I've been exploring the world of Static Site Generators (SSGs)

Sorting collections in Eleventy. This JS stuff is hard…

Today saw an milestone achievement made with this blog! We completed our first automated deployment 😎. Naturally the only way to celebrate such an achievement is to share how it was done.

I only recently discovered how useful Gitlab CI is. Gitlab is an open source Github competitor. I've used it quite a lot over the years. After signing up for a gitlab.com account, you gain access to 2000 free build minutes per month for private projects. You can also run your own private CI runner if you are so inclined.

I finally switched off my PHP virtual host, after committing to a new site built with the 11ty platform.