Vishal AryaPersonal site of Vishal Arya — building Bodhya, director at FOSS United.Zola2026-06-27T00:00:00+00:00https://fossdot.in/atom.xmlHello from fossdot.in2026-06-27T00:00:00+00:002026-06-27T00:00:00+00:00
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https://fossdot.in/blog/hello-fossdot/<p>This site started as a single hand-written HTML file. It still feels that way to
read, but underneath it's now a <a href="https://www.getzola.org">Zola</a> project — so I can
write posts in Markdown instead of hand-rolling each page.</p>
<h2 id="why-zola">Why Zola</h2>
<p>A few things made it the obvious pick:</p>
<ul>
<li><strong>One binary, no Node.</strong> <code>brew install zola</code> and that's the whole toolchain.</li>
<li><strong>Markdown in, fast static HTML out.</strong> No client-side framework, nothing to hydrate.</li>
<li><strong>It kept the design.</strong> The CSS and the English/Hindi toggle moved into shared
files; the homepage looks exactly as it did before.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="how-posts-work">How posts work</h2>
<p>Each post is a Markdown file under <code>content/blog/</code> with a little front matter:</p>
<pre data-lang="toml" class="language-toml "><code class="language-toml" data-lang="toml">+++
title = "Hello from fossdot.in"
description = "The site has a blog now"
date = 2026-06-27
+++
</code></pre>
<p>Push to <code>main</code>, and a GitHub Action builds the site and publishes it. That's it.</p>
<blockquote>
<p>The best tools disappear. You think about the writing, not the build.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>More soon.</p>