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Back to blogging!

In this devlog: how am I trying to revive my personal page - DoMax.lt!

Here I am again! Back to my personal page that’s quite old at this point. Almost a whole year without posting! Time to change that.

What technology am I using?

I am using Jekyll for page generation. Jekyll’s charm is very simple - it requires everything to be written in Markdown, while the template for a site can just be taken from elsewhere and modified (by editing or adding your own Markdown files). Super useful and super easy for anyone who doesn’t want to mess around setting up a Wordpress machine, but loves to tinker a bit.

THAT SAID - modifying the themes can sometimes be painful, as they’re not frequently updated. I got lucky - my chosen template wasn’t too cluttered up, but I remember having to put in some work to clean and update it to a usable, production-ready state.

The thing I am happy about though is my Docker workflow. It’s very convenient - lets me preview my page after editing anything locally. And rebuilds the container extremely fast too!

Since I said it’s not a new project, well then what IS new?

Glad you asked! I always missed a “Featured Projects” section and I want to shape this site not only for projects, but also standalone blogs. Now it was shaped to act only as a project showcase, but there are other things I’m passionate about.

What exactly am I planning to add next?

First of all:

My pile of projects that I have finished to a usable state, but never showcased. They deserve more attention.
A couple of blogs. I recently discovered that the old model Pebble Steel still works due to massive preservation efforts and I’m looking forward to getting the new Pebble Time 2, whch is a part of the reboot, also some Raspberry Pi and Alpine/Matcha Linux findings.

And the rest we’ll see about!

To follow my journey, don’t forget to visit DoMax.lt and the other projects I am hosting or making :D