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A note on starting
A first essay, a place to begin.
This is a placeholder essay. Replace it, or delete it.
The site is intentionally spare. There is no header image, no avatar, no social bar — just the words and a date. Helvetica because it gets out of the way. A single column set to a comfortable measure.
Adding essays
Drop a new .md file into src/content/essays/. The filename becomes the URL slug, so the-quiet-internet.md lives at /essays/the-quiet-internet/.
Frontmatter:
---
title: The quiet internet
description: A short summary that shows on the index.
date: 2026-05-15
draft: false # optional — set to true to hide
---Only title and date are required. description shows on the index list. Set draft: true to keep an essay out of the build.
Why “longhand”
Most things on the internet are short. This is for the things that aren’t.
A simple writing surface invites better writing.
That’s the bet, anyway.