adding base files

.gitignore

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+content/blog/_drafts
+public

config.toml

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+# The URL the site will be built for
+base_url = "https://jakegoldsborough.com"
+title = "Jake Goldsborough"
+
+# Whether to automatically compile all Sass files in the sass directory
+compile_sass = false
+
+# Whether to build a search index to be used later on by a JavaScript library
+build_search_index = true
+
+[markdown]
+# Whether to do syntax highlighting
+# Theme can be customised by setting the `highlight_theme` variable to a theme supported by Zola
+highlight_code = true
+
+[extra]
+# Put all your custom variables here

content/_index.md

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+title = "Home page"
+template = "home.html"
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+
+<article class="resume">
+
+### Software Engineer | DevOps & Cloud Automation
+
+Versatile Software Engineer with over a decade of experience in software
+development, DevOps, and cloud automation. Proven ability to design, develop,
+and optimize scalable systems, reducing operational overhead and improving
+performance. Passionate about problem-solving, automation, and infrastructure
+as code. Experienced in working remotely and collaborating with
+cross-functional teams to deliver efficient, maintainable solutions.
+
+#### Experience
+
+**Flashpoint - Software Engineer II (Mid-Level) (2022 - 2024)**
+
+- **Reduced infrastructure setup time from days to hours by leading the Terraform
+  and Kubernetes pipeline implementation**. Designed reusable Terraform modules
+  and automated Kubernetes resource creation using Node.js. Initiated Helm
+  chart development for better deployment management.
+
+- **Eliminated hours of manual work across teams** by enhancing an AngularJS web
+  application to efficiently manage and connect to cloud-based VMs.
+
+- **Refactored a legacy Java-based API into a modern Node.js service**, reducing
+  technical debt and simplifying maintenance for future feature requests.
+
+- **Developed CI/CD pipelines and Dockerized applications to support an
+  AngularJS-to-React migration**, ensuring seamless frontend transitions and
+  improving local development environments.
+
+- **Debugged and resolved mission-critical issues in cloud-based Linux VMs**,
+  including optimizing RDP performance and fixing PulseAudio configurations,
+  enhancing system stability.
+
+- **Mentored junior engineers** and contributed to technical interviews,
+  fostering a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.
+
+**Infinity Interactive - Software Engineer (2010 - 2020)**
+
+- **Contracted for projects with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies**,
+  including Shutterstock, Allegra, and Flashpoint.
+
+- **Improved application performance by 75%** by implementing a Redis caching
+  strategy for a high-traffic application.
+
+- **Designed and deployed a GraphQL API using Node.js and Apollo**, optimizing
+  backend data retrieval and improving response times.
+
+- **Developed and maintained full-stack applications**, integrating modern
+  JavaScript frameworks like React and Vue.js.
+
+#### Skills & Technologies
+
+- **Programming**: Node.js, TypeScript, Python, Rust
+
+- **Cloud & Infrastructure**: Terraform, Kubernetes, Google Cloud
+
+- **Frontend**: React, Vue.js, AngularJS
+
+- **DevOps & CI/CD**: Docker, Git, NixOS
+
+- **Databases & Caching**: Postgres, MySQL, Redis, GraphQL
+
+- **Operating Systems**: Linux/Unix (Debian, Ubuntu, NixOS, macOS), BSD
+
+#### Languages
+
+- **English**: Native
+
+- **Swedish**: Basic (Learning)
+
+#### Additional Information
+
+Open to relocation to Europe and remote-friendly opportunities.
+
+Strong advocate for automation, scalable infrastructure, and developer tooling improvements.
+
+Available for interviews and technical discussions upon request.
+
+</article>

content/blog/2025/_index.md

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+title = "2025"
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content/blog/2025/nixos-daily-driver-1.md

