The New 347Online.me
Programming note! This blog is now at 347online.me/blog!
Read this post there: 347online.me/blog/the-new-347online-dot-me/
I’ve been dissatisfied with my website since oh… I dunno, a few minutes after I launched it? Not to mention that my blog was completely separate from the website as a whole. That sucks!
I knew I could do better. A regular hey-I’m-just-a-person-who-says-stuff-sometimes website shouldn’t be a React app. And I’ve been doing this kind of thing long enough that I can make my own blog, damn it.
I’ve been itching to switch over to a static site generator and finally after much deliberation, I have switched over to 11ty — check out the source code for details.
I’m really trying to write more and I’ve realized that I hated the publishing workflow for my old blog. I’m a [Neo]Vim girlie and these days that’s where I do all of my writing. Pasting that markdown into a web form didn’t feel nice. Writing in the editor I spend most of my time in and being able to write drafts as git commits in a pull request sparks joy.
Even as I write this I’m already quite enamored with this new workflow. It’s never felt easier to express myself.
There are still a few rough edges I’d like to polish up — if I don’t have RSS soon I’ll go mad — but this should be a great foundation to build on for years to come.
I couldn’t be happier. I hope to talk to you here again real soon. :)