diff --git a/.eleventy.js b/.eleventy.js
index 731ecdd12..52ae1ae61 100644
--- a/.eleventy.js
+++ b/.eleventy.js
@@ -96,12 +96,12 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
 		},
 	});
 
-	sassBuild(domain_name);
-	eleventyConfig.on("beforeWatch", (changedFiles) => {
-		// changedFiles is an array of files that changed
-		// to trigger the watch/serve build
-		sassBuild(domain_name);
-	});
+	// sassBuild(domain_name);
+	// eleventyConfig.on("beforeWatch", (changedFiles) => {
+	// 	// changedFiles is an array of files that changed
+	// 	// to trigger the watch/serve build
+	// 	sassBuild(domain_name);
+	// });
 
 	// https://www.npmjs.com/package/@quasibit/eleventy-plugin-sitemap
 
@@ -115,35 +115,32 @@ module.exports = function (eleventyConfig) {
 	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("src/img");
 	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("./CNAME");
 	// eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy("src/.gitignore");
-	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({ "dinky/assets/js": "assets/js" });
-	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({
-		"dinky/assets/images": "assets/images",
-	});
-	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({
-		"dinky/_sass": "sass/dinky/_sass",
-	});
+	// eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({ "dinky/assets/js": "assets/js" });
+	// eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({
+	// 	"dinky/assets/images": "assets/images",
+	// });
+	// eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({
+	// 	"dinky/_sass": "sass/dinky/_sass",
+	// });
 	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({
 		"src/_sass": "sass/src/_sass",
 	});
 
-	const pathNormalizer = function(pathString){
-		return normalize(path.normalize(path.resolve(".")))
+const njkEngine = require("nunjucks").configure(
+	[
+		path.join(siteConfiguration.dir.input, siteConfiguration.dir.includes),
+		path.join(siteConfiguration.dir.input, siteConfiguration.dir.layouts),
+		siteConfiguration.dir.input,
+	],
+	{
+		autoescape: false,
+		throwOnUndefined: true
 	}
+);
 
-	// Nunjucks Filters
-	let nunjucksEnvironment = new Nunjucks.Environment(
-		new Nunjucks.FileSystemLoader([
-			pathNormalizer(siteConfiguration.dir.includes),
-			pathNormalizer(siteConfiguration.dir.input),
-			pathNormalizer(".")
-		]),
-		{
-			throwOnUndefined: throwOnUndefinedSetting,
-			autoescape: true
-		}
-	);
-	eleventyConfig.setLibrary("njk", nunjucksEnvironment);
-	eleventyConfig.addNunjucksFilter("interpolate", function(value) {
+eleventyConfig.setLibrary('njk', njkEngine );  //: autoescape for CSS rules
+
+eleventyConfig.addNunjucksFilter("interpolate", function(value) {
 		return Nunjucks.renderString(text, this.ctx);
 	});
 
diff --git a/src/_includes/base.njk b/src/_includes/base.njk
index 1f31aa273..6e5d11270 100644
--- a/src/_includes/base.njk
+++ b/src/_includes/base.njk
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   	{% block head %}
     <meta charset="utf-8">
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
-	<title>{{ title }}</title>
+	<title>{{ title or "NO TITLE" }}</title>
 	<link href="https://unpkg.com/prismjs@1.20.0/themes/prism-okaidia.css" rel="stylesheet">
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="/assets/css/style.css?v={{ site.github.build_revision}}">
 	<!-- Build Revision: {{ site.github.build_revision }} & Sha: {{ site.github.build_sha }} -->
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 		{% else %}
 		<!-- else mode -->
 		{% endif %}
-		<h1 class="header">{{ title }}</h1>
+		<h1 class="header">{{ title or "NO TITLE" }}</h1>
 		<p class="header">{{ description }}</p>
 
 	{% endblock %}
diff --git a/src/_layouts/index.njk b/src/_layouts/index.njk
index 589542139..709adccf7 100644
--- a/src/_layouts/index.njk
+++ b/src/_layouts/index.njk
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {% extends "base.njk" %}
+
 {%- from "postList/macros.njk" import postList -%}
 
