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+Meet bitsyblog: bitsyblog doesn't do much, but it could do less
+
+Why yet another blogging app? Because I wanted to blog from
+the command line and emacs and stubbornly decided it was easier
+to write a new blog than to write a front-end script for 
+wordpress
+
+No, really!  In my cursory survey of blogging software, there
+wasn't anything out there that seemed RESTful and minimalist.
+I don't want a blog that does much;  I want to throw content (a
+little or much) on the web quickly and in the way I want to do
+it.  I also dislike that most blogging software seems monolithic.
+From the "less is better" school of thought, I tend to believe
+that a piece of software should do one thing and one thing well
+
+What does bitsyblog do?
+* blogging.  Only blogging
+* (...and setting user preferences)
+* (...and auth snuck in their too)
+
+What doesn't bitsyblog do?
+* commenting
+* tagging
+* uploading/managing files
+* turn all your text emoticons to animated gifs
+* all of these could be done with WSGI middleware
+
+Isn't WSGI middleware just another way of building a monolith?  Not if its
+done right.  If your app is dependent on middleware, or vice 
+versa, then yes.  Commenting on a blog post is the same as commmenting
+on a wiki page.  
+
+But what if the user wants to delete their blog post?
+Should the comments get deleted as well?  This points to a 
+possible coupling between the app and the client.  The solution
+of course is to not allow users to delete blog posts.
+(Incidentally, using HTTP's DELETE could be used to solve this.  Too bad this
+isn't doable in today's browsers)
+
+So how does bitsyblog work?
+* webob and paste are used to process and serve HTTP
+* restructured text is used for blog formatting
+* auth is built on paste.auth
+
+What is next for bitsyblog?  Feeds and some cleanup and little details.
+Then middleware (probably commenting first).
+
+What is up with the mice?  I caught them eating cheese in the cheeseshop,
+so I put them to work in my logo.
+
+How do I get bitsyblog?  Go to http://bitsyblog.biz/
+Also, its on the cheeseshop
+
+Your blog probably doesn't do much ... but could it do less?