blog

this repo contains the code for my blog, it uses jekyll for generating static pages.

build locally

• install ruby, you may follow instructions from jekyll docs.

note to arch users, i had issues with PATH when I followed the official docs -- the instructions at archwiki worked (as always).

• install the rubygems, jekyll and bundler

gem install jekyll bundler

• clone this repo and cd inside

git clone https://github.com/rusty-electron/blog.git

• use bundler to install other requirements listed in ./Gemfile bundle

• run bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload to run the live server locally. At this step, jekyll generates the static pages and saves inside the folder ./_site.

deploy

You can easily deploy a jekyll site such as this one at github pages by following these instructions. Another way is to push this folder to a github repo and then use services such as netlify that allows concurrent building i.e., everytime you push changes to the github repo, netlify rebuilds your site by following your build instructions and then hosts your subsequently generated static pages.

resume

I host a resume page at rusty-electron.github.io/resume. It is a single, self-contained page that Jekyll renders from a data file — no external tooling required.

• content lives in _data/resume.yml (plain YAML; the fields marked (markdown ok) accept simple markdown such as links and inline code)
• the layout and styling live in resume/index.html, which loops over site.data.resume
• to update the resume, edit _data/resume.yml only — you rarely need to touch the template

The page is print-friendly: a @media print block switches it to a light theme, so you can export it to PDF straight from the browser.

Change log:

• as of Jul 2026, the resume page was rewritten from jemdoc to a Jekyll data-driven page (see _data/resume.yml).
• as of Nov 2021, the blog post page theme is based on this blog.