#!/bin/bash -e function sendmessage(){ echo '{"text": "'${1}'" }' > /tmp/slack-tmp.txt curl -X POST \ -H 'Content-type: application/json' \ -d @/tmp/slack-tmp.txt \ "https:/xx/xx/xx" } function sendfile(){ jq -n --arg msg "$(cat $1 | grep -o ' .\+')" \ '{"text": $msg }' > /tmp/slack-tmp.txt curl -X POST \ -H 'Content-type: application/json' \ -d @/tmp/slack-tmp.txt \ "https:/xx/xx/xx" } if test -f "$1"; then sendfile "${1}" else sendmessage "${1}" fi A hack job that sends either the content of a file (mangled) or a message.

Background A couple of years ago, I developed an addon to redirect from Reddit to Teddit. It was convenient and I much preferred the UI of Teddit as well as the privacy gains of using it.

Malmö has had an especially cold winter this year.

Readability and Simplicity This blog is based on Hugo. The old Hugo theme I (and so many others!) used was Terminal by panr. It’s a good theme, pretty simple and has a nice retro look. It’s not very nice to read on though.