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There's no CMS, the site is generated from MD/MDX using Astro. The theme is an adapted version of Astro Micro (https://astro.build/themes/details/astro-micro/). Seems like some people like it and some don't, but I like it so I'm using it

drewsberryon Artisanal handcrafted Git repositories

The site uses Astro (https://astro.build/) and the code blocks are generated using Shiki (https://shiki.style/). As Shiki generates the HTML and CSS at build-time instead of requiring runtime JS like alternatives like Prism (https://prismjs.com/#basic-usage), it's actually quite performant. I think it's unlikely that a couple of hundred lines with some empty spans in is going to cause performance issues – imo it's more likely to come from some silly JS somewhere.

drewsberryon Artisanal handcrafted Git repositories

There was a silly on scroll listener that was doing basically nothing – I've tried removing that so if you happen to visit again, I'd be very grateful if you could let me know whether it is still happening (I can't reproduce it myself).

drewsberryon Artisanal handcrafted Git repositories

Thanks for letting me know. I'm on an M3 and haven't experienced any issues myself, but allowing for font size configuration seems like a pretty good idea. I'd added this in so if you happen to take another look, I'd be interested to hear whether you think this is an improvement.

drewsberryon Everything you need to know about Python 3.13 – JIT and GIL went up the hill

Thanks for pointing this out, I hadn't seen that – I've just pushed an update to reflect this.

drewsberryon How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner

It's probably complaining about the relative path, try replacing `-v ./pg-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data` with `-v "$PWD/pg-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data"`

drewsberryon How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner

Thanks for letting me know, it was a typo in the "click-away closes nav menu" logic that opened it on the first click – all fixed now.

drewsberryon How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner

Mine blocked it when I first created it, you can usually flag an incorrectly classified site and they'll correct it (I assure that you I'm not doing any phishing).

drewsberryon How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner

There are dozens of us!

drewsberryon How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner

Well if it isn't my arch-nemesis – my legally designated name. Maybe I should've gone for something with just my first name like drewsexpertblog.dev

drewsberryon How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner

Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it :-) I've added the RSS feed to my home page now, as the other poster noted the URL is https://drew.silcock.dev/rss.xml.

drewsberryon How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner

Very good point, I've rephrased this.

drewsberryon How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner

Thanks for letting me know, I'll make sure to edit it quickly next time :-)

drewsberryon How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner

Can't see any way of modifying the title, unless I'm missing something – maybe I missed the edit window.

drewsberryon How Postgres stores data on disk – this one's a page turner

I did add it into the title originally, must've been stripped. Thanks for the heads up, didn't know HN had this "useful feature".

drewsberryon Radiooooo – The Music Time Machine

https://radiooooo.com/ doesn't work because it's trying to XHR the http version of the site which gets blocked. The other .app domain works fine though, like you said.

drewsberryon Cdecl – Turns English phrases into C declarations

There's https://regex101.com/ for regex, does an excellent job, can't really ask for more

drewsberryon Hack – A typeface designed for source code

This was posted to HN a couple of years ago. Has it changed since then? The discussion back then was fairly comprehensive, and most of the comments in here will likely replay the same questions (ligatures, comparison to other fonts like DejaVu sans, I vs i, etc.).

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10140728

drewsberryon Show HN: Jekyll KaTeX Block – Integrate KaTeX into Jekyll

Thanks! Let me know if you've got any questions about it.