.build.yml

@@ -5,24 +5,14 @@ packages:
   - uv
 environment:
   site: ficd.sh
-  draft_site: draft.ficd.sh
   proxy: ficd.srht.site
   repo: ficd.sh
-  zona_repo: git+https://git.sr.ht/~ficd/zona
+  zonaref: git+https://git.sr.ht/~ficd/zona@b8b8fef72c741606ed1165a0c07c42cca8060176
-  zona_ref: 71e541aa5e02a3e28a8b62bc7a1e609a9f6f7b78
 tasks:
   - build: |
       if [ "$GIT_REF" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
         cd $repo
-        uv run --with "${zona_repo}@${zona_ref}" zona build --output public
+        uv run --with "$zonaref" zona build
-      else
-        echo "Skipping build: not on main"
-      fi
-
-  - build_draft: |
-      if [ "$GIT_REF" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
-        cd $repo
-        uv run --with "${zona_repo}@${zona_ref}" zona build --output public-draft --draft
       else
         echo "Skipping build: not on main"
       fi
@@ -35,14 +25,6 @@ tasks:
         echo "Skipping package: not on main"
       fi
 
-  - package_draft: |
-      if [ "$GIT_REF" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
-        cd $repo/public-draft
-        tar -cvz . > ../public-draft.tar.gz
-      else
-        echo "Skipping package: not on main"
-      fi
-
   - upload: |
       if [ "$GIT_REF" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
         hut pages publish -d "$site" $repo/public.tar.gz
@@ -50,9 +32,3 @@ tasks:
       else
         echo "Skipping upload: not on main"
       fi
-  - upload_draft: |
-      if [ "$GIT_REF" = "refs/heads/main" ]; then
-        hut pages publish -d "$draft_site" $repo/public-draft.tar.gz
-      else
-        echo "Skipping upload: not on main"
-      fi

config.yml

@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ sitemap:
   About: /about
   Blog: /blog
   Now: /now
-  Git: /git
   Contact: /contact
 ignore:
   - .git

content/about.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: About
+title: About Me
 ---
 
 My name is Daniel, and I am a programmer, Linux enthusiast, and graduate
@@ -10,16 +10,14 @@ code, tinkering, and contributing to open-source projects. Feel free to
 work.
 
 I'm the author [zona] (a static site generator), [Ashen] (a color scheme),
-and a number of [Kakoune] plugins. Check my various [Git] forge profiles
+and a number of [Kakoune] plugins. You can find my latest work on my
-to see my latest work.
+profile, [~ficd].
 
 [zona]: https://sr.ht/~ficd/zona
-[Git]: /git
+[~ficd]: https://git.sr.ht/~ficd
 [Ashen]: https://sr.ht/~ficd/ashen
 [Kakoune]: https://kakoune.org
 
-## Education
-
 I completed a Bachelor's of Computing (Honours) at Queen's University in
 2024, and I'm currently in the Master's of Science program at the School
 of Computing. As part of the NSERC CREATE Cybersecurity program, my work
@@ -28,17 +26,13 @@ tackle real-world security challenges. I'm currently working on my thesis,
 which introduces a novel method of detecting signal relay attacks in the
 context of multi-factor authentication.
 
-## Stack
+I use Kakoune as my text editor, and I type in
-
-I use [Kakoune] as my text editor, and I type in
 [Colemak-DH](https://colemakmods.github.io/mod-dh/) on a
 [custom layout](https://sr.ht/~ficd/zmk). I run Arch Linux on a desktop PC
-and ThinkPad, my preferred terminal is Foot, and I enjoy Niri as a window
+and ThinkPad, my preferred terminal is Foot, and I've been enjoying Niri
-manager.
+as a window manager.
 
-## This Website
+This website is registered on [1mb.club](https://1mb.club/) and
-
+[jsfree.org](https://jsfree.org/). It's published at
-This website is my personal blog and homepage. It's
+[ficd.sh](https://ficd.sh), and a proxy is available at
-[JavaScript free](https://jsfree.org/), and registered on
+[ficd.srht.site](https://ficd.srht.site)
-[1mb.club](https://1mb.club/). The color scheme is [Ashen], and it was
-built using [zona].

content/blog/building-my-own-ssg.md

@@ -1,91 +1,71 @@
 ---
 title: Building My Own Static Site Generator
-date: 2025-07-10
+date: July 6, 2025
 draft: true
 ---
 
