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+X-Date: 2021-08-21T17:37:46Z
+X-Note-Id: eafb7640-7e38-4a90-b3e5-050a0e653305
+Subject: A new static website built from scratch
+X-Slug: a_new_static_website_built_from_scratch
+
+This new iteration of the website is a culmination of a few months of work on
+trying to simplify the stack I work on.
+
+It builts on top of [markdown.awk](https://github.com/knazarov/markdown.awk), which is
+a single-file awk-based markdown-to-html converter, and [notes.sh](https://github.com/knazarov/notes.sh)
+which I use for content authoring and daily notes.
+
+The focus for the website was minimalism: I wanted it to load quickly, to have simple and unobtrusive
+design, and to play nicely with tools I use every day.
+
+I'm not sharing the source code yet, but it's just a few scripts combined with a Makefile. The reason
+I chose Makefile for building is because it can recurse into subdirectories and call conversion commands
+on individual files. 
+
+Calling `make deploy` deploys the resulting html files to the virtual machine, so the whole process is
+really low-friction.
+