livinabsurdism.github.io

Personal blog and portfolio site for Liv Cella, a backend engineer passionate about technology, open source, and sustainable living.

🌐 Live Site: https://livinabsurdism.github.io

About

This is a Jekyll-based static site hosted on GitHub Pages, featuring technical blog posts, project updates, and personal insights on programming, Linux systems, and various side projects.

Tech Stack

• Static Site Generator: Jekyll
• CSS Framework: Bootstrap 3.3.6
• Markdown Processor: Kramdown
• Hosting: GitHub Pages

Features

• ✨ Clean, minimalist design with a terminal-inspired aesthetic
• 📝 Blog posts with syntax highlighting for code
• 🏷️ Category and tag organization
• 📱 Fully responsive layout
• 🎯 Custom 404 page
• 📊 Analytics support (optional)
• 💬 Disqus comments support (optional)
• 📡 RSS feed

Project Structure

.
├── _config.yml          # Site configuration
├── _includes/           # Reusable HTML components
├── _layouts/            # Page templates
├── _posts/              # Blog posts organized by year
│   └── 2017/
├── css/                 # Stylesheets and Bootstrap
├── images/              # Images and media assets
├── blog.md              # Blog listing page
├── category.md          # Category page
├── index.md             # Homepage
└── feed.xml             # RSS feed

Local Development

Prerequisites

• Ruby (2.5 or higher)
• Bundler
• Jekyll

Setup

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/livinabsurdism/livinabsurdism.github.io.git
   cd livinabsurdism.github.io

2. Install dependencies:

   bundle install

3. Run the local server:

   bundle exec jekyll serve

4. Visit http://localhost:4000 in your browser

Creating New Posts

Posts are stored in _posts/ organized by year. Create a new post using the naming convention:

_posts/YYYY/YYYY-MM-DD-title-of-post.md

Post front matter example:

---
layout: post
title: "Your Post Title"
date: YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS
categories:
    - blog
tags:
    - tag1
    - tag2
---

Configuration

Key settings in _config.yml:

title: "absurd revolt"
url: "http://livinabsurdism.github.io"
nick: "livinabsurdism"
markdown: kramdown
permalink: /:categories/:title/

Deployment

The site automatically deploys to GitHub Pages when changes are pushed to the main branch. No additional build steps required.

Credits

• Theme inspired by Clyell by @gjuniioor
• Responsive design contributions by @magnunleno

License

See LICENSE file for details.