Another one of my hobby projects is finally up and running, and the feeling of accomplishment is really nice. I've realized that I either need to finish my open projects or bury them forever because unfinished endeavors don't bring me any joy and contribute to some sort of mental load. And I want to reduce my mental load. And every completed project builds momentum. And this momentum is something one shouldn't undererstimate.

This particular project you see is a blog. While a blog is not something one can ever truly complete, the static site generator for my blog is now operational. This time, I avoided the trap of endlessly adding features and refactoring for the sake of it. I came to the somehow obvious conclusion that a working solution is better than an overly refined one. Besides, who am I kidding? If generating hundreds of HTML files takes under a second, there's no need to optimize my static site generator any further. Now, if I have the neccessity I can add new features along the way.

When I first started, I had a clear vision. I wanted a small generator that uses input other than Markdown. Markdown isn't bad, but I wanted more—the ability to include code in many different dialects and have more control over the layout than Markdown allows. In fact, I wanted to incorporate $LATEX$ code directly and without fuss. I also desired a site that doesn't need any JavaScript, at least on the frontend. For styling, I use TailwindCSS to generate my CSS file during the build process. As I try to block all JavaScript on other sites, and I know other try too.

Here is a mathematical formula: $x^2+y^2=z^2$, which explains the Pythagorean theorem.

${\int }_0^1{x}^{2}dx=\frac{1}{3}$

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print("hello")

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def greetings(name:str)->str:
    print(f"Hello {name}")

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output:

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ls \
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components-gen.py  first-post.json  generate2.py  generator3.py  highlight-test.py  parse_citations.py  post1.json      references.json  tailwind.config.js
document.html      foo.py           generate.py   generator.py   output             poetry.lock         pyproject.toml  snippets         tailwindcss
vim foo.bar