diff --git a/www/content/blog/2024/1.md b/www/content/blog/2024/1.md index eeabf17..0b6bc38 100644 --- a/www/content/blog/2024/1.md +++ b/www/content/blog/2024/1.md @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ Welcome to my newly created blog! I'm not sure how good this is going to be, but My name is Alexander Pieck, and even though I'm in the IT business, I'm usually the kind of sysadmin who runs the servers and hardware and gets blamed for slow internet speeds and bad password policies (spoiler: I also hate changing my password every 180 days). -Recently, I decided to give programming a shot. I started with some bash scripts for my dotfiles and loved the customizability and freedom that comes with doing it yourself! +Recently, I decided to give programming a shot. I started with some bash scripts for my [dotfiles](https://git.k4li.de/dotfiles/) and loved the customizability and freedom that comes with doing it yourself! -Then, I thought about creating my own website. As an IT guy, I also have my own company and need a way to present myself on the world wide web. So about a week ago, I started dabbling in HTML and CSS. Just basic stuff like padding, margin, flexboxes, and layout/placement. This also helped me customize my dotfiles better. +Then, I thought about creating my own website. As an IT guy, I also have my own company and need a way to present myself on the world wide web. So about a week ago, I started dabbling in HTML and CSS. Just basic stuff like padding, margin, flexboxes, and layout/placement. This also helped me customize my [waybar](https://git.k4li.de/dotfiles/waybar.git) better. I already knew a bit of markdown from using Git, of course. But I never really had the need to write much in markdown. Now, with Hugo as my site generator, I need to know markdown well. I think it's a pretty easy and fast way to deploy websites (even non-blog websites, if you know how), so I decided to go that route. diff --git a/www/content/blog/2024/2.md b/www/content/blog/2024/2.md index 6bdd7ea..8b8ac25 100644 --- a/www/content/blog/2024/2.md +++ b/www/content/blog/2024/2.md @@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ I can't showcase my work just yet, as it's still a work in progress and not read In my research, I explored several Hugo themes, but many were outdated. When I loaded them and started a server, bam - they threw weird CSS errors and some said things like `.. is deprecated, use .. instead`, which felt quite odd and frustrating. Since I'm new to the whole website industry, I wanted to stick to themes that work well and look nice: ## PaperMod --- -One theme that stands out is PaperMod, which I am using right now šŸ«”. +One theme that stands out is [PaperMod](https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod), which I am using right now šŸ«”. I love its simplicity, but I know this is definitely NOT the right choice for a customerā€™s website who wants to display products or run a shop. Nevertheless, there's something special about it, something cozy and different, in the way PaperMod presents content. It also offers numerous configuration options, such as: - Enabling breadcrumbs (those Home >> Blogs indicators) @@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ I love its simplicity, but I know this is definitely NOT the right choice for a ## minimal_marketing --- -Another theme I considered is minimal_marketing. It looks amazing and simple, but the way it is advertised and the somewhat complicated installation process made it hard to get started. Maybe Iā€™ll give it another try later in my career šŸ˜œ. +Another theme I considered is [minimal_marketing](https://github.com/letItCurl/minimal_marketing). It looks amazing and simple, but the way it is advertised and the somewhat complicated installation process made it hard to get started. Maybe Iā€™ll give it another try later in my career šŸ˜œ. ## spectral --- -The theme I selected and modified the most is spectral. It showcases a nice, big open screen, which I liked, and provides almost all the space I need on the first page. It also offers a way to manage Meetups, which was a requirement for the website. I thought it would be the easiest and nicest-looking theme I could choose, so I did. +The theme I selected and modified the most is [spctral](https://github.com/sbruder/spectral) . It showcases a nice, big open screen, which I liked, and provides almost all the space I need on the first page. It also offers a way to manage Meetups, which was a requirement for the website. I thought it would be the easiest and nicest-looking theme I could choose, so I did. diff --git a/www/public/blog/2024/1/index.html b/www/public/blog/2024/1/index.html index f36d0d6..aaa0017 100644 --- a/www/public/blog/2024/1/index.html +++ b/www/public/blog/2024/1/index.html @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ My name is Alexander Pieck, and even though I’m in the IT business, I&rsqu "keywords": [ ], - "articleBody": "whoami tl;dr pika aka. Alexander Pieck IT Sysadmin IT started as a hobby Homelab Enthusiast Never wanted to codeā€¦ but now I might be codingā€¦ Welcome to my newly created blog! Iā€™m not sure how good this is going to be, but Iā€™ll try to make it as beautiful and interesting as possible.