Malcolm Bastien Flow Focused ๐ŸŒŠ

Colophon

This website is a digital gardenโ€”a collection of thoughts, notes, and experiments. It is designed to be fast, accessible, and easy to maintain.

๐Ÿ› ๏ธ Development & Tools

Zed Editor

The primary code editor used for building this site. Zed's high-performance and collaborative features make it an ideal choice for modern web development.

Open Code AI

Much of the implementation and technical structure was developed with the assistance of Open Code AI, an interactive coding tool that helps translate ideas into functional code.

โœ๏ธ Writing Workflow

Obsidian

All blog posts and notes are written in Markdown using Obsidian. This allows for a seamless connection between personal notes and publicly shared content.

Obsidian Git Plugin

The site's content is pushed directly from Obsidian to GitHub using the Obsidian Git plugin, enabling a "write and publish" workflow without leaving the writing environment.

๐Ÿš€ Hosting & Deployment

GitHub Pages

The site is hosted on GitHub Pages. Every time content is pushed to the main branch, a GitHub Action triggers a build process that generates the static site and deploys it automatically.

๐Ÿ”ก Typography

Bricolage Grotesque

Used for headings and display text. A modern geometric sans-serif typeface that provides excellent readability at all sizes.

Public Sans

Used for body text and UI elements. A clean, humanist sans-serif designed for government communications and optimized for screen readability.

๐Ÿ“ฆ Technology Stack

Astro

The web framework for content-driven websites.

Tailwind CSS

A utility-first CSS framework for rapid UI development.

Pagefind

A fully static search library that works without a server.

Simple Git

Used to extract file history and dates directly from the git repository.

@astrojs/sitemap

Automatically generates a sitemap for better SEO.

Remark & Unist

Powerful tools for processing Markdown and building custom content features.