Handmade Log #1: Setting Up

I started building Handmade right before I put out the previous blog post. I needed something to start building because, boy... a blank folder with an index.html document is quite daunting. So I started writing the first tool(?) on the site, which I am just calling my Tome. I wanted a place where I could keep documentation about the things I learn in my life. Basically, a personal encyclopedia. I started with some very basic CSS for a nice readable font, some dynamic styling for light/dark mode. Then, I started writing some documents. I want to be able to put my working notes up, and formalize them as I go, so the first documents are pretty rough. After a little bit of time, I really learned why static site generators and tools like WordPress exist. Writing large text documents in raw HTML is annoying! My main gripe is the lack of templating. I don't want to have to copy and paste the header and footer into every file! I found that I was spending more time on setting up the structure…