Ricardo

My take on Web Components Lately, I’ve been trying to lear more JavaScript. I wanted to explore web components. After checking out some frameworks and tools, mainly lit, tonic and facet, I wanted to build my own thing. It ende...

I've been trying to write some more JavaScript lately:

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Anyway, I'm not writing my own blog generator (at least not for my persona blog). I hope this also means I'm back to blogging more often.

At least with your own code, you can quickly check what's happening and modify it. This is also my opinion in general with 3rd party dependencies. If you're only using 5% of the features, "writing your own" doesn't seem too crazy.

I've been happy using Hugo. I started with some theme template, which I modified with the knowledge I had back then. The fix for the error above took 2 minutes, but my issue is with the "friction" it creates.

I know "building my own static site generator" is a meme at this point (or excuse to avoid blogging). But honestly, it's easier than dealing with upgrades of whatever tool you're using.