Rebuilding my site

Sep 26, 2026 · 1 min read

My old site was built with Gatsby back when I wanted an excuse to really learn HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. It did its job, but I always meant to turn it into a blog and never got around to it.

This version is intentionally smaller:

Next.js with the App Router, statically generated
MDX for posts, so I can drop components into writing when I need them
Tailwind CSS with a muted palette, dark by default

§Writing a post

Each post is a single .mdx file in src/content/posts with a bit of frontmatter at the top:

src/content/posts/hello.mdx

---
title: Hello
description: A short summary for the index and RSS feed.
date: 2026-09-26
draft: true
---
 
Post content goes here.

Code blocks are highlighted at build time, so there's no client-side cost:

export const getPosts = async () => {
  const slugs = await getSlugs();
  const posts = await Promise.all(slugs.map(getPost));
  return posts.sort(byDateDescending);
};

More soon.