Hello, world

3 October 2026 · 1 minpermalinkBrian Springer

The first post, and a tour of what this blog can do.

This blog runs on its own engine. Posts are plain markdown.

On engines

Writing your own is rarely the fast way. It is the fun way.

How the build works

Markdown goes in, static pages come out. See the launch note.

https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ

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