Welcome to fmr.blog

Hello world! Welcome to fmr.blog, my new digital home where I share lab notes, code snippets and IT infrastructure documentation.

This article marks the first milestone for this blog. I’ve deliberately written it not just as a ‘Hello World’ formality, but also as a reminder of why this platform was built.

Why Build a Blog (Again)?

In an era where information flits by so quickly on social media in the form of short videos, having a well-indexed text-based blog might sound old-fashioned. However, for an IT practitioner—be it a System Administrator, a Network Engineer, or an LLM enthusiast—written documentation is everything.

This blog serves as:

Knowledge Base: A place where I document server experiments, network case studies, or installations of new open-source tools.
Discussion Forum: There is direct integration with GitHub Discussions (via Giscus) below each article, making it easy for fellow engineers to exchange ideas.
Portfolio Archive: As concrete proof of work for the projects I’ve worked on.

A Peek Behind the Scenes (Tech Stack)

For those of you who are curious, this blog is designed with the philosophy of “as little JavaScript as possible, as fast a response as possible” using the following modern tech stack:

Astro 5 & Node.js: Main Static Site Generator (SSG) powered by Node.js build-time compilation for a Zero-JS by default experience.
TypeScript & Zod: Strict type-safety and automated content collection schema validation at build time.
Sveltia CMS & Cloudflare Functions: Git-backed CMS at /admin with serverless GitHub OAuth proxy running on Cloudflare Pages edge network.
Vanilla CSS & Google Fonts: Lightweight design system with Forest Green design tokens, glassmorphism, and Inter/Outfit web fonts without heavy CSS frameworks.
Shiki & Giscus: Automatic code block syntax highlighting (github-dark) and GitHub Discussions-based comment system dynamically synced with dark/light mode.
Astro Sitemap & RSS Feed: Automated XML Sitemap generation for Google Search Console and RSS feed output at /rss.xml.

What’s Next?

Looking ahead, you can look forward to more technical posts here. From network troubleshooting and exploring Large Language Models to reviews of self-hosted tools.

Thank you for stopping by! Don’t forget to make use of the RSS Feed feature in the footer so you don’t miss the latest updates, and let’s have a chat in the comments section.

Cheers to open-source! ☕