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27 Aug 2026 · 9 min read

A custom 404 page

Because 'page not found' shouldn't mean 'design not applied'

How to build a custom 404 page in Astro that gets served automatically by Netlify — and why a dead end is worth designing properly.

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8 May 2026, BST · 4 min read

Page history and credits on a static blog

Transparent revision logs, attribution as a first-class concern, and why both matter

How this blog handles two small but deliberate editorial features — a page history log that surfaces meaningful revisions, and a credits section that attributes cover images, libraries, and inspirations. Both are schema- validated optional fields in the content collection.

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30 Mar 2026, BST · 10 min read

Choosing the tech stack

Every tool was chosen deliberately — here's the reasoning

The full reasoning behind the tech stack for this blog: Astro for static output and content collections, Bulma for a no-runtime CSS foundation, Netlify for deployment and serverless functions, and TypeScript throughout.

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30 Mar 2026, BST · 6 min read

How this blog was built

A series on the technical and design decisions behind Sourcier

A new series documenting the technical and design decisions behind this blog — from choosing Astro and setting up typed content collections, to building dark mode, a comment system, a mailing list, and everything in between.

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26 Mar 2026, GMT · 4 min read

I Should Start a Blog

Twenty years in software — it was time to write some of it down

After years of working in software, I've decided to stop hoarding what I know and start sharing it properly. This is the story of why this blog exists, and what I actually want to do with it.

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