This is a little introduction to this site and how I quickly got my Astro blog (this site) up and running.

Setup

The base for the site is the Astro “blog” template which can be initialised using:

npm create astro@latest -- --template blog

This is a nice starting point for a blog site, as the overall structure is already setup. It also contains the “nice to have” features like RSS support already enabled from the get-go.

More information on the template can be found on the template’s GitHub page.

From here, I made a few small tweaks to suit my needs:

• I created a “Projects” section by reusing and adjusting the original “Blog” code from the template
• I tweaked the components, CSS, Favicon image and default hero images to better suit my needs
• I added dark mode following this Astro tutorial (with a few CSS adjustments to get it working with the template)

What next?

With this nice base, I now plan to focus on the content of the site. If there are any interesting developments on the software side, I will be sure to create a blog post to talk about these.