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diff --git a/content/posts/deploying-the-garden.md b/content/posts/deploying-the-garden.md deleted file mode 100644 index 105bfb7..0000000 --- a/content/posts/deploying-the-garden.md +++ /dev/null @@ -1,38 +0,0 @@ ---- -title: Deploying the garden -date: 2024-03-26 -extra: - kind: note ---- - -Every respectable tech blog must contain two posts: - -- ”This site now has RSS” -- ”This is how this site is deployed” - -Other content is optional. - -## Writing on the go - -Content updates go like this: - -1. I write Markdown in a special directory in my Obsidian Vault -2. The change is synced to my Digital Ocean server via Obsidian Sync (I run an Obsidian process on my server) -3. A file system monitor script picks it up and runs a build script -4. Built HTML files are served with Nginx - -This process gives me full control over the content wherever I have access to Obsidian. Making writing as easy as possible is the principle behind this design. - -[This is considered a good idea in the frog community.](https://www.todepond.com/wikiblogarden/art/never-stop-writing/on-your-phone) - -Making changes to the build process itself, or the HTML template, requires a computer, however. - -## Parentheses - -Most of the heavy lifting is done by `pandoc`. The glue parts use an obscure and ancient language with many curved sigils. Give it a try. - -{{ fig(src="/files/repo_langs.png", alt="A GitHub repository language breakdown showing that most of the code is written in Scheme.") }} - -## Hosting - -My small Digital Ocean server also moonlights as a container image registry. I build the scripts into an OCI image, push it on the server and run it with `docker-compose`. Don’t over-engineer when you want things _done_. |