Isaac Bythewood's Blog

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.

Isaac Bythewood Isaac Bythewood
2026-05-09

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Cool URIs don't change, unless an AI rewrites your blog
Cool URIs don't change, unless an AI rewrites your blog
A short post-mortem on letting an AI port my blog from Django to Flask, and the URL design mistake it cheerfully shipped along the way.
Isaac Bythewood Isaac Bythewood
2026-04-29
Running a simple Django website in Docker
Running a simple Django website in Docker
Using Docker to run a simple production and development environments with a few extras thrown in. Easily customized to your preferred language or framework.
Isaac Bythewood Isaac Bythewood
2022-05-14
Creating a PWA with Next.js and next-pwa to improve your websites UX
Creating a PWA with Next.js and next-pwa to improve your websites UX
Turning your website into a PWA, especially if your website doesn't rely on an internet connection at all, can greatly improve its user experience by allowing them to access your web app anywhere.
Isaac Bythewood Isaac Bythewood
2022-06-18