I wrote an article ages ago about how I set up a blog using CircleCI and Firebase. This was a really nice workflow where I could get near instant updates with just a git push. Given I’m a cheapskate once github annonuced they are giving everyone free private repos I started to move all my stuff away from bitbucket back to github since I really like their dev experience and I’m in there all the time. Read more

As I make an attempt at blogging I thought it would make sense to have my first “official” post be about how I ended making my blog. I chose my stack based on ease of use, speed of deployment, and cost (aka only free things). As I started to set things up and research tools to use I decided I wanted deployment to be so easy that I wouldn’t have to think about it. Read more