Second Test Post

blog - June 11, 2026 00:22
Last updated: June 11, 2026 00:24

Just testing to see if I'm able to upload blog posts.

I still have several things I want to work on, but I also knew if I didn't get this blog live, I would probably spend several more weeks doing menial bs. Instead I was able to get this site live in an evening (vs the first time where it took be the better part of two weeks I think).

I won't post this using MD (Markdown), which I believe there is less 'styling' that I use on raw text input (this) vs posts I can submit via MD.

I need to setup some sort of image_processing, keep images certain sizes for mobile/tablet/desktop. Helps me know how much space is image will take up, and smaller images on mobile means it loads faster. There is probably a gem that uses FFmpeg to also shrinks images for thumbnails/mobile versions to squeeze a tad more efficient out.

Double check how posts will look using MD (and either I need to adjust how I write posts with MD or I need to add some CSS to handle the post better).
Although I know the posts like this and the first post don't look good as baseline. Could be an easy fix, but I also won't be posting without MD since the default text editor here is meh.

Possibly change the top NAV to just home/posts and then the other options become part of search filters on post page, keeping the NAV quieter.

I need to add an email address just for this site to reply to any users. Adding users/comments is possible but I rather keep it simple. I'll also have links for youtube which has comments anyway. Still not sure how I will handle blog posts vs youtube videos but I'll figure it as I go along. I assume little crossover? Although adding a blog post using a video transcript is probably pretty simple.

At some point there will be a need to set a max number of posts shown on the All Post page (to keep page load times lower since I do have a popover to see the image on link hover).

Lastly, I will probably need to change some colors here and there, but I kind of like all of them so far (except NEON but it kind of reminds me of Cruelty Squad although I'm sure I could get the color theme even closer, I just chose some colors randomly. Cruelty Squad on Steam

Otherwise thanks for reading this far. This is basically just a note promising the site will look better in the future haha.

EDIT: Oh yeah, I need to use my Soadaa YT icon as the favicon too! It's currently just a red circle.

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