Hello, World

Every technical blog starts with a post explaining why it exists. This is that post.

What this is

Swiftbeard is a place for me to write about code, tools, and the process of building software. Not tutorials — I'm not trying to teach anyone anything in particular. More like a log of things I've figured out, resources I keep coming back to, and ideas worth thinking through in writing.

The posts will be occasional and focused. If something is worth saying, it'll be here. If it isn't, it won't.

How it's built

The site is a static Next.js app with a Three.js scene on the home page. Content is written in MDX. The workflow is simple: ideas start as emails, get shaped into posts, and land here. No CMS, no dashboard — just files in a repo.

// Posts are just MDX files with frontmatter
interface Post {
  slug: string;
  title: string;
  date: string;
  excerpt: string;
  tags: string[];
  published: boolean;
}

The links page works the same way — curated resources organized by category, updated whenever I find something worth saving.

What's coming

Writing about things I'm actively building or working through. Tooling, patterns, the occasional opinion. More posts soon.