Tools and products I used to set up this website
How I created this blog: which tools and products I decided to use.
Creating this blog
A series about how I built this website with Jekyll, GitHub Pages, Dev Containers, and the tools around it.
When I started this website in 2020, I decided to document how I was building it as I went.
The articles below cover the choices behind the blog itself: Jekyll, GitHub Pages, storage, editing, the theme, and the surrounding development setup. They reflect the setup at the time, so some tools and details may have changed since then.
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Setting up GitHub Pages to host a Jekyll website
How I created this blog: how I set up and configured the hosting of this blog on GitHub Pages
Preparing a GitHub repository to host a Jekyll website
How I created this blog: how I set up and configured the repository backing this blog
Setting up a devcontainer to work with Jekyll on Windows
How I created this blog: how I set up Visual Studio Code to work with my Jekyll site
Setting up a website based on Jekyll
How I created this blog: how I created my site using Jekyll CLI and initial configuration
Customizing Jekyll with the Minimal Mistakes theme
How I created this blog: how I installed the Minimal Mistakes theme and customized a bit