java and feed updates

java

So, a new set of classes has begun for me this quarter at the university. Two are just degree requirements unrelated to the major, but one is where I learn Java. In my mind Java is not really a fan favorite so to speak, and even though I’ve been learning it for about a week, I can understand why. It’s verbose, requires classes for everything, and just does things in a way that’s going to take time to get used to. I mean, I’ll learn it because it’s another tool and it’s used in android devices, which means it is everywhere. It always helps to be able to know multiple languages, especially if they’re widely used, because you never know what interesting opportunities arise from them.

feeds

I have also improved the posts feed to where the content can be read straight from the reader. Unfortunately, I couldn’t do much with the photos feed other than add clarity via another link to the photo. I really wanted to embed the photo so it could be seen from the reader itself, but since I am using data generated from .yaml files and not markdown, I cannot render them in the feeds like I can with my posts. And since the photo names are generated during build, I can’t hardcode the URLs as a workaround. That is not a problem with markdown because it’s designed to also render to HTML. YAML is not.

I guess could convert all of the photo data to be markdown files instead, but with how I have the photos being generated and handled on the site, using .yaml files just makes more sense. At the very least, I think the link I added does help some, even if it’s technically redundant…