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+title = "NixOS as a daily driver, part 1/? - What and why?"
+date = 2025-05-18
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+
+First, it's worth explaining what NixOS is and why I or anyone would want to
+run it as a daily driver.
+
+But even before diving into NixOS, we have to talk about Nix.
+
+### Nix
+Nix is a package manager that is purely functional and creates reproducible
+builds specified in the Nix Expression Language. Nix expressions are functions
+that take dependencies as arguments which creates a *derivation* that specifies
+a reproducible build environment. Nix then stores the results of the build at
+unique address specified by a hash of the complete dependency tree. This
+is known as the Nix store and it's immutable which allows atomic upgrades,
+rollbacks, and simultaneous installations of packages with different versions.
+
+### NixOS
+NixOS is an operating system that is built on top of Nix and the idea of purely
+functional package management. Packages are never overwritten once built. If
+you change the Nix expression for a package, it will be rebuilt, and stored
+under a new address with a new hash, preventing interference with an old version.
+
+NixOS takes this a step further and applies this to configuration. By building
+your entire system from a Nix expression, NixOS ensures that your old
+configuration is never overwritten which allows for easy rollbacks. One big
+caveat of this is the elimination of "global" directores such as `/bin`,
+`/lib`, `/usr`, etc. All packages are kept in `/nix/store` under a hashed
+address. (One exception is a symlink `/bin/sh` to Bash in the Nix store). There
+is a `/etc` for system-wide config but many of those files are symlinks to files
+in the Nix store.
+
+Everything in NixOS is built by the Nix package manager. This includes the
+kernel, applications, system packages, and configuration.
+
+To configure NixOS, you have a file at `/etc/nixos/configuration.nix`.
+You will setup everything from your boot devices to what services you want
+to run.
+
+Here is a minimal config that enables sshd:
+
+```
+{
+  boot.loader.grub.device = "/dev/sda";
+  fileSystems."/".device = "/dev/sda1";
+  services.sshd.enable = true;
+}
+```
+
+More on this later though.
+
+
+### Why?
+Now the whys. I think many of them speak for themselves but here are mine:
+
+**Rollbacks**
+
+This one is very big especially when learning about a new, drastically different
+OS like Nix. Because old config is never overwritten, you can easily cause a
+breaking change without being worried about how to fix it (unless maybe it's
+bootloader related). In fact, old configs are listed in the boot menu.
+
+**Reproducible Build Configurations**
+
+Kind of like a rollback but starting from scratch. You can take the
+`configuration.nix` file, copy to another machine, rebuild, and you will have
+the same applications, services, and configuration as before.
+
+**Ad-hoc shell environments**
+
+In a "Nix shell", you can use any program that is packaged with Nix without
+needing to install permanently.
+
+For example, you can run `nix-shell -p git neovim node` and you will be dropped
+into a shell with those applications installed. This may take some time
+depending on the applications installed.
+
+**It's a new way to think**
+
+Honestly, I just like trying new stuff, especially when it's done in a new way.
+Linux has mostly been the same for a long time now, so it's refreshing to see
+a new way of doing it that also improves on an already solid OS. I also
+have really fallen in love with DevOps/IaC type of work, and NixOS definitely
+scratches that itch.
+
+### Next time
+In the next post, I will go over how to install NixOS and maybe a bit of the
+configuration.

content/blog/2025/weekly-summary-20.md

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+title = "Weekly Summary - 20/52"
+date = 2025-05-16
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+
+I am starting a weekly summary/reflection series that will be a high level
+view of things I have worked on or fixed or just things I want to track or note.
+
+Things I enjoyed:
+- deployed this site
+- got an old raspberry pi running again
+- started back into some rust learnings with blockchain, TUI, and MQTT hacking
+  [^1] [^2] [^3]
+- started working on a walnut utensil rest
+- applied to 10 jobs
+
+Things I did not enjoy:
+- seemingly bricked my RockPro64 as it won't boot past a black screen. ordered
+  an adapater to help debug at a lower level.
+- rejected from multiple jobs
+- felt very confused by some of the rust learnings. makes sense in pieces but
+  hard to see as the whole picture just yet
+- confirmed old fitbit can't be flashed with any open source/non-fitbit software
+
+[^1]: [https://ratatui.rs/concepts/application-patterns/the-elm-architecture/](https://ratatui.rs/concepts/application-patterns/the-elm-architecture/)
+[^2]: [https://github.com/veeso/tui-realm/tree/main](https://github.com/veeso/tui-realm/tree/main)
+[^3]: [https://github.com/bytebeamio/rumqtt](https://github.com/bytebeamio/rumqtt)

