February 2018

I’ve been using rsync to build my site as a combination of a base layer held in git plus an overlay generated using Nanoc. Here’s how.

This site is going all-HTTPS, all the time. Read on for background and details.

[2018-03-11: HSTS implemented with max-age=1800, i.e., 30 minutes.]

[2018-04-16: HSTS implemented with max-age=31536000, i.e., one year.]

I have completed the migration work started back in December. As a result, this site is now entirely constructed using the Nanoc static-site generator, and the Drupal content management system has been retired.

If you’re reading this through a feed reader like Feedly, please drop me a line to let me know that the new feeds are working.

Continue reading for some thoughts on the process and on the results.