 *[SSG]: Static Site Generator
 
-[homebrewed]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrewing
+*[homebrewed]: Self-made, intended for personal use.
+
 [zona]: https://sr.ht/~ficd/zona
 [Hugo]: https://gohugo.io/
 [Zola]: https://www.getzola.org/
 [Jekyll]: https://jekyllrb.com/
-[Zoner]: https://zone-builder.neocities.org/
-[Zonelets]: https://zonelets.net/
-[Neocities]: https://neocities.org
 
 [^jd]: [jdugan6240.dev](https://jdugan6240.dev/posts/custom_site_generator.html#why)
 
-[^long-sentence]: I disabled the "long sentences" linter in my grammar
+Those of us in the open-source world tend to be very _passionate_ about what we
-    checker. Take that for being unapologetic!
+do — and passion often manifests itself in _blogging_. Rolling your own blogging
+setup seems to be a rite of passage. It's a project of moderate complexity, fun,
+and not particularly time-consuming.
 
-[^small-web]: The "small web" is a way to collectively refer to
+Personal websites and blogs are very... personal. Why not maximize the control
-    independent, home-made, personal websites --- often with a focus on
+we have over them? Many of the programmers I respect publish blogs using a
-    creativity, anti-capitalism, and technology.
+homebrewed SSG. I figured it was time to join them!
-
-Those of us in the open-source world tend to be very _passionate_ about
-what we do — and passion often manifests itself in _blogging_. Rolling
-your own blogging setup seems to be a rite of passage. It's a project of
-moderate complexity, fun, and not particularly time-consuming.
-
-Personal websites and blogs are very... personal. Why not maximize the
-control we have over them? Many of the programmers I respect publish blogs
-using a [homebrewed] SSG. I figured it was time to join them!
 
 This article is about how (and why) I built [zona], the SSG that built and
-rendered the blog post you're reading. Without any further ado, let's get
+rendered the very sentence you're reading. Without any further ado, let's get
-into it!
+into it.
 
 [TOC]
 
-## Zonelets & Zoner
-
-I don't remember how I found out about the small web,[^small-web], but I
-_do_ recall how it immediately sparked something in me. As an autist with
-very particular interests that's always struggled to fit in, the premise
-of having my very own corner of the internet where I could
-unapologetically be myself without fear of retribution from rude
-social-media commenters or being subject to the whims of some grumpy
-content moderator was _very_ appealing to me.[^long-sentence]
-
 ## Reinventing The Wheel
 
 There's no shortage of excellent SSG tools out there. [Hugo] is fast,
-configurable, and very popular. [Jekyll] is the default on GitHub pages,
+configurable, and very popular. [Jekyll] is the default on GitHub pages, which
-which makes it _(I'm guessing)_ the most commonly-used SSG by a long shot.
+makes it _(I'm guessing)_ the most commonly-used SSG by a long shot. [Zola] is
-[Zola] is tiny, dependency free, and _very_ flexible.
+tiny, dependency free, and _very_ flexible.
 
-You can certainly build some awesome blogs with these tools, and customize
+You can certainly build some awesome blogs with these tools, and customize them
-them as much as you want. For example, my friend Alisa uses [Zola] to
+as much as you want. For example, my friend Alisa uses [Zola] to publish
-publish [her blog](https://axlefublr.github.io/), which is a great example
+[her blog](https://axlefublr.github.io/), which is a great example of how a
-of how a minimal website can truly shine with the right styling and
+minimal website can truly shine with the right styling and customization.
-customization.
 
-So: if there's such an abundance of great static site generators, why did
+So: if there's such an abundance of great static site generators, why did I
-I write my own? JD[^jd], a fellow Kakoune enjoyer, puts it well:
+write my own? JD[^jd], a fellow Kakoune enjoyer, puts it well:
 
 > 1. It's a good learning experience \[...\]
-> 2. Many static site generators are complex and take time to learn to
+> 2. Many static site generators are complex and take time to learn to configure
->    configure \[...\]
+>    \[...\]
-> 3. A custom solution grants complete control over how exactly the site
+> 3. A custom solution grants complete control over how exactly the site is
->    is generated \[...\]
+>    generated \[...\]
 
-My main motivation for starting work on [zona] was the third point:
+My main motivation for starting work on [zona] was the third point: **complete
-**complete control**. I don't think being a control freak makes me an
+control**. I don't think being a control freak makes me an outlier among Linux
-outlier among Linux users — why else would we be breaking our operating
+users — why else would we be breaking our operating system near-daily, if not
-system near-daily, if not for some obsessive customization?
+for some obsessive customization?
 