 {% block postcontent %}
diff --git a/src/_layouts/rss2-feed.njk b/src/_layouts/rss2-feed.njk
index 2f53ec705..90ce26f97 100644
--- a/src/_layouts/rss2-feed.njk
+++ b/src/_layouts/rss2-feed.njk
@@ -6,10 +6,10 @@
     "subtitle": "Notes on various projects",
     "url": (function(){ return process.env.DOMAIN + "/" })(),
     "feedUrl": (function(){ return process.env.DOMAIN + "/rss/" })(),
-	"lastBuildDate": (function(){
-		var date = new Date();
-		return date.toUTCString()
-	})(),
+    "lastBuildDate": (function(){
+      var date = new Date();
+      return date.toUTCString()
+    })(),
     "author": {
       "name": "Aram Zucker-Scharff",
       "email": "aramdevblog@aramzs.me"
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 	<title>{{ metadata.title }}</title>
 	<atom:link href="{{ metadata.feedUrl }}" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
 	<link>{{ metadata.url }}</link>
-	<description>{{ subtitle }}</description>
+	<description>{{ metadata.subtitle }}</description>
 	<lastBuildDate>{{ metadata.lastBuildDate }}</lastBuildDate>
 	<language>en-US</language>
 	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
@@ -48,10 +48,10 @@
 		<pubDate>{{ post.date.toUTCString() }}</pubDate>
 		<dc:creator>{{ metadata.author.name }}</dc:creator>
 		<guid isPermaLink="true">{{ absolutePostUrl }}</guid>
-		<description>{{ post.data.excerpt }}</description>
+		<description>{{ post.data.excerpt or "???" }}</description>
 		<content:encoded><![CDATA[{{ post.templateContent | htmlToAbsoluteUrls(absolutePostUrl) | safe }}]]></content:encoded>
 		{%- for tag in post.tags %}
-		<category><![CDATA[tag]]></category>
+		<category><![CDATA[{{tag}}]]></category>
 		{%- endfor %}
 	</item>
 	{%- endfor %}
diff --git a/src/posts/hello-day-8.md b/src/posts/hello-day-8.md
index 6755f419d..31f321190 100644
--- a/src/posts/hello-day-8.md
+++ b/src/posts/hello-day-8.md
@@ -111,10 +111,10 @@ And I can also change my passthroughs in `.eleventy.js`.
 
 ```javascript
 	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({
-		"dinky/_sass": "sass/dinky/_sass",
+		"dinky/_sass": "sass/dinky/_sass"
 	});
 	eleventyConfig.addPassthroughCopy({
-		"src/_sass": "sass/src/_sass",
+		"src/_sass": "sass/src/_sass"
 	});
 ```
 
@@ -124,9 +124,11 @@ If this works correctly on publish, it will resolve the last of my base requirem
 
 Ok, I was thinking about how to handle build-time cache-breaking and realized that there's likely a way to handle getting a cache-break variable at the build stage. There's [a plugin for Jekyll to do it](https://github.com/jekyll/github-metadata), it looks like [it does so at least partially via the Github API](https://github.com/jekyll/github-metadata/blob/master/docs/authentication.md). It gets [a pretty good list of data too](https://github.com/jekyll/github-metadata/blob/master/docs/site.github.md). There's also [the "Github Context" which is available to GitHub actions](https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/context-and-expression-syntax-for-github-actions#github-context). I could call the API during build time, which is what it appears that Jekyll is doing (I didn't really look too deeply into the plugin). But if this data is available in the Actions context... couldn't I export it as a environment variable? Why not try adding that to the Github Actions script?
 
+{% raw %}
 ```yaml
         - run: export GITHUB_HEAD_SHA=${{ github.run_id }}
 ```
+{% endraw %}
 
 Now I should be able to call this in my site data, right? So I'll update the file at `src/_data/site.js`.
 
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ Well... the Sass sitemaps built properly, but none of the Github Actions env stu
 
 What if I set the `env` at the level of job? I think this means I could prob use `GITHUB_SHA`, but I want to see what works.
 
+{% raw %}
 ```yaml
 jobs:
   deploy:
@@ -157,6 +160,7 @@ jobs:
     env:
       MY_GITHUB_RUN_ID: ${{ github.run_id }}
 ```
+{% endraw %}
 
 Ah, that did it, so now I know how to use both!