I applied for MLH's fall fellowship, and it asked for my portfolio site.
I have one that's hosted on Github Pages, but it's been a while since I worked on it. I was trying to update it, but really struggled with Jkyll. To run the site locally, I had to install Ruby, a version manager for Ruby, a Bundler and some other things.
To be able to run the site locally while working on it is absolutely crucial for productivity's sake.
Then I remembered Docusarus from the documentation site of Open Beta. Recently I updated some of OB's documentation and had a really good time working with the code.
After some very quick digging, I realized that Docusarus is perfect for my use-case: it's node based, uses tools I am already familiar with and love using. It's lightweight(in comparision to Next.js) and can be deployed to Github Pages as well.
I spent about an hour or so playing with it, and successfully deployed it to GH pages and it's live!
Comparing to the other times when I tried to set up a blog, Docusarus is very easy to use and well-documented.
For this project, I try to follow an iterative approach. Meaning building an end to end product as soon as possible, then incrementally improve it.
Today what I did was:
- Step 1: deploy a live blog
- Step 2: add basic personalized styling
- Step 3: the very first post(this one!)