
-    Due to significant stresses in my life a lot of my routines have fallen apart.
-    This week I am going to do an analysis of what I have been able to keep up with and what has dropped off.
-    It outlines what activities I am still using discipline and willpower to do (which are more susceptible to breakdowns when stressed) and what seems to have held together (habit).
-</p>
-<p>
-    Starting with the things that have held together.
-    I am still exercising regularly.
-    It feels odd not to go to the gym.
-    Even though some days I have cut down on the intensity and amount of the exercise it is still there.
-    On certain days I cut back on the weight I was lifting and on others I did fewer and/or less effective exercises.
-    Swapping out an exercise for a slightly less effective one may seem completely counter productive, but I have found that when I am not feeling it, the novelty of something different helps raise my interest.
-    It is better to do something sub optimal then nothing at all.
-</p>
-<p>
-    I have still been reading a fair bit.
-    I was reading The Gulag Archipelago which is a book about life in Stalinist Russia.
-    Needless to say it is dark, so for this week I put it down in favor of easier reading.
-    I continue to read one of Seneca’s letters each day and am in the process of reading Malcolm Gladwell’s The Tipping Point.
-    It is about what causes sudden drastic changes in systems when one would expect more gradual ones.
-    It touches on epidemics of various sorts, fashion, crime, adoption of technology etc.
-    I am also reading more fiction for pure enjoyment.
-    A short story collection by my favourite author Greg Egan is also for fun.
-    It is called Artifacts and I strongly suggest his work if you like very hard science fiction.
-</p>
-<p>
-    School is the area where I have just kept up.
-    Normally I try to work ahead and try to do two weeks of reading for each week that passes.
-    That way when it is time to work on a project or study for a test I have the time to focus solely on that without falling behind.
-    This week was just a week’s worth of reading and I called it at that.
-    Some of the time I would normally spend working on school I spent listening to podcasts on whatever topic I was interested in that day.
-    The learning this week may have been less focussed than usual, and for less total time but it was still there.
-</p>
-<p>
-    So learning, and exercise seem to have held together alright.
-    This makes sense, I have had these practices for a long time.
-    While they have all been ratcheted down in intensity they have continued.
-    This is the advantage of habits, it truly feels odd when I don’t do them for a day.
-</p>
-<p>
-    Now for the areas that have not held up so well under stress.
-    I have not been consistent with my sleep schedule.
-    I have been staying up later and sleeping in more in the morning.
-    Not by a small amount either.
-    2-4 hours later both in bed and waking time is significant.
-    I have been loath to cut my sleep short, I know how important having enough sleep is especially when your body is under stress.
-    I am not sleeping much more, just not at the times that I prefer.
-    
-</p>
-<p>
-    I have been spending more time on my phone, watching youtube videos mostly.
-    I think the common trend with my behavioural changes this week is that I am leaning towards immediate enjoyment and a little bit of escapism as opposed to longer term thinking.
-    It also makes sense, my brain is trying to make me feel better using the things that reward me quickly.
-    My phone use is not as high as it was the first week.
-    I tracked it and it has been going up since last week.
-    I am also spending more time playing video games.
-    Normally I try to keep them within my off time at the end of the day, but it has creeped out into the rest of my day.
-    
-</p>
-<p>
-    Writing my 10 ideas for the day has been problematic.
-    I normally do it later in my routine so I can use whatever problems I have encountered throughout the day to generate ideas.
-    While under stress I am very mentally drained at the end of the day and it feels insurmountably difficult to come up with ideas when my mind is so occupied.
-    I could try and do it earlier in the day when I am feeling fresher.
-    Something to look into for the next week.
-</p>
-<p>
-    I am doing my best to keep meditating.
-    This is the exact time that it is most needed, but clearly it has not been instilled as a habit yet.
-    Iit has been a lot of work to get myself to sit so this practice has been spotty.
-</p>
-<p>
-    Obviously as this is getting posted a day late this blog falls into that category.
-    I had it written by the end of the day on friday but did not have it edited and posted until saturday.
-</p>
-<p>
-    It is only when under pressure that I can really see how well my routine holds up.
-    A lot of my habits around getting things done have held up reasonably, while self care has fallen apart.
-    That makes sense to me.
-    I have only implemented a lot of the self care and quality of life actions in the last 6-months to a year while the learning and exercising has been an integral part of my life for over a decade.
-</p>
-<p>
-    I still have plenty of time, even though it often does not feel that way, and these things can be fixed.
-    I do tend to focus on giving myself a hard time when I don’t perform up to my standards but I am trying to extract some good from it in the form of a lesson instead.
-    We often learn some of our most valuable lessons from difficult times if we remember to look.
-    The current goal for me is to keep doing whatever I can while I take care of myself.
-    That way I can get through this particular rough patch in life without trying to go so hard that I make it worse and it becomes more than I can handle.
-</p>
-<p>
-    Thanks for reading.
-</p>
-<p>
-    Phone time: 16h 9m
-</p>

