Colophon

About This Site

I rebuilt this website! Again! This site is a collection of thoughts, memories, and sounds.

Anaphora?

In the context of linguistics and Natural Language Processing (NLP), anaphora is the concept of using a word to refer back to a preceding word in an expression, for example:

I really wanted that matcha! It has the perfect shade of green.

In this example, it is an anaphor, referring back to that matcha.

As this blog is a collection of memories, or references to preceding ideas and experiences, I thought anaphora was the perfect name.

Technology

I made this thing with the Astro web framework. I chose Astro because it’s fast, feels familiar, and uses server-first rendering.

This blog is powered by a command-line interface, made possible by inquirer.js. New posts (like this one) are created by running the pnpm new command from the Terminal. The command runs a custom script that:

1. Creates a new post folder with a .mdx file that has post metadata like the title, date, and time
2. Opens the file in my preferred code editor, ready for me to type whatever nonsense I want

To add photos, I add image files to the respective post folder and reference them in MDX. Images are automatically transformed and optimized, which is very cool.

Cloudflare Pages automatically deploys the site when new changes are pushed to the project repository.

Design

Typography: Inter
Theme: Catppuccin Mocha

Thank You

Thanks for being here. See you around. ✌️