Welcome to my blog!

This is my first post using ghmd-blog, a static site generator I built to host this blog. It reads markdown from a private GitHub repository and generates clean, fast HTML that I deploy to my shared hosting via SFTP.

Why build another static site generator? I wanted full control over my content without vendor lock-in. Existing tools either didn't support private repos or locked me into specific hosting platforms.

Key Features

Here's what makes ghmd-blog interesting:

1. Private GitHub repos — Your content stays private until it's published
2. Self-hosted deployment — SFTP to any shared hosting, no platform dependencies
3. 17 professional themes — Mix and match light/dark modes with a manual toggle (try clicking the theme button!)
4. 10 font options — Separate configuration for body text and code blocks
5. Tag filtering — Clickable tags for browsing related posts
6. Syntax highlighting — Beautiful code blocks in any language
7. Template customization — Override header/footer without touching core files

There's more — pagination, static pages, HTML page support, and auto-generated table of contents. See the full feature list on GitHub.

Code Example

Here's a quick Python snippet to show off syntax highlighting:

def greet(name: str) -> str:
    """Return a friendly greeting."""
    return f"Hello, {name}! Welcome to ghmd-blog."

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(greet("World"))

What's Next?

I don't know when my next blog post will be. It might take a while ... or not. We'll see.