new beginnings

hii everyone, and welc to my brand new blog! 👋

i'm super excited to finally share my thoughts and experiences with you guys. It's been a journey getting to this point, and while I'm still figuring out exactly what kind of content i'll be posting. (and if anyone will actually read it lol). This feels like a pretty big first step.

my cool & new blog maker

You might be wondering how this blog was brought to life. Did I use 11ty or Hugo? Or did I just hardcode everything? Nope, none of the above!

This blog was generated using something special I built myself, PyPress.

PyPress is a custom static site gen (ssg) written in Python. It takes your Markdown (.md) files, applies a template you define, and compiles everything into a fully functional HTML blog. It also works with static hosting.

My main inspo for PyPress was 11ty, but I wanted to focus on simplicity and user convenience. Honestly, i found myself going crazy trying to import CSS files and dealing with sparse docs in other tools. PyPress aims to solve that!

needing collabs & feedback

PyPress is mostly stable, but it's still a work in progress. I'm keen to share the code and get people testing it out. If you're interested in givin' it a try or contributing, please DM me on Discord!

I'm also running into some problems, particularly with RSS feeds and the overall visual aspect. PyPress generates an rss.xml file by default, but when i look at the Global RSS feeds on Nekoweb, everyone else's look so much cooler. I think it's something in their rss.xml structure. If you have any insights or can offer some help with RSS feed optimization, please also reach out to me on Discord.

That's all for now. Thanks for stopping by, and i'll catch ya in the next post!