\nMy name is Alexander Pieck, and even though Iā€™m in the IT business, Iā€™m usually the kind of sysadmin who runs the servers and hardware and gets blamed for slow internet speeds and bad password policies (spoiler: I also hate changing my password every 180 days).\nRecently, I decided to give programming a shot. I started with some bash scripts for my dotfiles and loved the customizability and freedom that comes with doing it yourself!\nThen, I thought about creating my own website. As an IT guy, I also have my own company and need a way to present myself on the world wide web. So about a week ago, I started dabbling in HTML and CSS. Just basic stuff like padding, margin, flexboxes, and layout/placement. This also helped me customize my dotfiles better.\nI already knew a bit of markdown from using Git, of course. But I never really had the need to write much in markdown. Now, with Hugo as my site generator, I need to know markdown well. I think itā€™s a pretty easy and fast way to deploy websites (even non-blog websites, if you know how), so I decided to go that route.\nThis whole idea isnā€™t just for nothing. I plan to get it online, but really, itā€™s just for me, soā€¦\nwhat do I want to achieve? Good question! Here are some things I hope to accomplish with this blog:\nJust Writing I donā€™t know why, but Iā€™ve always liked sharing my thoughts with others. I do this to refresh my own knowledge and always thought others might learn something from it, even though I now realize that might not always have been the case. So yeah, mostly for myself, again. I also just love the English language, even though itā€™s not my native language. Iā€™m from Germany and maybe Iā€™ll try to add translated versions of my blog later on.\nLearning Vim Keybindings (Neovim) As I started coding, I stumbled across The Primeagen and fell in love with his vim skills and how fast he can just DO stuff. I was stunned and installed Neovim the same day. My newfound Neovim love is thanks to the Neovide frontend for Neovim. Itā€™s absolutely gorgeous, and I really want to write, learn, and live in this environment now!\nLearning How to Code and Structure a Website I want to learn basic website design and maybe, later on, a bit of app design, specifically for the web. I love the open-source Docker containers available on Docker Hub, and would love to publish my own small set of apps. But thatā€™s all something for future pika.\nBy setting these goals, Iā€™m hoping to make this blog not just a platform for sharing my thoughts, but also a tool for personal growth and learning. Thank you for joining me on this journey!\n", + "articleBody": "whoami tl;dr pika aka. Alexander Pieck IT Sysadmin IT started as a hobby Homelab Enthusiast Never wanted to codeā€¦ but now I might be codingā€¦ Welcome to my newly created blog! Iā€™m not sure how good this is going to be, but Iā€™ll try to make it as beautiful and interesting as possible.\nMy name is Alexander Pieck, and even though Iā€™m in the IT business, Iā€™m usually the kind of sysadmin who runs the servers and hardware and gets blamed for slow internet speeds and bad password policies (spoiler: I also hate changing my password every 180 days).\nRecently, I decided to give programming a shot. I started with some bash scripts for my dotfiles and loved the customizability and freedom that comes with doing it yourself!\nThen, I thought about creating my own website. As an IT guy, I also have my own company and need a way to present myself on the world wide web. So about a week ago, I started dabbling in HTML and CSS. Just basic stuff like padding, margin, flexboxes, and layout/placement. This also helped me customize my waybar better.\nI already knew a bit of markdown from using Git, of course. But I never really had the need to write much in markdown. Now, with Hugo as my site generator, I need to know markdown well. I think itā€™s a pretty easy and fast way to deploy websites (even non-blog websites, if you know how), so I decided to go that route.\nThis whole idea isnā€™t just for nothing. I plan to get it online, but really, itā€™s just for me, soā€¦\nwhat do I want to achieve? Good question! Here are some things I hope to accomplish with this blog:\nJust Writing I donā€™t know why, but Iā€™ve always liked sharing my thoughts with others. I do this to refresh my own knowledge and always thought others might learn something from it, even though I now realize that might not always have been the case. So yeah, mostly for myself, again. 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Welcome to my newly created blog! I’m not sure how good this is going to be, but I’ll try to make it as beautiful and interesting as possible.

