template: post
title: Website update
author: flewkey
timestamp: 1593548958
license: CC-BY

I like blogs. Blogs are one of the only suitable platforms for people to
properly present ideas. There are no character limits, the author can embed
whatever they want, and — most importantly — they can disable the
comments section. This caught my attention, so I decided to start my own blog.
Unfortunately, blogging on my plain HTML website was a pain. It needed an
update.

Multiple people had recommended Jekyll to me, and I had seen many others use it
for their websites. Making a simple blog with it seemed simple, but extending
it to handle a custom page for my music was a pain. It didn't help that I am far
too lazy to learn about Ruby.

The solution was ridiculously simple: a Makefile and some Python scripts. I had
to fiddle with it for a couple of hours, but I am quite happy with the result.
The git repository is available [here](https://git.sdf.org/flewkey/flewkey.com).