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v.2026.05 — build 042

hello, world.
i build, i write.

I'm Jonas — a software engineer working on developer tools and design systems. This is where I keep notes, half-built experiments, and the occasional essay about how software gets made.

Currently
Building Astro themes & CLI toys
Reading
"A Pattern Language", C. Alexander
Stack
TS · Rust · Go · Astro
Located
Vienna, AT (UTC+1)
~/jonas — zsh — 80×24 [ Fig. 1 ]
last login: thu may 7 09:42 on ttys001
jonas@dev ~ $ whoami
jonas loimer · software engineer · writing things
jonas@dev ~ $ ls posts/ | head
2026-04-22 why-static-sites-still-win.md
2026-04-09 rust-on-the-edge-notes.md
2026-03-28 designing-a-cli-that-feels-good.md
2026-03-12 on-leaving-tailwind-for-a-week.md
jonas@dev ~ $ cat about.txt
→ try: help, posts, projects, contact, theme, clear
jonas@dev ~ $
featured-post.md [ Fig. 2 ]
essay   12 min read · 2026-04-22

Why static sites still win, and the small ways they're getting weirder

A walk through what changed since 2018: islands, partial hydration, view transitions, and why the boring answer (HTML-first) keeps quietly winning the build-tool wars.

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[ Fig. 2.a — generative cover ]
#static#astro#web
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recent writing

all posts (10) →
010
Why static sites still win, and the small ways they're getting weirderislands, view transitions, and the slow re-discovery of HTML.
essay · static
2026-04-22
009
Notes from running Rust on the edge for a monthcold starts, WASM compile times, and what surprised me.
note · rust
2026-04-09
008
Designing a CLI that actually feels good to usespacing, colors, the missing art of ergonomic flags.
essay · cli
2026-03-28
007
On leaving Tailwind for a week (and what came back)a small experiment turned into a CSS reckoning.
note · css
2026-03-12
006
A tiny scheduler for very lazy weekends50 lines of Go, one cron, zero servers.
til · go
2026-02-28
005
View transitions: a love letter, with caveatsthey're great. they're also a footgun. both can be true.
note · web
2026-02-14

selected projects

all projects →
paperboy.sh [ 01 ]
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paperboy

RSS to email digest.

Go · SQLite·OSS · 1.2k ★
ink.css [ 02 ]
ink.css

Editorial classless stylesheet.

CSS·OSS · 480 ★
tess [ 03 ]
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tess

REPL test runner.

Rust·WIP

blog by the numbers

auto-generated at build
stats.txt[ Fig. 4 ]
  • Posts published10
  • Total words written646
  • Approx. read-through time81 min
  • Combined markdown size~4 kB
  • Projects catalogued5
  • Unique tags12
  • First post → latest2025-12-04 → 2026-04-22
  • Days since first post155
breakdown.txt[ Fig. 5 ]
  • Longest: Why static sites still win, and the small ways they're getting weirder487 w
  • Shortest: View transitions: a love letter, with caveats10 w
  • Average post length65 w
  • Category · note5
  • Category · essay4
  • Category · til1
  • #web2×
  • #design2×
  • #static1×
  • #astro1×
  • #rust1×