content/blog/2025/weekly-summary-21.md

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+title = "Weekly Summary - 21/52"
+date = 2025-05-23
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+
+This has been a pretty productive week.
+
+Things that were good:
+- RockPro64 boots again! Blog post coming...
+- continued Swedish language studies - 165 days
+- started work on some API inspection. Another blog post coming...
+- figured out nixos/hyprland boot issue
+
+Things that could be better:
+- didn't work on much rust
+- can't get gitea ssh setup on VPS
+- broke wood router part so had to buy new one to work on utensil rest

content/blog/_index.md

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+title = "Blog"
+sort_by = "date"
+template = "blog.html"
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content/resume.md

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+title = "Resume"
+path = "resume"
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+
+<article class="resume">
+
+### Software Engineer | DevOps & Cloud Automation
+
+Versatile Software Engineer with over a decade of experience in software
+development, DevOps, and cloud automation. Proven ability to design, develop,
+and optimize scalable systems, reducing operational overhead and improving
+performance. Passionate about problem-solving, automation, and infrastructure
+as code. Experienced in working remotely and collaborating with
+cross-functional teams to deliver efficient, maintainable solutions.
+
+#### Experience
+
+**Flashpoint - Software Engineer II (Mid-Level) (2022 - 2024)**
+
+- **Reduced infrastructure setup time from days to hours by leading the Terraform
+  and Kubernetes pipeline implementation**. Designed reusable Terraform modules
+  and automated Kubernetes resource creation using Node.js. Initiated Helm
+  chart development for better deployment management.
+
+- **Eliminated hours of manual work across teams** by enhancing an AngularJS web
+  application to efficiently manage and connect to cloud-based VMs.
+
+- **Refactored a legacy Java-based API into a modern Node.js service**, reducing
+  technical debt and simplifying maintenance for future feature requests.
+
+- **Developed CI/CD pipelines and Dockerized applications to support an
+  AngularJS-to-React migration**, ensuring seamless frontend transitions and
+  improving local development environments.
+
+- **Debugged and resolved mission-critical issues in cloud-based Linux VMs**,
+  including optimizing RDP performance and fixing PulseAudio configurations,
+  enhancing system stability.
+
+- **Mentored junior engineers** and contributed to technical interviews,
+  fostering a culture of continuous learning and collaboration.
+
+**Infinity Interactive - Software Engineer (2010 - 2020)**
+
+- **Contracted for projects with Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies**,
+  including Shutterstock, Allegra, and Flashpoint.
+
+- **Improved application performance by 75%** by implementing a Redis caching
+  strategy for a high-traffic application.
+
+- **Designed and deployed a GraphQL API using Node.js and Apollo**, optimizing
+  backend data retrieval and improving response times.
+
+- **Developed and maintained full-stack applications**, integrating modern
+  JavaScript frameworks like React and Vue.js.
+
+#### Skills & Technologies
+
+- **Programming**: Node.js, TypeScript, Python, Rust
+
+- **Cloud & Infrastructure**: Terraform, Kubernetes, Google Cloud
+
+- **Frontend**: React, Vue.js, AngularJS
+
+- **DevOps & CI/CD**: Docker, Git, NixOS
+
+- **Databases & Caching**: Postgres, MySQL, Redis, GraphQL
+
+- **Operating Systems**: Linux/Unix (Debian, Ubuntu, NixOS, macOS), BSD
+
+#### Languages
+
+- **English**: Native
+
+- **Swedish**: Basic (Learning)
+
+#### Additional Information
+
+Open to relocation to Europe and remote-friendly opportunities.
+
+Strong advocate for automation, scalable infrastructure, and developer tooling improvements.
+
+Available for interviews and technical discussions upon request.
+
+</article>

