Reinhardt.io

Personal blog built with Jekyll.

Prerequisites

• Ruby (managed via asdf/rbenv)
• Bundler

Setup

1. Install Ruby version

   asdf install

2. Install dependencies

   bundle install

3. Start the development server

   bundle exec jekyll serve

   The site will be available at http://127.0.0.1:4000/

   To preview drafts while writing:

   bundle exec jekyll serve --drafts

Project Structure

• _posts/ - Blog posts in Markdown format
• _drafts/ - Unpublished drafts
• _layouts/ - Page templates
• _includes/ - Reusable page components
• _sass/ - Sass stylesheets
• _data/ - Data files (e.g., resume.yml)
• _config.yml - Jekyll configuration

Useful Commands

Creating a New Post

bundle exec jekyll post "Post Title"

Creating a Draft

bundle exec jekyll draft "Draft Title"

Publishing a Draft

bundle exec jekyll publish _drafts/draft-title.md

Building for Production

bundle exec jekyll build

The built site will be in _site/

Jekyll Plugins

• jekyll-compose - Commands for creating posts/drafts
• jekyll-redirect-from - URL redirection support
• jekyll-sitemap - Automatic sitemap generation

Deployment

This site deploys automatically to GitHub Pages using GitHub Actions whenever you push to the master branch.

The workflow file is located at .github/workflows/jekyll.yml and uses:

• Jekyll 4.4.1 (no version constraints from github-pages gem)
• Official GitHub Actions for Jekyll deployment
• Automatic builds on every push to master

No manual deployment steps required - just push to master!