rewrite to be impromptu Saait

Cargo.toml

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ strip = "symbols" # Strip symbols from binary
 
 [dependencies]
 askama = { version = "0.12.1" }
-comrak = "0.27.0"
+comrak = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["syntect"] }
 markdown-parser = "0.1.2"
 rand = "0.8.5"
 serde = { version = "1.0.209", features = ["derive"] }

posts/005-regenesis.md

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ This time inspied by [this article](https://blog.transrights.art/blogs/2024_Scre
 [theprimeagen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcZSOLAI1lM), and everpresent desire to rewrite everything in Rust,
 the new website is a complete rewrite using rust and adjacent techniques.
 
-Using only 
+Using only
 ```
 [dependencies]
 askama = { version = "0.12.1", features = ["with-axum"] }
@@ -26,6 +26,49 @@ serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
 tokio = { version = "1.39.3", features = ["macros", "rt-multi-thread"] }
 tower-http = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["fs"] }
 ```
+as dependencies in the end we get a clean~ish, 2.8MB executable.
+
+All markdown compilation gets done every time page is loaded, which is sub-optimal,
+But reading time for all posts is non-significant compared to other loading times.
+
+And voila, there is the new post.
+
+## Update
+
+This approach however had few issues.
+As fun as it is writing your own routing logic, It feels purely unnecessary.
+
+Even scaling down from `axum` to `tiny_http`, it doesn't change the binary size, and because of the limited resources and location of the VPS,
+it does not affect the load times.
+
+Short of rewriting it all in [Yew](yew.rs) and loading the wasm as a SPA (which comes with it's own complexity) loading times would not improve.
+
+Therefore the goal has been slightly changed.
+From serving the files the goal is now using askama like a sort of static site generator.
+
+# DIY Hugo?
+
+Not exactly. In the current state it is basically Saait again, but with extra steps.
+Additional pages require source code intervention, which isn't hard, but tidious.
+
+//TODO: use some enum for pages, with derive as EnumString, so new pages can be added simply by adding a template.
+
+
+But for now, the new dependencies now look like this:
+
+```toml
+[dependencies]
+askama = { version = "0.12.1" }
+comrak = "0.27.0"
+markdown-parser = "0.1.2"
+rand = "0.8.5"
+serde = { version = "1.0.209", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_yaml = "0.9.34"
+syntect = "5.2.0"
+```
+
+Syntect providing oh so nice code highlighting in the markdown.
+
 
 ```json
 {
@@ -35,10 +78,29 @@ tower-http = { version = "0.5.2", features = ["fs"] }
 }
 ```
 
-as dependancies in the end we get a clean~ish, 2.8MB executable.
+```rust
 
-All markdown compilation gets done every time page is loaded, which is sub-optimal,
+std::fs::write(format!("{output_path}/index.html"), handlers::index().as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write index file");
-But reading time for all posts is non-significant compared to other loading times.
+std::fs::write(format!("{output_path}/about.html"), handlers::about().as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write about file");
+std::fs::write(format!("{output_path}/404.html"), handlers::not_found().as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write 404 file");
 
-And voila, there is the new post.
+
+for entry in post_dir_iter {
+    if let Ok(entry) = entry {
+
+        let filename = entry.file_name().into_string().unwrap().split(".").collect::<Vec<_>>()[0].to_string();
+
+        fs::write(format!("{output_path}/blog/{filename}.html"), handlers::blog(filename).as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write blog entry");
+    };
+
+}
+
+```
+
+For now, I am rather happy with the result.
+
+Built for release profile, binary is just 3.1M (majority of it is syntact), and produces a output folder with it's contents in a rather pleasant amount of time.
+> ./target/release/rusty_duck  0.03s user 0.01s system 97% cpu 0.035 total
+
+This is no **BLAZING** speed, but it's honest work.
 

src/handlers.rs

@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ fn parse_markdown(content: &str) -> String {
     options.extension.strikethrough = true;
     let mut plugins = comrak::Plugins::default();
     let adapter = comrak::plugins::syntect::SyntectAdapterBuilder::new()
-        .theme("base16-ocean.dark")
+        .theme("base16-mocha.dark")
         .build();
 
     plugins.render.codefence_syntax_highlighter = Some(&adapter);

src/main.rs

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use std::{fs::{self, read_dir, DirBuilder},path::Path};
+use std::{fs::{write, read_dir, DirBuilder},path::Path};
 
 mod handlers;
 mod structs;
@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ fn main() {
 
 
 
-    fs::write(format!("{output_path}/index.html"), handlers::index().as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write index file");
+    write(format!("{output_path}/index.html"), handlers::index().as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write index file");
-    fs::write(format!("{output_path}/about.html"), handlers::about().as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write about file");
+    write(format!("{output_path}/about.html"), handlers::about().as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write about file");
-    fs::write(format!("{output_path}/404.html"), handlers::not_found().as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write 404 file");
+    write(format!("{output_path}/404.html"), handlers::not_found().as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write 404 file");
 
     match DirBuilder::new()
         .create(format!("{output_path}/blog")) {
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ fn main() {
 
             let filename = entry.file_name().into_string().unwrap().split(".").collect::<Vec<_>>()[0].to_string();
 
-            fs::write(format!("{output_path}/blog/{filename}.html"), handlers::blog(filename).as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write blog entry");
+            write(format!("{output_path}/blog/{filename}.html"), handlers::blog(filename).as_bytes()).expect("Couldnt write blog entry");
         };
 
     }