Isaac Bythewood's Blog
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The Rust ecosystem is unreasonably good
A second pass on the Rust port of my blog. I deleted the chromium PDF subprocess and replaced it with embedded Typst. Notes on axum, comrak, minijinja, and a typesetting compiler that ships as a crate.
2026-05-09
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Code formatting a Python project in 2022
For those who want a quick solution without reading all of PEP 8. The Black Python module has a fully automated solution for you.
2022-07-30
Self-host your fonts
Three reasons every site should self-host fonts in 2026, and why @fontsource makes it a one-liner.
2026-05-03
Using CodeMirror to show formatted code in Wagtail
Going through all the steps to use CodeMirror with Wagtail to show formatted code on the frontend of your site.
2022-06-11