thinker
thinker is a static site generator and the site it builds. Posts are written in a small markup that reads like a Unix manual page. The generator has zero external dependencies.
Visit websiteThe problem
I wanted a blog generator small enough to read in one sitting, with no dependency tree to keep patched, and posts that read as well in a terminal as in a browser.
How it works
- Zero external dependencies: running cargo tree should list one crate, and that rule is written into the repository.
- The markup grammar has a single definition in the source, and the writing rules are documented as a manual page of their own.
- Every image must carry useful alt text, which doubles as how the image appears in a terminal.
- A post can be published from a browser by adding a Markdown file on GitHub, with no local toolchain.
- One command builds, tests and validates the site, and another installs the manual page.
Built with
- Rust
- Make
- mandoc
- Python