My name is Alexander Pieck, and even though I’m in the IT business, I’m usually the kind of sysadmin who runs the servers and hardware and gets blamed for slow internet speeds and bad password policies (spoiler: I also hate changing my password every 180 days).

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Recently, I decided to give programming a shot. I started with some bash scripts for my dotfiles and loved the customizability and freedom that comes with doing it yourself!

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Then, I thought about creating my own website. As an IT guy, I also have my own company and need a way to present myself on the world wide web. So about a week ago, I started dabbling in HTML and CSS. Just basic stuff like padding, margin, flexboxes, and layout/placement. This also helped me customize my dotfiles better.

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Recently, I decided to give programming a shot. I started with some bash scripts for my dotfiles and loved the customizability and freedom that comes with doing it yourself!

+

Then, I thought about creating my own website. As an IT guy, I also have my own company and need a way to present myself on the world wide web. So about a week ago, I started dabbling in HTML and CSS. Just basic stuff like padding, margin, flexboxes, and layout/placement. This also helped me customize my waybar better.

I already knew a bit of markdown from using Git, of course. But I never really had the need to write much in markdown. Now, with Hugo as my site generator, I need to know markdown well. I think it’s a pretty easy and fast way to deploy websites (even non-blog websites, if you know how), so I decided to go that route.

This whole idea isn’t just for nothing. I plan to get it online, but really, it’s just for me, so…

what do I want to achieve?

diff --git a/www/public/blog/2024/2/index.html b/www/public/blog/2024/2/index.html index e3fdf9e..0159b5c 100644 --- a/www/public/blog/2024/2/index.html +++ b/www/public/blog/2024/2/index.html @@ -100,8 +100,8 @@ "keywords": [ ], - "articleBody": "A Challenge Will Get You Going A few days ago, I embarked on a new adventure: writing my first blog entry. I didnā€™t really know what I was doing, and to be honest, that hasnā€™t changed much! šŸ˜Š However, I am amazed at how straightforward and enjoyable it is to learn website development with the Hugo framework. As I mentioned before, one of my goals was to create a website for a client. And let me tell you, it feels fantastic to learn some truly ā€œgoodā€ stuff. My work may not be perfect, but Iā€™m genuinely proud of myself and have thoroughly enjoyed the process with Hugo.\nI canā€™t showcase my work just yet, as itā€™s still a work in progress and not ready for production. But once the website is live, Iā€™ll make sure to update this page with a link.\nIn my research, I explored several Hugo themes, but many were outdated. When I loaded them and started a server, bam - they threw weird CSS errors and some said things like .. is deprecated, use .. instead, which felt quite odd and frustrating. Since Iā€™m new to the whole website industry, I wanted to stick to themes that work well and look nice:\nPaperMod One theme that stands out is PaperMod, which I am using right now šŸ«”. I love its simplicity, but I know this is definitely NOT the right choice for a customerā€™s website who wants to display products or run a shop. Nevertheless, thereā€™s something special about it, something cozy and different, in the way PaperMod presents content. It also offers numerous configuration options, such as:\nEnabling breadcrumbs (those Home Ā» Blogs indicators) Enabling Emoji support šŸ„³ And many more features, which I plan to explore in the coming days minimal_marketing Another theme I considered is minimal_marketing. It looks amazing and simple, but the way it is advertised and the somewhat complicated installation process made it hard to get started. Maybe Iā€™ll give it another try later in my career šŸ˜œ.\nspectral The theme I selected and modified the most is spectral. It showcases a nice, big open screen, which I liked, and provides almost all the space I need on the first page. It also offers a way to manage Meetups, which was a requirement for the website. I thought it would be the easiest and nicest-looking theme I could choose, so I did.\n", - "wordCount" : "401", + "articleBody": "A Challenge Will Get You Going A few days ago, I embarked on a new adventure: writing my first blog entry. I didnā€™t really know what I was doing, and to be honest, that hasnā€™t changed much! šŸ˜Š However, I am amazed at how straightforward and enjoyable it is to learn website development with the Hugo framework. As I mentioned before, one of my goals was to create a website for a client. And let me tell you, it feels fantastic to learn some truly ā€œgoodā€ stuff. My work may not be perfect, but Iā€™m genuinely proud of myself and have thoroughly enjoyed the process with Hugo.\nI canā€™t showcase my work just yet, as itā€™s still a work in progress and not ready for production. But once the website is live, Iā€™ll make sure to update this page with a link.\nIn my research, I explored several Hugo themes, but many were outdated. When I loaded them and started a server, bam - they threw weird CSS errors and some said things like .. is deprecated, use .. instead, which felt quite odd and frustrating. Since Iā€™m new to the whole website industry, I wanted to stick to themes that work well and look nice:\nPaperMod One theme that stands out is PaperMod, which I am using right now šŸ«”. I love its simplicity, but I know this is definitely NOT the right choice for a customerā€™s website who wants to display products or run a shop. Nevertheless, thereā€™s something special about it, something cozy and different, in the way PaperMod presents content. It also offers numerous configuration options, such as:\nEnabling breadcrumbs (those Home Ā» Blogs indicators) Enabling Emoji support šŸ„³ And many more features, which I plan to explore in the coming days minimal_marketing Another theme I considered is minimal_marketing. It looks amazing and simple, but the way it is advertised and the somewhat complicated installation process made it hard to get started. Maybe Iā€™ll give it another try later in my career šŸ˜œ.\nspectral The theme I selected and modified the most is spctral . It showcases a nice, big open screen, which I liked, and provides almost all the space I need on the first page. It also offers a way to manage Meetups, which was a requirement for the website. I thought it would be the easiest and nicest-looking theme I could choose, so I did.\n", + "wordCount" : "402", "inLanguage": "en", "datePublished": "2024-06-20T23:15:44+02:00", "dateModified": "2024-06-20T23:15:44+02:00", @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@

