Background: a wireframe of a scenic mountain view, with water pooling into a pond at the base. Foreground: Directly in the center, sits the NixOS logo, a plus sign, a lock icon, a plus sign, and a motherboard icon, all imposed upon a translucent, teal rectangle.

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Happy New Year! Yep, it's that time of year again. A time of new beginnings, cleaned slates, and Winter weather (in the Northern Hemisphere). So, bundle up near the warmth of your PCs exhaust fans, and bask in the glow of artificial light from it's connected display. Because, dear reader, it's time to start anew! And what better way to achieve that, than with a clean install of NixOS?READ_MORE =>

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A parody, that features a main character, with a bun for a head and a blindfold featuring MDX across it. A blue box with TS on it, a black box with some rain drops, and a green moose appear to be background characters. A character with a W for a head, representing a standard CMS, is eating popcorn in the corner.

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How I Built a CMS, Using TypeScript, Bun, Drizzle, & MDX (complete version)

Then swapped it out for something better, contentlayer2

This wasn't the post I planned to write. Initially, I thought this post was going to be dedicated exclusively to my bespoke content management system. Where, I thought I’d wax poetic for a while about how sometimes the best solutions, are tailor made. However, I’ve since come back to my senses to realize that the best solution is the one with the smallest number of compromises, hand crafted be damned... READ_MORE =>

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Thoughts on Rebuilding my Website, Next.js 14.2+, & SST

Bonus thoughts on React Three Fiber, & Zustand too

This article was a long time coming, it's also quite long. In some respects, this might feel like an article created from a few separate articles I stitched together, and perhaps it is. However, I felt it was important to talk about the primary technologies I used in developing/deploying this site, because they're all pretty tightly integrated... READ_MORE =>

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Screenshot of a development build of Bot Clicker, before being officially released to the public.

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Bot Clicker is a satirical mini-game I made for the landing page where you click on robots to make the clicker counter go up, and in return, they puff up and make enlightening sounds and social commentary... READ_MORE =>

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Welcome to Yet Another Dev Blog

There's many like it, but this one is mine

Hello internet, my name is Lani, and welcome to the official launch of laniakita.com 🎉, my over-engineered (oops 🤗) website and blog. This is where I’ll be showcasing some of my work, as well as my thoughts on developing sites/apps for the modern web (& more, probably)... READ_MORE =>

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A blog about life, Linux, and web development. Written by, Lani Akita.