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Author: Jake Bauer <jbauer@paritybit.ca>
Date:   Wed Aug 25 09:47:17 2021 -0400

    Initial commit

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+ISC License
+
+Copyright 2021 Jake Bauer <jbauer@paritybit.ca>
+
+Permission to use, copy, modify, and/or distribute this software for any purpose
+with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice
+and this permission notice appear in all copies.
+
+THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES WITH
+REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND
+FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT,
+INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS
+OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER
+TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF
+THIS SOFTWARE.
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+# Simple Blogging System (working title)
+
+A blogging system designed to be simpler to use than existing solutions such as
+Hugo and Jekyll.
+
+## Goals
+
+An outline of what I intend to accomplish with this project:
+
+### Design
+
+Simple and easy to use. Instructions for use should not be very long, and a
+user familiar with blogging systems should be able to understand this without
+much effort.
+
+Documentation should be simple and easy to understand for non-technical users.
+
+Creation of a few CSS styles for simple blog layouts, but otherwise no big
+complicated themes, no JavaScript, and no hacky HTML generation.
+
+Minimal external dependencies:
+
+* lowdown for compiling markdown to HTML
+* optipng for optimizing PNGs
+* ImageMagick for optimizing JPGs, resizing images
+
+### Functionality
+
+Does exactly what a blog needs:
+
+* Basic metadata for each post
+* Atom feed creation
+* Optional table of contents (three levels)
+* Support for static pages
+* Content written in markdown
+* Basic website styling -> One CSS file
+
+And some extra quality-of-life features:
+
+* Image thumbnail creation
+* Parallel page compilation
+* Integration with Mastodon-API for posting when a new blog post is published.