Rethinking the blog

• Need to get the public side of how I write closer to how I actually write.
  • Goal is shorter, more easily consumed writing (with references)
  • Doing this will require code
• The current previous blog I built a few months ago for standard "portfolio/archive" purposes wasn't right; not the right format nor longterm.
  • Need for something that reflects the shearing layer approach
  • Different timespans, etc
• Unstyled initially, goal is to build out the next components and API to make this work, assuming I'm going to want to rebuild it in a year or two.
  • NextJS (i.e. super comfortable tool); tailwind (meh); 90% serverside; react for the not serverside (or svelte?); SEO-y (tbd)
  • Markdown only for CMS
  • sqlite or grist for anything data related (reference?)

For anyone interested, this is what the vault "looks like"

Needs:

• Traditional Essays (Archive)
• Connected Essay
  • Stem connected, metaphors
• Shorter snippets
• Search
• Reference and citation-focused
• Image gallery

Launch Reqs

• List all posts in /blog
• List all week in /week
• List all notes in /notes
• List all reading in /reading
• Connect all mdx links relatively
  • required for stem
• Auto-generate stems based on references

For Later

• Image Gallery
• Hidden and private notes
• Auto formatting stems
• Auto formatting network
• Node-based censoring
• Render .canvas inline via react-jsoncanvas
  • This will probably require a custom rehype plugin?