add a now page

Author: umyeah

src/content.config.ts

@@ -17,5 +17,13 @@ const blog = defineCollection({
     tags: z.array(z.string()),
   }),
 });
+
+const now = defineCollection({
+  loader: glob({ pattern: "**/[^_]*.md", base: "./src/now" }),
+  schema: z.object({
+    updatedDate: z.date(),
+  }),
+});
+
 // Export a single `collections` object to register your collection(s)
-export const collections = { blog };
+export const collections = { blog, now };

src/layouts/Navigation.astro

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import NavigationLink from "./NavigationLink.astro"
         <section>
             <NavigationLink match="/posts" href="/blog" target="_self">Blog</NavigationLink>
             <NavigationLink href="/tags" target="_self">Tags</NavigationLink>
+            <NavigationLink href="/now" target="_self">Now</NavigationLink>
         </section>
     </nav>
 </header>

src/layouts/NowLayout.astro

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+import Layout from './Layout.astro';
+
+const { frontmatter } = Astro.props;
+---
+
+<base target="_blank" />
+
+<Layout pageTitle="UmYeah's /now">
+    <h2>/now</h2>
+    <p style="font-size: 16px;">Last updated: {frontmatter.updatedDate.toLocaleDateString()}</p>
+    <hr />
+    <section>
+        <slot />
+    </section>
+</Layout>
+
+<style>
+    section {
+        text-align: left;
+    }
+</style>

src/now/index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+---
+updatedDate: 2025-08-31
+---
+
+### Currently Working On
+
+- [AitH](https://aith.umyeah.dev) - a vibe coded app to help keep track of thing that should Always (be) in the House
+- [Fwoop](https://fwoop.umyeah.dev) - another vibe coded app for tracking my food, weight, and poop activity
+- Spending my working hours as a Principal Engineer at [Dataminr](https://www.dataminr.com)
+
+### Reading
+
+- John Steinbeck's [*The Winter of Our Discontent*](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4796.The_Winter_of_Our_Discontent)
+- [The Meaning of Life: Perspectives from the World's Great Intellectual Traditions](https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Meaning-of-Life-Perspectives-from-the-Worlds-Great-Intellectual-Traditions-Audiobook/B00DJBVRMM) (audiobook)
+
+### Listening To & Watching
+
+- See my [Best of 2025](/posts/best-of-2025) for current favorites
+
+---
+
+*This page is inspired by Derek Sivers' [now page movement](https://nownownow.com/about).*

src/pages/now.astro

@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+---
+import { getEntry, render } from 'astro:content';
+import NowLayout from '../layouts/NowLayout.astro';
+
+const entry = await getEntry('now', 'index');
+if (!entry) throw new Error('Now page not found');
+
+const { Content } = await render(entry);
+---
+
+<NowLayout frontmatter={entry.data}>
+    <Content />
+</NowLayout>