Brandon Lucas
6e0c685831
Remove 606 lines of hand-rolled markdown parsing from main.lux and the unused markdown.lux split file. Replace with `import markdown` using the new markdown package (path dependency at ../markdown). This fixes the heading-in-list rendering bug where `- ### Title` was showing literal `### ` text. Now renders as `<li><h3>Title</h3></li>`. Also adds strikethrough support (~~text~~). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
blu-site
A static site generator and personal website for blu.cx, written entirely in Lux.
Overview
This is not a generic SSG framework -- it's a single Lux program that reads Markdown content with YAML frontmatter, converts it to HTML, and writes a complete static site. It handles:
- Markdown-to-HTML conversion (headings, bold, italic, links, images, code blocks, blockquotes, lists)
- YAML frontmatter parsing (title, date, description, tags)
- Tag page generation
- Section indexes (articles, blog, journal)
- Homepage with snippet cards
- Syntax highlighting via highlight.js
- SEO meta tags (Open Graph, Twitter Cards)
Prerequisites
- Lux compiler/interpreter
Usage
Build the site
lux main.lux
This reads content from content/, static assets from static/, and writes the generated site to _site/.
Serve locally
lux serve
Starts a local file server (default port 8090) serving _site/.
Compile to native binary
lux compile main.lux
./main
Project Structure
blu-site/
config.json # Site metadata (title, URL, author, description)
main.lux # Site generator source
content/
articles/ # Long-form articles (*.md)
blog/ # Blog posts (*.md)
journal/ # Monthly journal entries (*.md)
snippets/ # Homepage card content (*.md)
static/
fonts/ # EBGaramond, UnifrakturMaguntia
images/ # Site images and social card
highlight/ # highlight.js + theme
styles.css # Tailwind CSS v4
data/ # Static data files
_site/ # Generated output (gitignored)
Content Format
Posts use Markdown with YAML frontmatter:
---
title: "My Post Title"
date: 2025-01-15
description: "A brief description"
tags: bitcoin privacy
---
Post content in Markdown...
Configuration
config.json:
{
"siteTitle": "Brandon Lucas",
"siteUrl": "https://blu.cx",
"author": "Brandon Lucas",
"description": "Personal website of Brandon Lucas...",
"contentDir": "content",
"outputDir": "_site",
"staticDir": "static"
}
Design
- Dark theme (#111 background, #fffff8 text)
- EBGaramond body font, UnifrakturMaguntia for the site title
- Tailwind CSS v4
- Tokyo Night Dark code highlighting
- Responsive grid layout for snippet cards
License
Copyright (c) 2025 Brandon Lucas. All Rights Reserved.