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A static-site CMS that runs in VS Code

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A clever, open-source CMS designed for static site generators like Eleventy, Astro, and Hugo which use Markdown files and frontmatter metadata. The CMS itself runs directly in your IDE, giving you a …

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Jamstack, IFTTT and Netlify: A Power Trio

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A good look behind Andy's "microblog", a small website that powers his Twitter feed and link list via a mixture of IFTTT, RSS, Feedbin, Eleventy, and Netlify. Includes step-by-step guide and source …

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Practical Jamstack: intro to 11ty

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I "missed" the meetup (it was 2am local time 😂) but glad to catch up, a really nice introduction to 11ty/Eleventy as a build tool. The more I hear about the flexibility that 11ty gives you in …

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Partial hydration with 11ty and Preact

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A great rundown of how to build a site using Preact and Eleventy that gives you the best of SPA-lite hydration and the speed/resilience of SSGs, all with the power of progressive …

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11ty tips I wish I'd known

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Several excellent tips on how to best setup, configure, or use Eleventy, all with excellent explanations. I particularly liked the breakdown of the data cascade model …

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Trailing slashes on URLs

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I saw Zach's poll on Twitter when they posted it, so I was intrigued to see what the results were. Most people agree with me, that URLs shouldn't have trailing slashes. It turns out that we're …

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Rethinking categorisation

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I always enjoy hearing others' thoughts on taxonomies, and Lea's ideas are well thought through and come with some interesting challenges (and findings) around using hackable URLs, folksonomies, and …

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2023: The Year of Our Big Day

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2023 was another BIG year in terms of, well, everything. We travelled all over the world. We attended scores of major events. And we got married. It's taken a while to write up, as a result!

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