links.txt

@@ -2,26 +2,68 @@ url: https://www.henrikkarlsson.xyz
 title: Escaping Flatland
 author: Henrik Karlsson
 type: blog
-date_added: 2024-08-08
+date_added: 2024-08-09
 description: Extremely deep and thought provoking writing. On thinking, life, learning and many things.
 ---
 url: https://ploum.net
 title: Ploum
 author: Lionel Dricot
 type: blog
-date_added: 2024-08-08
+date_added: 2024-08-09
 description: Mostly French, originally found through his article on the forever computer. Computing, culture, and writing.
 ---
 url: https://sive.rs
 title: Derek Sivers
 author: Derek Sivers
 type: blog
-date_added: 2024-08-08
+date_added: 2024-08-09
 description: One of my favourite authors, thinkers, and one of the original inspirations for my self hosted journey.
 ---
 url: https://herman.bearblog.dev
 title: Herman
 author: Herman Martinus
 type: blog
-date_added: 2024-08-08
+date_added: 2024-08-09
-description: Developper of a wonderful minimalist blogging platform based in South Africa.
+description: Developer of a wonderful minimalist blogging platform based in South Africa.
+---
+url: https://ludic.mataroa.blog
+title: Ludicity
+author: Nikhil Suresh
+type: blog
+date_added: 2024-08-10
+description: Software developer and rager against the stupidities of working in the industry. As a software engineer myself I can relate.
+---
+url: https://www.baldurbjarnason.com
+title: Baldur Bjarnason's Notes on the Web
+author: Baldur Bjarnason
+type: blog
+date_added: 2024-08-10
+description: Web developer from Iceland. Great thoughts on development and the web, and sharer of many interesting links.
+---
+url: https://gregegan.net
+title: Greg Egan
+author: Greg Egan
+type: blog
+date_added: 2024-08-10
+description: My favourite author. He writes the hardest science fiction that I have ever found and his blog helps explain the concepts to help with understanding his books.
+---
+url: https://www.themarginalian.org
+title: The Marginalian
+author: Maria Popova
+type: blog
+date_added: 2024-08-10
+description: One of the first blogs that I followed. Philosophy, history, art. A celebration of the beauty of humanity.
+---
+url: https://www.themarginalian.org
+title: The Marginalian
+author: Maria Popova
+type: blog
+date_added: 2024-08-10
+description: One of the first blogs that I followed. Philosophy, history, art. A celebration of the beauty of humanity.
+---
+url: https://manuelmoreale.com
+title: Manuel Moreale
+author: Manual Moreale
+type: blog
+date_added: 2024-08-10
+description: Developer who writes about anything but. I like the breadth of his interests and he has pointed me to many other wonderful personal websites as well.

pages/blogroll.html

@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ description: A list of blogs that I follow
     Following links through these is how I spend most of my time online these days.
 </p>
 <p>
-    Here they are in no particular order.
+    Links may not be in the same order on each page load. 
+    The list gets randomly shuffled each time to expose new links at the top to visitors.
+    Just an idea that I had, please <a href="/contact">contact me</a> if it causes anyone issues.
 </p>
 <ul class="no-bul" hx-trigger="load" hx-get="/api/blogrolllinks">
 </ul>

pages/garden.html

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ description: Home page and starting point for exploring my digital garden
 <p>
     Slash pages that I have implemented so far.
     Have a few more in mind that will be coming soon.
-    Interests, colophon, links, blogroll, and AI I think.
+    Interests, colophon, and links I think.
 </p>
 <ul>
     <li><a href="/blogroll">Blogroll</a></li>

src/html/api.rs

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use crate::{
 use axum::{response::IntoResponse, routing::get, Extension, Router};
 use sqlx::PgPool;
 use std::error::Error;
+use rand::{seq::SliceRandom, thread_rng};
 
 pub fn get_router() -> Router {
     Router::new()
@@ -44,10 +45,13 @@ async fn blogroll_links(state: Extension<AppState>) -> impl IntoResponse {
 }
 
 pub async fn get_blog_links_as_list(pool: &PgPool) -> Result<Vec<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
-    let links: Vec<Link> = match Link::read_all(pool).await {
+    let mut links: Vec<Link> = match Link::read_all(pool).await {
         Ok(a) => a.iter().map(|x| *x.clone()).collect(),
         Err(_) => Vec::new(),
     };
+    
+    let mut rng = thread_rng();
+    links.shuffle(&mut rng);
 
     let list: Vec<String> = links
         .iter()