Stack

I love learning how other people build things.
Currently, this site runs on the following (using an open-source blog template I built) -

• Middleman static site generator,
• TailwindCSS for most of the styling,
• Markdown to create webpages, parsed by Middleman using kramdown,
• Netlify for automated cloud deployments.
• Design shamelessly inspired by Patrick Collison’s personal site.

I’ve used this tech stack for 8+ years now to run this site. Do I think Middleman is dying? Absolutely. I still enjoy using it though and I think it’s still a solid choice for a static site like this.

Netlify has never let me down. For years I’ve never had to think about it — I just push a commit, and it gets deployed. I’ve stuck on the free plan and never had any issues.

I think .md is the ultimate blog file format. There’s no lock-in to a CMS platform, and they’re entirely portable to another platform. Middleman, despite it’s age, does a great job of parsing and rendering everything.