benswift.me analytics/tracking update

title: "benswift.me analytics/tracking update" description: "I've added counter.dev as a lightweight, relatively un-invasive analytics tool. Ad-blocker users still welcome." tags: - dev

I haven't had any sort of client-side analytics (e.g. Google Analytics) on benswift.me for a long time (since around 2012 I think---several iterations of the site ago). I use an ad-blocker myself, and the whole tracking & analytics thing just strikes me as a bit gross.

However, it is helpful to know where folks are coming from, and so I recently came across https://counter.dev as a lightweight, relatively un-invasive tracking platform. So I've added it to the site. If you're browsing with an ad-blocker then you still have my blessing to enjoy the stuff I put up here ☺

Just wanted to give y'all the heads up. Let me know what you think in the comments[^comments].

[^comments]: Just kidding, who has the time to moderate comments on a personal webpage these days? If you want to get in touch, email me or write something on your own blog and link me to it---there are lots of ways to have conversations, and I'm keen to have them.