In the past I’ve had blogs setup with a very unideal user experience. Not because I wanted to but because I never spent the time making it user friendly for myself. I think I was more focused on how cool the code was.
So I’ve taken the opposite approach this time and looked at what user experience I want out of my blog.
The requirements:
- Must be a static site that can be hosted on Netlify so I can trigger automatic updates
- Must use markdown: I find the formatting nice to use and it works well on mobile
- Must work with the app GitJournal
I found a Gatsby template which was minimal. I spent about 2 hours configuring it to work the way I needed it to for GitJournal.
I’m glad I can post often and easily without the need for a computer or time.