September updates
Looks like I got a bunch of new users just after I used a good part of my last blog post to complain about the lack thereof. I suppose someone went out to scout for them. I didn't quite mean it like...
View ArticleMobile site
I made a mobile version of the web site. It's basically just the same as the traditional version, but stretched out and enlarged, and with the side bar replaced by a top bar with a button to open a...
View ArticleHiatus classifications
My last blog post was about describing comics that are updating. This time around, I'm talking about comics that don't update. Roughly speaking, more than half of the comics listed on Piperka don't...
View ArticleInferred schedules
Piperka's main page is kind of useless. I've never had any good idea about what to put there and it's only ever had a short introductory message along with a count of the amount of comics I've...
View ArticlePiperka migrated, part 2
I'm writing this one so that I might remember it better: Piperka's backend process runs as a systemd user service. The default mode for them is to shut down when the last user session closes. That...
View ArticlePiperka migrated
I moved Piperka to Hyperhost.ua today. I've had a few problems with my last hosting provider. The server I've been using has had a number of hang ups that I've had to resolve by issuing a remote reset...
View ArticleApp done (for now)
I've ported the Piperka client app to Android and it's been available on Google Play as of May 20th. I put the badge on the site template for a while but I'm moving that to just the new user landing...
View ArticleNext step, Android
First off, a couple of notes about monetization. I promise I'm not trying to annoy you with it. I've added Google's AdSense ads as an opt in feature. They're not the kind of ads I'd really want for...
View ArticleAuthors page
Those of you who've opted in to ads on Piperka may have noticed that they have been away for a while. That's because Google's invalid traffic detection algorithm flagged my account. They didn't...
View ArticlePush notifications
Piperka has a new feature: push notifications. I'm not pushing them (heh) at you as a default but if you'd like to have Piperka tell you when there's something new to read then click on...
View ArticleClaiming comics, ads and Piperka tour
You may have noticed a change in the ads since a couple of weeks ago. Piperka joined Comic Ad Network. They're pretty much a successor to the late Project Wonderful. The payout might be less than with...
View ArticleTeksti
I'm announcing a new site: Teksti. The name's the Finnish word for "text" and it's pronounced like "texty". It's just like Piperka but this time it's for web fiction. In fact, they share the same user...
View ArticleDiscover mode
I've added a new site feature that should make browsing new web comics easier. Discover mode is a way to use Piperka Reader to view comics, one by one. It's got the same archive controls as Reader...
View ArticleMaintenance
I haven't much to tell about new site features at this time, but I thought it'd be a good time for an update, nonetheless. Most of the time I've used on Piperka during the last couple of months has...
View ArticleRecommendations 2.0
Piperka has a new recommendations algorithm in use. The old one was using a user-based collaborative filtering algorithm, the new one is based on alternating least squares. I still didn't try to...
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