johnjeong.com

Personal website built with Astro.

Architecture

Two-repo setup:

part-of-my-brain/           # github.com/ComputelessComputer/part-of-my-brain
├── essays/
├── journals/
├── inspirations/
└── lessons/

johnjeong/                  # github.com/ComputelessComputer/johnjeong.com (this repo)
├── src/
│   ├── pages/
│   ├── layouts/
│   └── components/
├── part-of-my-brain/       # git submodule
└── public/

Content Management

• CMS: Obsidian (separate repo)
• Sync: Git submodule links vault to site
• Build: Push to either repo triggers rebuild
• Schema: Each content type has required frontmatter

Frontmatter Schemas

Essays - Original thoughts

---
title: string
created_at: date
updated_at: date (optional)
published: boolean (default: false)
tags: string[] (optional)
---

Journals - Daily logs

• No frontmatter needed
• Date derived from filename: 2026_01_02.md

Inspirations - Motivational content (podcasts, YouTube, talks)

---
title: string
created_at: date
type: "youtube" | "podcast" | "talk" | "article"
source_url: string (optional)
youtube_video_id: string (optional)
speaker: string (optional)
---

Lessons - Knowledge from books/courses

---
title: string
author: string
created_at: date
type: "book" | "course" | "article" (optional)
source_url: string (optional)
---

Community Features

Powered by GitHub Discussions on the vault repo.

Comments (Giscus)

• Each essay maps to a discussion in Essays category
• Readers authenticate via GitHub

Questions (AMA)

• Form submits to Questions category
• Answered questions displayed on site

Commands

Command	Action
pnpm dev	Start dev server at localhost:4321
pnpm build	Build production site to ./dist/
pnpm preview	Preview build locally