Initial Commit

2024-07-01

Hello, World!

I'm trying out a static site generator called Zola.

So far I like that:

• It is a single binary, no dependencies, and is written in Rust
• There is a docker image

I'm less happy about:

• It does not use jinja2 templating, which seems to be the de-facto standard
• Building the site may get complicated using docker (maybe the answer is to go old-fashioned and write a systemd service or something)

I find the ideals of the indie web pretty appealing. I'm not yet sure entirely what will become of my little corner of the internet, but I have a few ideas for what to write here. Stay tuned!

The first few posts will probably document the process of building this site from the ground up. I know enough HTML/CSS to be very conscious of how much I don't know. I'll be borrowing liberally from Zola examples and templates, and other blogs I like the looks of to begin with. The whole idea with this is that the site will grow and improve gradually over time, like a garden. Speaking of which, there will be definitely be a lot of content about my actual garden (the one with plants in it) because I'm pretty excited about that right now.

Step 1 is to actually get this up on https://xylemphloem.xyz, rather than just sitting here on localhost.