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Following #36 let's write something about this?

• why:
  • long time since I've written something
  • main reason to write something: I do often research things; blog helps to scope it and work towards a post
  • running jekyll didn't really work that well for me anymore ... could not easily run jekyll locally since the newest version (v4)
    • did try a lot of different options: local install, nix setup, updated docker compose ... nothing really worked
  • hugo is simpler in that it's written in go; more easily, faster builds a static site
• migration to hugo; main changes
  • theme: in the end, just used something that resembled what I had ...
  • theme: images could not be migrated (meh)
  • preamble in toml format (although yaml also seems supported)
  • syntax: e.g. links to other pages is slightly different
  • checked for dead links
  • more social links
  • deploy to github pages -> needs github actions now
• other updates; actions:
  • updated all runners
  • linter: dprint instead of prettier
  • pyspelling newer version; could remain mostly the same
  • link check; updated some dead links. since it's quite brittle, updated it to run on a schedule instead
  • hugo deploy! just took the example from the marketplace and that run totally fine!
• conclusions:
  • hugo is overall a lot simpler than my earlier setup with jekyll and blazing fast
  • might actually consider moving more stuff to this page; e.g. my cvsite
  • let's do some more blogging!

I want to add new content, but the whole jekyll setup seems rather flaky nowadays ... Mainly since github-pages uses an older version of jekyll than what I was using locally.

Overall, I would just like to get rid of it.

As an alternative, hugo looks ok, see https://gohugo.io/hosting-and-deployment/hosting-on-github/

local rendering already looks a lot easier since it's just a single binary.

Main question was which theme to now use ... but there does seem to be an equivalent to the hugo theme I was using before: https://hugo-theme-beautifulhugo.netlify.app/

Next here is to list the different tasks to fully revamp the blog:

• migrate build pipeline to github actions
  • fix spellcheck
  • fix broken URLs
• port each earlier blog post to the new format
  • front-matter (e.g. date)
  • assets
  • main content
• description, social links, ...
• #38

No material written here yet, but I'd like to do a blog post on how to represent everything as simple as possible in home assistant:

• intro
• home assistant
• tooling for demo: containerization?
• simple ready-to-use config?
• alternatives: kubernetes and k3s
• conclusion

Idea for a new post: describe helix editor setup for C development, particularly with esp-idf:

• install clangd
• install lldb
• install esp-idf toolchain
• set proper env variable such that build flags are exported -- clangd / hx picks them up automatically!

First blog post online 2021-06-15-home_automation_why.md on Tue Jun 15.

checklist:

• review the post itself
• commit and publish
• share on social
  • reddit: r/homeautomation
  • home assistant community: https://community.home-assistant.io/t/modbus-tcp-integration/64395/31
  • unipi community?
  • twitter

Changes required:

diff --git a/_config.yml b/_config.yml
index 236f6a6..aaaf9a7 100644
--- a/_config.yml
+++ b/_config.yml
@@ -27,6 +27,8 @@ permalink: /:year-:month-:day/:title
 
 gtag: G-2YN0MRTT7R
 
+disqus: "blog-mhemeryck-com"
+
 plugins:
   - jekyll-remote-theme
   - jekyll-paginate
diff --git a/_posts/2021-06-15-home_automation_why.md b/_posts/2021-06-15-home_automation_why.md
index 05b87d3..b81d18c 100644
--- a/_posts/2021-06-15-home_automation_why.md
+++ b/_posts/2021-06-15-home_automation_why.md
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ subtitle: My vision for a modern home automation system
 cover-img:
   - "/assets/2021-06-15/cover.jpg": "Photo by Simone Secci on Unsplash"
 readtime: true
+comments: true
 tags:
   - homeautomation
   - tech

Not sure yet whether I want this. Plan is to share on social instead.

Rewrite current blog post into standalone post for software:

• intro
• layers
• kernel polling SPI
• Evok: modbus to web APIs
• evok2mqtt
  • mqtt callback
  • websocket callback
• conclusion

Rewrite "wiring" stuff into a blog post of its own:

• intro: relays and push buttons
• word of caution
• principle
• conductors (BE only)
• one-wire diagram and floor plan
• inside the cabinet
• conclusion

Second post.

Rewrite current blog post hardware into a smaller one:

• intro
• unipi neuron internals
• units used: L403 / L303
• conclusion

Standalone blog post on the network part

• intro
• topology: recap
• wiring
  • UTP CAT6
  • termination: keystones and patch panels
• unifi ui
• DNS
• conclusion