<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" ><generator uri="https://jekyllrb.com/" version="4.4.1">Jekyll</generator><link href="https://behan.codes/feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" /><link href="https://behan.codes/" rel="alternate" type="text/html" /><updated>2026-06-18T10:44:26+00:00</updated><id>https://behan.codes/feed.xml</id><title type="html">Stuart’s Blog</title><subtitle>Notes, write-ups, and things worth remembering.</subtitle><author><name>Stuart Behan</name></author><entry><title type="html">Welcome</title><link href="https://behan.codes/meta/2026/06/17/welcome.html" rel="alternate" type="text/html" title="Welcome" /><published>2026-06-17T09:00:00+00:00</published><updated>2026-06-17T09:00:00+00:00</updated><id>https://behan.codes/meta/2026/06/17/welcome</id><content type="html" xml:base="https://behan.codes/meta/2026/06/17/welcome.html"><![CDATA[<p>This is the first post. Everything below the <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">---</code> front matter block is just
<strong>Markdown</strong>, so you can write naturally.</p>

<h2 id="writing-a-new-post">Writing a new post</h2>

<p>Drop a file in <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">_posts/</code> named <code class="language-plaintext highlighter-rouge">YYYY-MM-DD-title.md</code>, give it front matter
like the block at the top of this file, write your content, then:</p>

<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>git add _posts/your-new-post.md
git commit <span class="nt">-m</span> <span class="s2">"New post"</span>
git push
</code></pre></div></div>

<p>The GitHub Actions workflow builds the site and publishes it automatically —
usually live within a minute.</p>

<h2 id="previewing-locally">Previewing locally</h2>

<div class="language-bash highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code>bundle <span class="nb">exec </span>jekyll serve <span class="nt">--livereload</span>
</code></pre></div></div>

<p>Then open <a href="http://localhost:4000">http://localhost:4000</a>. Edits show up on save.</p>

<h2 id="code-looks-like-this">Code looks like this</h2>

<div class="language-ruby highlighter-rouge"><div class="highlight"><pre class="highlight"><code><span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">hello</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="p">)</span>
  <span class="nb">puts</span> <span class="s2">"Hello, </span><span class="si">#{</span><span class="nb">name</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="s2">!"</span>
<span class="k">end</span>
</code></pre></div></div>

<p>That’s it. Delete this post whenever you’re ready.</p>]]></content><author><name>Stuart Behan</name></author><category term="meta" /><summary type="html"><![CDATA[This is the first post. Everything below the --- front matter block is just Markdown, so you can write naturally.]]></summary></entry></feed>