Halfway to 32
Is it trite to watch a movie called Groundhog’s day today?
Today has been a really…odd day. I didn’t accomplish much of anything. At least, it feels like I haven’t. That is fundamentally untrue though[1]. I spent a lot of time in plaintext files because I started the migration of my digital garden to Starlight from mkdocs. The true advantage I see to it is that it feels like I can extend it more easily than mkdocs (with material). Instead of installing a new plugin, adding a custom element is as simple as writing a new Astro component (or island), changing the file from markdown to MDX and importing it. I suppose it would be hard to beat the Python docstring plugin, but accessing, parsing, then rendering your docs isn’t too complicated[2]. A JavaScript toolchain is already a bit of a collossal web of interconnected dependencies and I prefer this method to installing a new plugin. I’m increasingly trying to do things by hand at least once. It helps you appreciate that thought, care, and work that library and frameworks put into their work.
I’m building a note taking application with some of the features I want (and rust 🚀), like the book writing capabilities of Typst or AsciiDoc, and my dad decided to look up the ecosystem. I pointed to logseq as a cool example of what I’d like to build and after viewing them he said the best thing[3]: “why am I still using a word doc as a journal?”
