gh-page

My blog. Mostly rants.

Jekyll + GitHub Pages, dressed up to look like a circa-2008 WordPress install. Comments via Giscus (GitHub Discussions).

Live at https://indraputrabh.github.io/.

Run it locally

bundle install
bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload

Then open http://localhost:4000.

New post

_posts/YYYY-MM-DD-some-slug.md:

---
title: "Something I have opinions about"
date: 2026-05-19 10:00:00 +0800
categories: [Rants]
tags: [opinion]
---

words

git push and Pages rebuilds in about a minute.

Comments

Giscus stores comments as GitHub Discussions on this repo. Free, no ads, no separate account needed.

The repo is already wired up (_config.yml -> giscus block has the IDs). One click left:

1. Open https://github.com/apps/giscus and install it on Indraputrabh/Indraputrabh.github.io. That's it.

Commenters sign in with GitHub. If a visitor doesn't have a GitHub account, the comment box prompts them to sign up — it's free.

Custom domain (for later)

1. Drop a CNAME file in the repo root with the domain, e.g. blog.example.com.
2. At the DNS provider, either point a subdomain CNAME at indraputrabh.github.io, or A/AAAA the apex at GitHub's Pages IPs.
3. In repo Settings -> Pages, set the custom domain and tick "Enforce HTTPS" once the cert provisions.

Layout

_config.yml      site config (title, giscus keys, etc.)
_layouts/        default / post / page
_includes/       header, footer, sidebar, comments, post-meta
_data/           nav.yml, blogroll.yml
_posts/          the actual writing
assets/css/      one SCSS file, no dependencies
index.html       paginated home
archive.html     by year
categories.html  by category
tags.html        tag cloud
404.html

No search backend, no recent-comments widget, no analytics. Add them when I miss them.