This website

I opted for a hypermedia structure for this website because by this time in my life I’ve realized I can’t describe myself in a linear way.

It's currently published in the following way:

• Markdown files written on any of my devices in Obsidian synced via Obsidian Sync (Plus to support multiple vaults, to keep the site separate from my personal notes vault)
• Published to GitHub via Obsidian Digital Garden
• This git repo has two branches:
  • main
  • live
• Two separate Vercel projects: one pointing to each of the main and live branches, which automatically publish any changes
• So my workflow is:
  • Write changes in Obsidian
  • Publish to the main branch via Obsidian Digital Garden
  • Vercel deploys to the preview domain
  • I review the deployed changes and make any corrections needed
  • When I’m happy with the changes I run a GitHub Actions workflow which merges them to the live branch where they’re then deployed to the live domain

It’s not a perfect setup; I may still someday revive an old project TypeLink for live editing of a personal wiki web site. But the Obsidian ecosystem does provide a lot of advantages.

Goals:

• Sourced from Markdown files
• Good UX to edit on macOS, Linux, iPad, and iPhone
• Reliable deploys. It doesn’t need to be perfect as it’s a personal web site. But if things are regularly breaking I will be disincentivized to post
• Minimal steps to deploy from mobile
• No or low cost