Developer, climber, tinkerer. Portfolio and personal blog. Zola 2026-05-17T00:00:00+00:00 https://willhkim.com/atom.xml 2026-05-17T00:00:00+00:00 2026-05-17T00:00:00+00:00 Unknown https://willhkim.com/blog/hello-world/ <p>Every blog starts somewhere. This one starts here.</p> <p>I built this site with <a href="https://www.getzola.org/">Zola</a> — a static site generator written in Rust — partly because I wanted full control over the output and partly because “my blog is powered by a Rust binary” is a fun thing to say at parties.</p> <h2 id="what-i-ll-write-about">What I’ll write about</h2> <ul> <li>Rust: the language, the ecosystem, things I’m learning</li> <li>Climbing: trip reports, gear thoughts, training</li> <li>Systems software: whatever I’m working on or reading about</li> </ul> <h2 id="the-stack">The stack</h2> <p>The site is intentionally simple:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Zola</strong> compiles Markdown → HTML and SCSS → CSS with a single command</li> <li><strong>No JavaScript framework</strong> — just a small vanilla JS file for the logo animation</li> <li><strong>Deployed</strong> to Cloudflare Pages, served from <code>willhkim.com</code></li> </ul> <p>More soon.</p> 2026-05-17T00:00:00+00:00 2026-05-17T00:00:00+00:00 Unknown https://willhkim.com/projects/willhkim-com/ <p>A static site built with <a href="https://www.getzola.org/">Zola</a>, a Rust-based static site generator. The pixel-art carabiner logo (homepage button) animates on hover using CSS <code>steps()</code> keyframes to mimic the feel of Metal Slug sprite sheets.</p> <p><strong>Key decisions:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Zola over Hugo/Eleventy because the binary is a single Rust executable with no Node.js dependency</li> <li>SCSS compiled by Zola at build time — no separate build toolchain</li> <li>Zero JS frameworks — keeping the JS footprint tiny and auditable</li> </ul>