I developed **corporate** programmer using a Ruby-based static-site generator called [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/). It transforms Markdown, [Liquid](https://github.com/Shopify/liquid/wiki), HTML and CSS to a static website so that no is database required. While I was planning to [leave the corporate world](/blog/sayonara/), I started rebranding. I wanted a change. A new look. A new tech. A new name. ## My blog I wanted a new blog. I was introduced to [Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/), a blazing fast static site generator for React. This was handy as I wanted to learn React. Off I went to implement it using the [Gatsby Advanced Starter](https://github.com/Vagr9K/gatsby-advanced-starter), because why start small? This starter kit has a lot of features including **offline support** and **web sockets** which I think is rad. I must admit that it tricky for me, as a beginner, to implement - but I came right and the site came out better than I expected it to. I still have a few features that are outstanding. ## My brand I wanted a new name. I settled on **curious** programmer after a lot of different ideas that came to mind. I chose the name because I am curious about how things work and what is in store for me in my Clojure and Cloud infrastructure journey. It is also happens to be similar to my former brand. I visited [GoDaddy](https://godaddy.com) to secure the curiousprogrammer.io domain and had to work extra hard to get my blog ready. ## Hosting

I wanted new hosting. I used to host at [BlueHost](https://www.bluehost.com/) but I was stuck with an FTP and cpanel approach which wasn't ideal for me. Somehow I stumbled across [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/). It lets me build, deploy and manage my blog automatically. When I push my changes to my public [GitHub](https://github.com/cbillowes/curious-programmer-oxygen) repo, the Netlify hook detects the change and builds it automatically for me. With Gatsby's web sockets, the web pages refresh over time as changes are detected. ## Code quality I am interested in knowing what the quality of my code is and found websites that verify it automatically on build. I registered with both [Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/github/cbillowes/curious-programmer-oxygen) and [Codacy](https://app.codacy.com/project/cbillowes/curious-programmer-oxygen/dashboard) to get these insights. After each deployment, I get a report telling me what standard my code is in. I seem to have some work to do 😉 --- I enjoy writing and sharing what I learn. My blogging platform makes this possible and I am proud of its outcome. I hope that some of these technologies can be useful to you when developing a blog or any other website of your own. If you have any other technologies that you use, please share it with me. --- ## Resources - [Jekyll](https://jekyllrb.com/) - [Gatsby](https://www.gatsbyjs.org/) - [GoDaddy](https://godaddy.com) - [BlueHost](https://www.bluehost.com/) - [Netlify](https://www.netlify.com/) - [GitHub](https://github.com/) - [Code Climate](https://codeclimate.com/) - [Codacy](https://www.codacy.com/)