Joshua P. Steele

Joshua P. Steele

Pastor-turned-programmer, software engineer, and IndieWeb enthusiast

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Joshua P. Steele is a software engineer and blogger based in Ohio. His primary website is joshuapsteele.com.

About

I'm a pastor-turned-programmer who solves problems with a heart for people and an eye for detail. I work mainly on backend development in Java, SQL, and Python for a cybersecurity company.

IndieWeb Features

My site supports the following IndieWeb features:

Identity

h-card on homepage with profile information
rel-me links to verify distributed identity across social platforms
IndieAuth support for signing in with my domain
WebFinger for Fediverse discovery

Publishing

h-entry markup on all blog posts
Microformats2 for semantic HTML (p-name, dt-published, e-content, p-category, p-author)
Full-content RSS and JSON Feed
300+ blog posts published

Social Features

Webmention support via webmention.io
JavaScript-based webmention display (likes, reposts, replies, mentions)
Bridgy integration for backfeeding social interactions from Bluesky
Reply buttons (email, Bluesky, Micro.blog) on each post

POSSE

Publish on Micro.blog at social.joshuapsteele.com
Cross-post to Bluesky and Mastodon via Micro.blog
Original posts remain on joshuapsteele.com

Community

Member of IndieWeb Webring (🕸💍)
Active on Micro.blog community

Tech Stack

My website is built with:

Hugo static site generator (v0.147.3)
PaperMod theme (customized)
GitHub Pages hosting
GitHub Actions for automated deployment
Domain registered with Porkbun

Contact

Website: https://joshuapsteele.com
Email: blog@joshuapsteele.com
Micro.blog: @joshuapsteele
Bluesky: @joshuapsteele.bsky.social
Mastodon: @joshuapsteele@mastodon.social

User:Joshuapsteele.com