A blog that doubles as a shelf of things worth finding again: longer posts, quick thoughts and saved links. https://earlmade.com/ 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z earlmade https://earlmade.com/library/#build-awesome-docs 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z <p>Collections, the data cascade and pagination are the parts worth rereading.</p> https://earlmade.com/writing/how-this-site-works/ 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z <p>Most of what I save is small: a font specimen, a tool, a paragraph someone wrote well. This site exists so I can find those things again without remembering where they came from.</p> <wa-callout variant="brand" class="callout"> <wa-icon slot="icon" name="circle-info"></wa-icon> <strong class="callout-label">Context</strong> <p>This post describes the site you're reading. It's built with <a href="https://build.awesome.me/docs/">Build Awesome</a> (formerly Eleventy) and <a href="https://webawesome.com">Web Awesome</a> components.</p> </wa-callout> <h2>One file per thing</h2> <p>Every item is one Markdown file in <code>src/content/</code>. A post has a title and a body. A note is a few sentences with no title. A link is a URL, plus an optional line about why I kept it.</p> <pre><code class="language-md">--- url: https://pagefind.app status: public shelf: Coding # optional tags: [search] # optional --- Static search that runs after the build. </code></pre> <h2>Saving without sorting</h2> <p>New things land with <code>status: inbox</code>, and the build skips them. Shelves and tags can wait, or never happen. Publishing is one word: change <code>inbox</code> to <code>public</code>.</p> <wa-callout variant="warning" class="callout"> <wa-icon slot="icon" name="triangle-exclamation"></wa-icon> <strong class="callout-label">Heads up</strong> <p><code>private</code> works like <code>inbox</code> but means &quot;keep this, don't publish it&quot;. Neither is ever built.</p> </wa-callout> <h2>Finding it again</h2> <p>The <a href="/library/">library</a> lists everything. It filters as you type, narrows by kind, shelf or tag, shows how many items match, and has one button to clear it all. The address keeps the filters, so a filtered view can be bookmarked.</p> https://earlmade.com/library/#pagefind-app 2026-10-01T00:00:00.000Z <p>Static full-text search that runs after the build. A good fit for the library once it outgrows simple filtering.</p> https://earlmade.com/library/#988-ca 2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z <p>Call or text 988, any time, anywhere in Canada.</p> https://earlmade.com/library/#are-na 2026-09-30T00:00:00.000Z https://earlmade.com/library/#webawesome-com 2026-09-28T00:00:00.000Z <p>The component library this site is built with.</p>