-It's happened very often that I find some tool I like, and during the
+It's happened very often that I find some tool I like, and during the process of
-process of tweaking it, I find _something_ that can't be changed --- which
+tweaking it, I find _something_ that can't be changed --- which ends up
-ends up bothering me immensely. I figured that I'd rather avoid this
+bothering me immensely. I figured that I'd rather avoid this experience while
-experience while writing my own blog. This way, if something is missing,
+writing my own blog. This way, if something is missing, it's my fault, and no
-it's my fault, and no one else's.
+one else's.
 
 ## Requirements
 
-The features I implemented in [zona] are informed by what I want from my
+The features I implemented in [zona] are informed by what I want from my own
-own blog. The primary user is myself, after all! I knew I wanted:
+blog. The primary user is myself, after all! I knew I wanted:
 
 - Writing in Markdown with as little embedded HTML as possible.
 - A convenient live preview.
@@ -94,8 +74,7 @@ own blog. The primary user is myself, after all! I knew I wanted:
 - Declarative configuration.
 - An easy way to add new posts.
 
-## Snakes Eating Gophers: A Valiant First Attempt
+## Gophers And Snakes
 
-I started work on [zona] in October, 2024. At this point, I had written a
+I started work on [zona] in October, 2024. At this point, I had written a few
-few (smaller) projects in Go, and I wanted to work on something more
+(smaller) projects in Go, and I wanted to work on something more complicated.
-complicated to learn the language better.

content/git.md

@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
----
-title: Git
----
-
-[git.ficd.sh]: https://git.ficd.sh/ficd
-[git.sr.ht]: https://git.sr.ht/~ficd
-[codeberg]: https://codeberg.org/ficd
-[github]: https://github.com/ficcdaf
-
-My forge profiles, in order of precedence:
-
-- [git.ficd.sh] (self-hosted)
-- [git.sr.ht]
-- [codeberg]
-- [github]

content/index.md

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 ---
-title: ficd.sh
+title: Home
 show_title: false
 ---
 
@@ -11,13 +11,12 @@ show_title: false
 
 <div class="fixed" markdown="1">
 
-![Me (approximate likeness).](/static/images/dithered_ficd.jpg)
+![](/static/images/dithered_ficd.jpg)
 
 </div>
 
 <center markdown="1">
 
-I write software. Allegedly.\
+Hello. I write programming code.
-Direct complaints to `>/dev/null 2>&1`.
 
 </center>

content/static/style.css

@@ -17,46 +17,6 @@ body {
     padding-left: calc(100vw - 100%);
 }
 
-.toclink {
-  position: relative;
-  text-decoration: none;
-  color: inherit;
-}
-
-.toclink::before {
-  content: "#";
-  position: absolute;
-  right: 100%;
-  margin-right: 0.25em;
-  top: 50%;
-  transform: translateY(-50%);
-  opacity: 0;
-  transition: opacity 0.2s ease;
-}
-
-h1 .toclink::before {
-  content: "#";
-}
-
-h2 .toclink::before {
-  content: "#";
-}
-
-h3 .toclink::before {
-  content: "##";
-}
-
-h4 .toclink::before {
-  content: "###";
-}
-
-.toclink:hover::before {
-  opacity: 1;
-}
-.toclink:hover {
-  background-color: transparent;
-}
-
 /* h1, */
 h2,
 h3,
@@ -170,7 +130,7 @@ pre {
     white-space: pre;
     word-wrap: break-word;
     overflow-wrap: break-word;
-    font-family: monospace;
+    font-family: 'Fira Code', 'Consolas', 'Courier New', monospace;
     font-size: 0.95em;
 }
 
@@ -323,7 +283,7 @@ tbody tr:hover {
 }
 
 table code {
-    font-family: monospace;
+    font-family: 'Fira Code', 'Consolas', monospace;
     font-size: 0.85em;
     background: #1d1d1d;
     padding: 0.1em 0.25em;

templates/footer.md

@@ -1,13 +1,11 @@
 <center markdown="1">
 
-[©] Daniel Fichtinger, 2025\
+[©] Daniel Fichtinger, 2025.\
-[open source]\
+[Open source], built with [zona], hosted on [sourcehut].
-built with [zona]
 
 [©]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0
 [zona]: https://sr.ht/~ficd/zona
 [sourcehut]: https://srht.site/
 [Open source]: https://git.sr.ht/~ficd/ficd.sh
-[ficd.sh]: https://ficd.sh
 
 </center>

templates/header.html

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-<center>
-<pre><a href="/" style="color: inherit; text-decoration: none;">ficd.sh</a></pre>
-</center>
 <ul>
 {% for name, url in site_map.items() %}
     <li><a href="{{ url }}">{{ name }}</a></li>