static/css/base.css

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+/* static/style.css */
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family: "BerkeleyMono";
+  src: url("/fonts/berkeley-mono/BerkeleyMono-Regular.woff2")
+       format("woff2");
+  font-weight: 400;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-display: swap;
+}
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family: "BerkeleyMono";
+  src: url("/fonts/berkeley-mono/BerkeleyMono-Bold.woff2")
+       format("woff2");
+  font-weight: 700;
+  font-style: normal;
+  font-display: swap;
+}
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family: "BerkeleyMono";
+  src: url("/fonts/berkeley-mono/BerkeleyMono-Italic.woff2")
+       format("woff2");
+  font-weight: 400;
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-display: swap;
+}
+
+@font-face {
+  font-family: "BerkeleyMono";
+  src: url("/fonts/berkeley-mono/BerkeleyMono-BoldItalic.woff2")
+       format("woff2");
+  font-weight: 700;
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-display: swap;
+}
+
+:root {
+  color-scheme: dark light;
+
+  --bg: #282828;
+  --fg: #ebdbb2;
+  --red: #fb4934;
+  --green: #b8bb26;
+  --yellow: #fabd2f;
+  --blue: #83a598;
+  --purple: #d3869b;
+  --aqua: #8ec07c;
+  --orange: #d65d0e;
+  --gray: #a89984;
+
+  --font-main: BerkeleyMono, system-ui, sans-serif;
+  --font-mono: monospace;
+
+  --spacing: 1rem;
+  --max-width: 60rem;
+  --accent-main: var(--purple);
+  --accent-comp: var(--green);
+}
+
+body.light {
+  /* Gruvbox Light */
+  --bg:     #ebdbb2;
+  --fg:     #3c3836;
+
+  --red:    #9d0006;
+  --green:  #79740e;
+  --yellow: #b57614;
+  --blue:   #076678;
+  --purple: #8f3f71;
+  --aqua:   #427b58;
+  --orange: #af3a03;
+  --gray:   #928374;
+
+  --accent-main: var(--purple);
+  --accent-comp: var(--green);
+}
+
+body {
+  background-color: var(--bg);
+  color: var(--fg);
+  font-family: var(--font-main);
+  margin: 0;
+  line-height: 1.6;
+  padding: 2rem;
+}
+
+a {
+  color: var(--accent-main);
+  text-decoration: none;
+}
+
+a:hover, a.active {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+}
+
+header, footer {
+  padding: 1rem 0;
+  text-align: center;
+}
+
+header h1 {
+  color: var(--accent-main);
+  font-size: clamp(2.25rem, 7vw, 5rem);
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+
+  a:hover {
+    text-decoration: none;
+  }
+}
+
+footer {
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--gray);
+  border-bottom: none;
+  margin-top: 2rem;
+  text-align: center;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+}
+
+nav {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 5vw, 3rem);
+
+  a {
+    font-weight: bold;
+    flex: 0 auto;
+    margin: 0 0.5rem;
+  }
+}
+
+main {
+  max-width: 60ch;
+  margin: auto;
+}
+
+h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
+  color: var(--accent-comp);
+  margin-top: 2rem;
+}
+
+h2 {
+  font-size: clamp(1.5rem, 5vw, 3rem);
+}
+
+h3 {
+  font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 4vw, 2rem);
+}
+
+h4 {
+  font-size: clamp(1.25rem, 4vw, 2rem);
+}
+
+code {
+  font-family: var(--font-mono);
+  background-color: #3c3836;
+  padding: 0.2em 0.4em;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+}
+
+pre code {
+  display: block;
+  padding: 1em;
+  overflow-x: auto;
+  background-color: #3c3836;
+  border-radius: 6px;
+}
+
+blockquote {
+  border-left: 4px solid var(--aqua);
+  padding-left: 1em;
+  margin-left: 0;
+  color: var(--gray);
+  font-style: italic;
+}

