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Title:       Blop
Date:        2021-03-06
Tags:        linux
Link:        https://spool-five.com/posts/2021-03-06-blop/
Word Count:  253
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'Blop' is a small *sh script by Drew/uoou/friendo.

Blop at Gitlab[1]
=>[1] https://https://gitlab.com/uoou/blop#per-site-settings

It is a sort-of 'static site generator'. I came across it when looking
into things like Hugo and Jekyll (neither of which I ended up trying,
so my only experience with 'static site generators' is blob), through
a video by HexDSL on 'workflow'.

It seems like the opinion on markdown across gemini is mixed, but, as
a non-technical person, I love writing in markdown, especially in
conjunction with pandoc. It feels so powerful and simple.

So, the blop script seemed perfect. I could just write everything in
markdown and the script would do the rest.

But, then I realised it does so much more than that! It automatically
updates an rss feed (I hated doing that), and it allows me to only have
to edit a couple of html files if I'm making changes across the whole
site.

I'm sure there were already so many ways to do all of these things
automatically anyway, but I really love the simplicity and elegance of
a short shell script that can do everything.

The instructions on gitlab are also super-clear and easy to follow. It
didn't take long at all to switch my entire site over to this method.
I really appreciate all the time and effort that went into the script
and to these instructions.

In short, thank you Drew/uoou/friendo for the great work!