Getting this blog idea out of my head and onto the internet
I keep thinking, why does making a blog feel like it has to be complicated. I just want a clean site where I can post stuff, change it when I want, and not pay for hosting right away. GitHub Pages plus Jekyll is kind of perfect for that. It’s free, it’s real, and once it clicks, it feels like you finally have control.
So the plan is simple. We set up the repo, turn on GitHub Pages, and let Jekyll handle the boring parts like layouts and post lists. Then we pick a theme that doesn’t look like a default homework page. After that we write posts in Markdown, push changes, and watch the site update like magic. And yeah there’s a little bit of config stuff but it’s not as scary as it looks.
When the blog is working, we’ll tighten things up. Make navigation make sense. Add an about page if we want. Then deploy properly so every push goes live without extra steps. If you’ve got a domain name sitting around, we can connect that too so it looks legit and not like some random project link.
Quick wrap up
If you can type words into files and click commit, you can do this. The first setup might feel annoying but after that it gets weirdly fun because everything is yours to edit.
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