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Open Not Maintained

Open Not Maintained

An open license does not mean maintained code - abandonware still fails the inspectable test.

Community Depth

Community Depth

Thick communities save weeks on fixes and hiring; thin open-source benches cost evenings with no backup.

Static Site or CMS? How I Pick the Stack

Static Site or CMS? How I Pick the Stack

I pick static or WordPress by who publishes, what changes live, and whether anyone needs a login - not by which one wins the argument online.

Why I Focused on Open Source Technologies

Why I Focused on Open Source Technologies

Open source wasn't a purity test. No license fee got me in the door; freedom to install, read the code, and move my files is what kept me for twenty years.

Free Tier Hosting Stack

Free Tier Hosting Stack

Hugo, GitHub, and Cloudflare Pages ship static sites for $0 - until build caps, queues, or account limits bite.

Selling Static Sites

Selling Static Sites

Charge for the build and pass-off; hosting is a clear line item, not a mystery bundle.

Git-Based CMS

Git-Based CMS

A git CMS commits markdown to the repo so clients get buttons while the same push-live build still runs.

Getting Started

Getting Started

I keep one clear claim per note page and let wikilinks plus /notes/ do the browsing.

Digital Garden

Digital Garden

A digital garden is where notes grow in public - linked, imperfect, alive on Hugo and Git.

Drafting in Public

Drafting in Public

Drafting in public keeps the garden honest with rough posts and feedback instead of private hoarding.

Future-Proofing Knowledge

Future-Proofing Knowledge

Future-proof notes with plain text, open tools, and exports tested before a vendor locks you in.

Maps of Content

Maps of Content

Hub notes get written by hand when one topic spreads across too many files to hold in memory.

Metadata Strategy

Metadata Strategy

If tagging a note takes longer than writing it, the system is fighting the writer.

The Garage Concept

The Garage Concept

The vault is the garage for scraps and experiments - the blog is the showroom, kept separate.

The Second Brain Workflow

The Second Brain Workflow

Capture to inbox, organize by project, distill on reuse, express weekly - CODE and PARA in one loop.

Sustainable Online Publishing

Sustainable Online Publishing

I already decided to own my site. This is how I keep publishing without treating social as my archive - domain, Git, push, share.

HugoPlate: The Theme Quietly Powering This Site

HugoPlate: The Theme Quietly Powering This Site

Live demos of every HugoPlate shortcode this site uses, plus why I still run the theme a year later - what I changed and where it bit me.

How I Built JoRap Notes: After Losing PHP Hosting

How I Built JoRap Notes: After Losing PHP Hosting

I lost my old PHP hosting and a chunk of my work. A weekend later I landed on Hugo + GitHub + Cloudflare Pages - faster and better than what I was paying for.

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