Welcome to dotko.id
What this blog is for, who writes here, and what you can expect to read in the coming months.
This is the first post on dotko.id. The blog collects practical notes about building, shipping, and maintaining software on the open web. Several writers publish here, and each one keeps a public profile page that lists their posts.
What you will find here
Posts fall into three groups:
- Build notes. Short reports about a problem, the options we compared, and the decision we made.
- Reference material. Pages that we expect to update, such as formatting guides and checklists.
- Editorial notes. Occasional posts about how the site itself works.
Every post shows the writer, the publication date, and an estimated reading time. Use the tag index to find related material.
How the site is built
The site is a static build. Markdown files live in the site repository, and a build step turns them into HTML, optimized images, an RSS feed, and a sitemap. There is no database and no server-side application, so pages load fast and the running cost stays close to zero.
Writers do not need to use the command line. They open a browser editor, write the post, and save it. The save creates a commit in the repository, and the commit starts a new build.
Subscribe
Add the RSS feed to your reader to get every new post. The feed contains the title, the summary, and a link to the full article.
Thank you for reading. The next post explains the publishing workflow in detail.