Long-form posts by Antonio Santos. 2026-09-07T00:00:00Z https://otolock.net/ Antonio Santos 2026-09-07T00:00:00Z https://otolock.net/blog/hello-internet/ <p>Hello there! Welcome to my new home on the internet.</p> <p>Previously located at <a href="https://antoniosantos.io">antoniosantos.io</a>, I've decided to start publishing content on otolock.net moving forward, and I'm still debating if I will be migrating my content to this new domain.</p> <p>The main reason for the change is cost. .io domain renewals went up last year to $51.80, with reports that another 12% increase is expected for 2027. That is simply not sustainable especially when other TLDs like this .net I got only costs around $12.50 to renew.</p> <p>otolock has been my internet moniker for as long as I can remember. I grew up watching and playing with Transformers, and I recall thinking about a username and going for a play on autobots and landed at otolock. I've used it everywhere since, so I don't know why it never occured to me to use it as my domain until now.</p> <h1 id="development-plans">Development Plans</h1> <p>I love tinkering with my website. It's fun to try out new technologies, hosting providers, deployment methods, frameworks, etc. The last verison of antoniosantos.io was built with Django, which I enjoyed working with. If you ever want to spin up a blog and have a built-in admin dashboard, I couldn't recommend Django more. However, that comes with its own complications. If I want to add a new post type, like links or replies, I need to scaffold a new model and update the database. With static-site generators like Astro, that is easier to do.</p> <p>For this first verison of otolock.net, I went with Eleventy 3.1.6. I've seen many people on the IndieWeb use it to build great sites, like <a href="https://michaelharley.net">Michael Harley's</a> and I wanted to give it a try after having used NextJS and Astro in the past. I'll write a bit about my first impressions later, but so far, it's been a smooth ride.</p> <p>Before I get into more details, I did give myself one constraint with this new site: limited AI-agent assistance. I believe AI is a great tool, but I also enjoy the act of writing code. Sometimes, just because I want something done fast, I'll delegate a coding task to Claude or ChatGPT Codex. But, as I've written before, <a href="https://antoniosantos.io/learning-with-ai/">the faster AI gets you to a working solution, the less you learn</a>. Since I want to learn how Eleventy works, I'm going to take my time slowly rebuilding the different building blocks of the IndieWeb and adding them to this new site.</p> <p>If you've been following my blog through RSS, please add this site's RSS feed to your list. I will be posting here moving forward.</p> <p><a href="https://otolock.net/feed/feed.xml">Firehose RSS Feed</a></p> <p><a href="https://otolock.net/feed/posts.xml">Posts Only RSS Feed</a></p>