A place to share things I create
You are currently in my digital space.
It’s inspired by similar spaces like Andy Matuschak’s working notes, Maggie Appleton’s digital garden, and how I structure my thoughts in the tool I use everyday, Obsidian.
It sees both all of my outputs as building blocks to learn and iterate off, rather than standalone projects.
It’s also free and open sourced.
Build
Creating this space has been a rewarding practice of basic front-end development while keeping design principles at the core.
I’ve built a few custom plug-ins and scripts that it utilises, but try keep things simplistic and future-proof. The aim of the site is longevity, and flexibility; I don’t know what content will look like in 5 years, and I know much less about what might interest me by then.
If you’re interested in replicating something like this, you can learn what a digital space is, or dive into the tech stack below. You can also view the open-sourced code repository on Github here.
Stack and cost
| Stack | Cost/ year | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Obsidian | $0 | Writing pages and notes in Markdown |
| Jekyll | $0 | Turns Markdown files into static webpages |
| SCSS/ CSS | $0 | Styles the static webpages |
| Ruby/ Javascript | $0 | Adds plugins and custom scripts |
| Netlify | $0 | Hosts and deploys |
| Google Domains | $18 | The .com domain |
Coming to a grand total of $18 per year. Not bad!
To learn more about this project, please reach out.