Systems engineer by day, painter by night. Notes on code, paint, and the space between. Zola 2026-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 https://mhuynh.org/atom.xml 2026-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 2026-04-22T00:00:00+00:00 Unknown https://mhuynh.org/notes/first-post/ <p>Welcome. This is the first post on mhuynh.org, which exists mostly as a place to write down what I’m learning while I learn it — systems work by day, painterly anime studies at night, whatever else is worth recording in between.</p> <h2 id="how-to-write-new-posts">How to write new posts</h2> <p>Drop a markdown file into <code>content/tech/</code>, <code>content/art/</code>, <code>content/projects/</code>, or <code>content/notes/</code>. The filename becomes the URL slug. Front matter at the top sets the metadata:</p> <pre class="giallo" style="color: #E1E4E8; background-color: #24292E;"><code data-lang="plain"><span class="giallo-l"><span>+++</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>title = &quot;Post title&quot;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>description = &quot;Subtitle shown under the title.&quot;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>date = 2026-04-22</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>[taxonomies]</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>tags = [&quot;rust&quot;, &quot;tooling&quot;]</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>[extra]</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>topic = &quot;PowerShell&quot; # optional — shows in the left rail</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>+++</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>Post content in markdown...</span></span></code></pre><h2 id="how-to-embed-art">How to embed art</h2> <p>Use the <code>figure</code> shortcode to get the gallery frame and zoom-on-click behaviour:</p> <pre class="giallo" style="color: #E1E4E8; background-color: #24292E;"><code data-lang="plain"><span class="giallo-l"><span>{{ figure(</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span> src=&quot;/images/art/2026-04-22-session-3.jpg&quot;,</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span> alt=&quot;Session 3 — value structure practice&quot;,</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span> fignum=&quot;Figure 1&quot;,</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span> caption=&quot;Study after Sargent, ninety minutes, Procreate.&quot;</span></span> <span class="giallo-l"><span>) }}</span></span></code></pre> <p>Put the image file at <code>static/images/art/2026-04-22-session-3.jpg</code> and it’ll be served at that URL.</p> <h2 id="categories-and-tags">Categories and tags</h2> <p>The top nav — Tech, Art, Projects, Notes — is the <em>primary</em> taxonomy; each lives as its own folder under <code>content/</code>. Tags are secondary and cross-cutting, declared in front matter. A post about a Rust CLI in the tech section can be tagged <code>rust</code> and <code>tooling</code>; a painting in the art section can be tagged <code>portrait</code> and <code>sargent</code>. Tag pages are auto-generated.</p> <p>That’s the mechanics. The rest is writing.</p>