Hello, world

Welcome to my blog! I couldn’t start any other way than like those good old tutorials that always begin by asking us to write our first program: a “Hello, world” print, in every language. This is the first post on the new site, so it seems fair to explain what this place is and how it is put together.

What to expect#Link to section: What to expect

Mostly notes on what I’m studying, in formal education and in books, and on what I’m building for the web: small decisions, trade-offs and the occasional deep dive.

My intent is to keep posts short, so I can gain traction and keep publishing regularly. But depending on how excited I get about a new subject, you may see longer posts with more findings.

How it is built#Link to section: How it is built

Every page is generated ahead of time by Astro (opens in a new tab) and served as static HTML. There is no client-side framework here, the only script is about one kilobyte, and it remembers which color theme you picked.

export function readingMinutes(markdown: string): number {
  return Math.max(1, Math.ceil(countWords(markdown) / WORDS_PER_MINUTE));
}

The tools site is different: each tool is an interactive island, but the page around it is still plain HTML that you can read before any JavaScript loads.

A note on privacy#Link to section: A note on privacy

There are no analytics, trackers or third-party scripts on either site.

Thanks for reading.

P.S.: this structure and build are what I have for now. Who knows? In the future I may keep it simple, or add ads, and the cookies that come with them, as more projects gather on my blog.