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Tweaks to config and new design post
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@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ base_url = "https://files.wezm.net/v2"
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title = "Wesley Moore"
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description = "TODO"
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description = "Posts by Wesley Moore"
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# Whether to automatically compile all Sass files in the sass directory
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compile_sass = true
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title = "About"
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date = 2020-01-27T08:38:24+11:00
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[extra]
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show_date = false
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@ -7,36 +7,45 @@ date = 2020-01-27T15:42:29+11:00
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It's been more than 10 years since I started working on [the previous design]
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for this website 😅, although it won't have been public for 10 years until July
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2020. This feels like a good point to come up with a one!
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for this website 😅. This feels like a good point to come up with a one!
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<!-- more -->
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The previous design served me well. The uncluttered design focussed on text was
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fast and responsive. It saw the introduction of new devices like iPad and a
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gradual increase in mobile display size without needing updating. The new
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design aims to retain these features while giving it a lighter feel. I'm using
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the [Manrope] variable font for all text.
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Technology wise, the previous site was built with [Nanoc], a Ruby static site
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compiler. I've been very happy with Nanoc. As my programming interests have
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shifted away from Ruby to Rust in the last decade I wanted to try a Rust static
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site compiler. The site is now built with [Zola]. Zola is perhaps not quite as
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flexible as Nanoc but I've been able to achieve everything I wanted to with it.
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It's super fast and has nice conveniences like live-reload when editing
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content. Being a single file native binary also makes installation
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straightforward — no need to juggle Ruby versions or install gems.
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design aims to retain these features while giving it a lighter, more modern
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feel.
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Inspired by [Chris Krycho] and [Shaun Inman] I've taken to versioning the
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website instead of attempting to port all the existing content over to the new
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technology. This makes the redesign more of a clean slate and leaves old posts
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technology. This makes the redesign more of a clean slate and leaves old posts
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appearing how the did when originally posted. The new site is hosted under the
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`/v2/` prefix. This allows all existing pages to stay where they are and
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retains the `www.wezm.net` domain.
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retains the `www.wezm.net` domain. Compared to using a sub-domain it doesn't
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mess with DNS or search ranking. I have put redirects in place to direct the
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RSS feeds from the previous version to the new feed.
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Finally, I've now open sourced [the repository][repo] that the site is generated from. This
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is to allow others to see how the site is built and also to submit corrections/fixes
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if they're noticed.
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The new design uses the [Manrope] variable font for all text. Variable fonts
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are a fairly recent addition to the web platform but they have good support
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from fairly recent versions of all modern browsers and operating systems. On
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older browsers/operating systems the layout will fall back to a sans-serif font.
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Webfonts generally come with a non-trivial download cost. However, Manrope is
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108kB and being a variable font that includes all weights between 200 and 800,
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as well as italic!
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Technology wise, the previous site was built with [Nanoc], a Ruby static site
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compiler. I've been very happy with Nanoc over the years but as my programming
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interests have shifted away from Ruby to Rust I've wanted to try a Rust static
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site compiler. I'm now using [Zola]. Zola is perhaps not quite as flexible as
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Nanoc but I've been able to achieve everything I wanted to with it. It's super
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fast and has nice conveniences like live-reload when editing content. Being a
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single file native binary also makes installation a breeze — no need to juggle
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Ruby versions or install gems.
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Finally, I've now made [the repository][repo] that the site is generated from
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public. This is to allow others to see how the site is built and permit
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corrections/fixes via issue or pull request.
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[Chris Krycho]: https://v4.chriskrycho.com/2019/my-final-round-of-url-rewrites-ever.html
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[Shaun Inman]: https://web.archive.org/web/20160422175043/http://shauninman.com/archive/2006/12/04/the_original_heap
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<h2>
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<a href="/{{ page.path }}">{{ page.title }}</a>
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</h2>
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{% if page.extra.show_date | default(value=true) %}
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{% if page.date %}
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<div class="post-metadata">
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<div class="date-published">
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<svg class="date-icon" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" viewBox="0 0 100 100" version="1.1" x="0px" y="0px"><g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd"><path d="M38.6172116,78.6191533 L47.8030928,78.6191533 L47.8030928,69.4332721 L38.6172116,69.4332721 L38.6172116,78.6191533 Z M24.8586734,78.6191533 L34.0445546,78.6191533 L34.0445546,69.4332721 L24.8586734,69.4332721 L24.8586734,78.6191533 Z M66.1332478,64.2656288 L75.319129,64.2656288 L75.319129,55.0797476 L66.1332478,55.0797476 L66.1332478,64.2656288 Z M52.3757498,64.2656288 L61.561631,64.2656288 L61.561631,55.0797476 L52.3757498,55.0797476 L52.3757498,64.2656288 Z M38.6172116,64.2656288 L47.8030928,64.2656288 L47.8030928,55.0797476 L38.6172116,55.0797476 L38.6172116,64.2656288 Z M24.8586734,64.2656288 L34.0445546,64.2656288 L34.0445546,55.0797476 L24.8586734,55.0797476 L24.8586734,64.2656288 Z M66.1332478,49.9110641 L75.319129,49.9110641 L75.319129,40.7251829 L66.1332478,40.7251829 L66.1332478,49.9110641 Z M52.3757498,49.9110641 L61.561631,49.9110641 L61.561631,40.7251829 L52.3757498,40.7251829 L52.3757498,49.9110641 Z M38.6172116,49.9110641 L47.8030928,49.9110641 L47.8030928,40.7251829 L38.6172116,40.7251829 L38.6172116,49.9110641 Z M24.8586734,49.9110641 L34.0445546,49.9110641 L34.0445546,40.7251829 L24.8586734,40.7251829 L24.8586734,49.9110641 Z M13.1607434,90.8382164 L87.7337471,90.8382164 L87.7337471,30.2016227 L13.1607434,30.2016227 L13.1607434,90.8382164 Z M13.1617836,26.0408793 L87.7347873,26.0408793 L87.7347873,16.2662529 L13.1617836,16.2662529 L13.1617836,26.0408793 Z M73.5237682,12.1055095 L73.5237682,5 L69.3630249,5 L69.3630249,12.1055095 L31.5314656,12.1055095 L31.5314656,5 L27.3707222,5 L27.3707222,12.1055095 L9,12.1055095 L9,95 L91.8955307,95 L91.8955307,12.1055095 L73.5237682,12.1055095 Z" fill="currentColor"/></g></svg>
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