A quest for
minimal stack
or
how I rebuilt my website (again!)
using some nifty new technologies
called 11ty and variable fonts
The goal
a music portfolio website
- There's no shame in overcomplicating things for pet projects (that's a fun way to learn new stuff)
- But it's also not the only way
"What's the most simple way to do a static website without sacrificing too much developer experience?"
Previous experience
Jekyll, SASS, built with Gulp
Quite simple, but with a noticeable downside:
walked away from the project for a couple of years,
all dependencies are broken due to OS updates, old Ruby version etc.
Not simple enough?
Enter 11ty, a simpler static site generator
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positioned as a JavaScript alternative to Jekyll
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zero-config, has flexible configuration options
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not opinionated (uses independent template engines, supports multiple out of the box)
"Talk is cheap, show me the code"
Demo
A quest for minimal stack
By Yevhen Orlov