A challange will get you going fast

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June 20, 2024 Ā· 2 min Ā· 401 words +
June 20, 2024 Ā· 2 min Ā· 402 words
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In my research, I explored several Hugo themes, but many were outdated. When I loaded them and started a server, bam - they threw weird CSS errors and some said things like .. is deprecated, use .. instead, which felt quite odd and frustrating. Since I’m new to the whole website industry, I wanted to stick to themes that work well and look nice:

PaperMod

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One theme that stands out is PaperMod, which I am using right now šŸ«”. +

One theme that stands out is PaperMod, which I am using right now šŸ«”. I love its simplicity, but I know this is definitely NOT the right choice for a customerā€™s website who wants to display products or run a shop. Nevertheless, there’s something special about it, something cozy and different, in the way PaperMod presents content. It also offers numerous configuration options, such as:

minimal_marketing

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Another theme I considered is minimal_marketing. It looks amazing and simple, but the way it is advertised and the somewhat complicated installation process made it hard to get started. Maybe Iā€™ll give it another try later in my career šŸ˜œ.

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Another theme I considered is minimal_marketing. It looks amazing and simple, but the way it is advertised and the somewhat complicated installation process made it hard to get started. Maybe Iā€™ll give it another try later in my career šŸ˜œ.

spectral

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The theme I selected and modified the most is spectral. It showcases a nice, big open screen, which I liked, and provides almost all the space I need on the first page. It also offers a way to manage Meetups, which was a requirement for the website. I thought it would be the easiest and nicest-looking theme I could choose, so I did.

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The theme I selected and modified the most is spctral . It showcases a nice, big open screen, which I liked, and provides almost all the space I need on the first page. It also offers a way to manage Meetups, which was a requirement for the website. I thought it would be the easiest and nicest-looking theme I could choose, so I did.

diff --git a/www/public/blog/index.html b/www/public/blog/index.html index 99aeb52..6414454 100644 --- a/www/public/blog/index.html +++ b/www/public/blog/index.html @@ -167,7 +167,7 @@

A Challenge Will Get You Going A few days ago, I embarked on a new adventure: writing my first blog entry. I didnā€™t really know what I was doing, and to be honest, that hasnā€™t changed much! šŸ˜Š However, I am amazed at how straightforward and enjoyable it is to learn website development with the Hugo framework. As I mentioned before, one of my goals was to create a website for a client....

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A Challenge Will Get You Going A few days ago, I embarked on a new adventure: writing my first blog entry. I didnā€™t really know what I was doing, and to be honest, that hasnā€™t changed much! šŸ˜Š However, I am amazed at how straightforward and enjoyable it is to learn website development with the Hugo framework. As I mentioned before, one of my goals was to create a website for a client....

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