static/css/blog.css

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+.blog-posts {
+  padding-left: 0;
+
+  .published {
+    color: var(--accent-main);
+    font-weight: bold;
+  }
+
+  .post-item {
+    margin-bottom: 2rem;
+    list-style: none;
+  }
+  .post-item h3 {
+    margin-bottom: 0.2rem;
+  }
+
+}

static/css/footnotes.css

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+.footnote-definition {
+  p {
+    margin-top: 0;
+  }
+}

static/css/resume.css

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+article.resume {
+  h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
+    color: var(--orange);
+  }
+}

static/css/style.css

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+@import url('base.css');
+@import url('theme-picker.css');
+@import url('resume.css');
+@import url('footnotes.css');
+@import url('blog.css');

static/css/theme-picker.css

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+.theme-picker {
+  position: absolute;
+  top: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  font-size: 1.5rem;
+  color: var(--fg);
+  padding-right: var(--spacing);
+
+  label {
+    margin-left: 0.75rem;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    user-select: none;
+  }
+
+  input[type="radio"] {
+    display: none;
+  }
+
+  span {
+    font-weight: normal;
+    color: var(--fg);
+  }
+
+  input[value="light"] + span::before {
+    content: "light";
+  }
+
+  input[value="dark"] + span::before {
+    content: "dark";
+  }
+
+  input:not(:checked) + span {
+    text-decoration: underline;
+  }
+
+  input:checked + span {
+    font-weight: bold;
+  }
+
+  .theme-picker noscript label {
+    display: inline;
+  }
+}

static/js/main.js

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+const body = document.body;
+const radios = document.querySelectorAll('input[name="theme"]');
+
+function applyTheme(theme) {
+  body.className = theme;
+  localStorage.setItem('theme', theme);
+}
+
+const stored = localStorage.getItem('theme') || 'dark';
+applyTheme(stored);
+const selected = document.querySelector(`input[value="${stored}"]`);
+if (selected) selected.checked = true;
+
+radios.forEach(radio => {
+  radio.addEventListener('change', () => {
+    applyTheme(radio.value);
+  });
+});

templates/_markup/render-link.html

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+<a href="{{ href | safe }}"
+   {% if href is starting_with("http") %} target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"{% endif %}>
+    {{ text | safe }}
+</a>

templates/base.html

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8" />
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" />
+    <title>
+      {% if page.title %}
+      {{ page.title }} -
+      {% endif %}
+
+      {{ config.title }}
+    </title>
+
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ get_url(path='css/style.css') }}" />
+
+    {# Optional favicon #}
+    <link rel="icon" href="{{ get_url(path='favicon.ico') }}" />
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <header>
+      <div class="theme-picker">
+        <label aria-label="Dark theme">
+          <input type="radio" name="theme" value="dark" />
+          <span aria-hidden="true"></span>
+        </label>
+        <label aria-label="Light theme">
+          <input type="radio" name="theme" value="light" />
+          <span aria-hidden="true"></span>
+        </label>
+        <noscript>
+          <label aria-label="Dark theme"><span aria-hidden="true">dark</span></label>
+          <label aria-label="Light theme"><span aria-hidden="true">light</span></label>
+        </noscript>
+      </div>
+      <h1>
+        <a href="{{ get_url(path='resume') }}">{{ config.title }}</a>
+      </h1>
+      <nav>
+        <a
+          href="{{ get_url(path='blog') }}"
+          class="{% if 'blog' in current_path %}active{% endif %}"
+        >Blog</a>
+        <span>|</span>
+        <a
+          href="{{ get_url(path='resume') }}"
+          class="{% if 'resume' in current_path %}active{% endif %}"
+          >Resume</a>
+      </nav>
+    </header>
+
+    <main>
+      {% block content %}{% endblock %}
+    </main>
+
+    <footer>
+      <p>&copy; {{ now() | date(format="%Y") }} {{ config.title }}</p>
+    </footer>
+
+    <script src="/js/main.js"></script>
+  </body>
+</html>
+

