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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Caddy configuration for Django with some sensible defaults
Caddy configuration for Django with some sensible defaults
Caddy is a great web server with sensible defaults but there a few things that I need to configure to have perfect synergy with Django.
Isaac Bythewood Isaac Bythewood
2022-06-04
Using Vite with Django in 2026
Using Vite with Django in 2026
I ran webpack on every Django project I had for years. In 2026 it's Vite, no wrapper package needed. Here's the whole setup.
Isaac Bythewood Isaac Bythewood
2026-04-26
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