The code that powers https://nathanhoad.net

Create a folder in the /posts directory and name it what your slug/url is going to be (eg. posts/just-start-now).

Now create a .text file of the same name as the folder and put it in that folder (eg. posts/just-start-now/just-start-now.text).

The first lines of the post will be its title, followed by a list of its headers:

# Just start now

- published: 2018-03-06
- tags: games, painting
- share: some-image.jpg

There is a long road between a dream and reality. The path is not well worn and sometimes hard to see.

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To run the server just do npm start. Posts will be compiled statically and then a simple asset server will spin up.

In development mode (NODE_ENV !== 'production') the server will watch for changes to posts and templates and recompile/restart when needed.