templates/blog.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %}
+{% import "macros.html" as macros %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  <h2>{{ section.title }}</h2>
+
+  <ul class="blog-posts">
+    {{ macros::list_pages_recursively(section=section) }}
+  </ul>
+{% endblock %}
+

templates/blog/single.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  <article>
+    <h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
+    <p>
+      Published {{ page.date | date(format="%B %e, %Y") }} ·
+      {{ page.reading_time }} min read
+    </p>
+
+    {% if page.taxonomies.tags %}
+      <p>
+        Tags:
+        {% for tag in page.taxonomies.tags %}
+          <a href="{{ tag.permalink }}">{{ tag.name }}</a>
+        {% endfor %}
+      </p>
+    {% endif %}
+
+    {{ page.content | safe }}
+  </article>
+{% endblock %}

templates/home.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  <section class="homepage">
+    {{ section.content | safe }}
+  </section>
+{% endblock %}

templates/index.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %}

templates/macros.html

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+{% macro list_pages_recursively(section) %}
+  {% set posts = [] %}
+  {% set drafts = [] %}
+
+  {# Separate drafts from non-drafts #}
+  {% for page in section.pages %}
+    {% if page.draft %}
+      {% set_global drafts = drafts | concat(with=page) %}
+    {% else %}
+      {% set_global posts = posts | concat(with=page) %}
+    {% endif %}
+  {% endfor %}
+
+  {# Sort non drafts #}
+  {% set sorted = posts | sort(attribute="date") | reverse %}
+
+  {% for page in sorted %}
+    <li class="post-item">
+      <h3><a href="{{ page.permalink }}">{{ page.title }}</a></h3>
+      <div class="meta">
+      {% if page.date %}
+        <p>Published on {{ page.date | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}</p>
+      {% endif %}
+      <p>{{ page.reading_time }} min read</p>
+      {% if page.description %}
+        <p class="desc">{{ page.description }}</p>
+      {% endif %}
+    </li>
+  {% endfor %}
+
+  {% for subsection_path in section.subsections %}
+    {% set subsection = get_section(path=subsection_path) %}
+    {{ self::list_pages_recursively(section=subsection) }}
+  {% endfor %}
+
+  {% for page in drafts %}
+    <li class="post-item">
+      <h3><a href="{{ page.permalink }}">{{ page.title }} (draft)</a></h3>
+    </li>
+  {% endfor %}
+{% endmacro %}
+

templates/page.html

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+{% extends 'base.html' %}
+
+{% block content %}
+  {% if page.components | first == "blog" %}
+    <article>
+      <h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
+      {% if page.date %}
+        <p>
+          Published {{ page.date | date(format="%B %e, %Y") }}
+        </p>
+      {% endif %}
+      <p>
+        {{ page.reading_time }} min read
+      </p>
+
+      {% if page.taxonomies.tags %}
+        <p>
+          Tags:
+          {% for tag in page.taxonomies.tags %}
+            <a href="{{ tag.permalink }}">{{ tag.name }}</a>
+          {% endfor %}
+        </p>
+      {% endif %}
+
+      {{ page.content | safe }}
+    </article>
+  {% else %}
+    <h2>{{ page.title }}</h2>
+    {{ page.content | safe }}
+  {% endif %}
+{% endblock %}