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Not so quick with the Gatsby site optimizations
This is the post where I talk about neglecting the site and pledge to blog more... wait, wasn't I suppose to do this on January 1st?
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Twenty Nineteen
First time doing a year in review post. The statistics contained are just for fun as there's nothing to compare them against yet.
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Optimizing and automating my Jekyll site build
Lessons learned from building, optimizing, and deploying a huge static site with everyone's favorite SSG — Jekyll.
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Improving Staticman comments on a Jekyll site
How to use Staticman to add threaded comments and reply notifications to a static-based Jekyll site.
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Adding comments to a Jekyll site with Staticman
Uninstall Disqus and learn how to add a static-based commenting system to Jekyll with Staticman.
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How I'm using Jekyll in 2016
Documenting my approach to using Jekyll, how that's evolved over the years, and web development learnings I've picked up along the way.
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Building a living style guide with Jekyll
How I used Jekyll to build a living style guide and pattern library for Made Mistakes.
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Going static: Using Jekyll without a CMS
Migrating Made Mistakes from a Wordpress powered website back to its static file roots using Jekyll without a CMS.
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