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+++ title = "My first statically generated post" date = 2024-08-24 description = "A blog post about Obsidian, Zola and friction in writing" +++
I have spent many hours searching and trying out different ways to manage my own website. I want it to be a resume, a place where I can blog if I want to (which is not really frequent), and most importantly, a place to showcase my development. Especially that last part has been hard: none of the setups I have tried worked so far.
Friction
So what's wrong? What's holding me back? I've recently seen some YouTube-videos by Devops Toolbox and his comments on how friction in your workflow can degrade of your intended input. This got me thinking. Very recently I switched both my personal and work notes entirely to Obsidian. There, I finally did not experience any friction, taking notes. So, I thought, why not make this wonderful writing and note taking experience that combines Obsidian with Neovim also work for my online presence?
Searching
Unfortunately, the solution was not so easy: combining Grav with Obsidian didn't work, because they both interpret and rely on YAML frontmatter. Given that I had already spent quite some time setting up my ideal Obsidian/Nvim-experience, I thought, well, maybe that last bit is just too good to be true. And then, I thought of statically generated websites.
Trying
I still don't have the workflow down exactly, but the ideal for me would be the following: I can write from Obsidian (phone or laptop) or Neovim a blog post, something about a project, and have it sync to and update my website seamlessly. After some failed attempts with Git and remote bare repositories (which I misunderstood), I think I almost have a working process. 1 => I write from my Obsidian vault (phone, laptop, Neovim) 2 => Obsidian and Neovim (with nvim.images) show me a preview of the content 3 => I sync the content to my server which puts it in the correct place and file ownership context
I would say that I'm stuck at step 3, but not in an immovable way: I just need to configure everything right, learn how to best leverage rsync and inotify-tools to get a somewhat smart syncing going on, and then I'm in business. Oh yeah, also, I hope to get my emoji game on with this plugin, because, uh, I'm a professional...? See you soon!