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title = 'About Silicate'
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slug = 'about'
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## Author & History
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Hi! I'm Christian Aribaud! Some may also now me as "Bohren".
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I've loved webcomic for as long as I can remember! Just imagine -- artists creating
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amazing comics, and they put it online for all to see! And *for free*! How cool is that?
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And since they put their work online for free, I wanted to help them.
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There are two things I know well: software development and speaking French. Yes, I know, I'm sorry.
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I helped a few times the webcomic [Pepper & Carrot](https://www.peppercarrot.com/fr/) but nowadays
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I'm one of the French translators for [Rising Sand](https://risingsand.glass/)!
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And while I love webcomics, I also saw these past years how things can get dire for the
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authors -- platforms degrading, exploiting artists, shutting down, embracing that *freaking
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GenAI trend*...
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And then two things happened : I got interested in [Hugo](https://gohugo.io/) and the RS website
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ran into trouble with multilingual support.
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I wondered if I could give artists a way to create simple webcomic websites using Hugo without
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having to relly on third-party platforms or WordPress.
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Silicate is the result.
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## Why the name Silicate?
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I chose Silicate as an homage to Rising Sand, because it's what got me started!
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Also, "Silicate" is pronounced like "Silly Cat" in french, which I find very funny.
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## Contacts
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If you want to send me questions, feature requests or suggestions, you can do so here:
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* [@bhoren](https://bsky.app/profile/bhoren.bsky.social) on Bluesky
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* [@bhoren@mastodon.art](https://mastodon.art/@Bhoren) on Mastodon
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