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#### About this site
ThisImplementing this site seems to be big fun,fun - it actually is, also because it is rather obscure.
The only real reference I know of is [[https://www.wikirate.org| wikirate.org]]; the Decko framework is largely focused on the operations of this particular site.
My instance — you’re looking at — runs in AWS using a fairly (too) small machine:
* Ubuntu Linux;
* The Decko framework;
* Apache and Passenger;
* MySQL;
* Ruby with Ruby version manager Rbenv;
* HTTPS/SSL is done with Let’s Encrypt.
Almost 15 years ago I came across Decko — at that time known as WAGN — simply because I wanted to implement a Wiki written in Ruby.
At PostNL I introduced earlier on ‘OpenWiki’, which at that time was a wiki written mostly in ‘asp’.
#### Just a number of remaining remarks
* The learning curve seems to be rather steep; just because I had already invested quite some effort, I am continuing using Decko;
* The git repository for the code goes nowadays all the way back to June 2007;
* The concept of cards seems somewhat weird and not implemented fully consistently, but it works;
* Actually, the flexibility is enormous; you can use all sorts of cards for plain text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Markdown, etc.;
* It is extremely well suited for ‘stepwise refinement’; pages can be edited in split second from any client when logged in to the systems;
* Bootstrap is also under the hood, which facilitates usability on mobile devices.
The only real reference I know of is [[https://www.wikirate.org| wikirate.org]]; the Decko framework is largely focused on the operations of this particular site.
My instance — you’re looking at — runs in AWS using a fairly (too) small machine:
* Ubuntu Linux;
* The Decko framework;
* Apache and Passenger;
* MySQL;
* Ruby with Ruby version manager Rbenv;
* HTTPS/SSL is done with Let’s Encrypt.
Almost 15 years ago I came across Decko — at that time known as WAGN — simply because I wanted to implement a Wiki written in Ruby.
At PostNL I introduced earlier on ‘OpenWiki’, which at that time was a wiki written mostly in ‘asp’.
#### Just a number of remaining remarks
* The learning curve seems to be rather steep; just because I had already invested quite some effort, I am continuing using Decko;
* The git repository for the code goes nowadays all the way back to June 2007;
* The concept of cards seems somewhat weird and not implemented fully consistently, but it works;
* Actually, the flexibility is enormous; you can use all sorts of cards for plain text, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Markdown, etc.;
* It is extremely well suited for ‘stepwise refinement’; pages can be edited in split second from any client when logged in to the systems;
* Bootstrap is also under the hood, which facilitates usability on mobile devices.