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Overview

This is Deden Fathurahman's personal blog/notes site, hosted at notes.dedenf.com. It's a static site built with Jekyll (Ruby-based static site generator), themed with Pixyll (a minimal Jekyll theme), and deployed via Netlify with Cloudflare for DNS/security.

Tech Stack

Component	Technology
Static Site Generator	Jekyll (Ruby)
Theme	Pixyll (customized extensively)
Markdown Parser	kramdown + GFM
Hosting	Netlify (netlify.toml)
DNS / Security	Cloudflare
Custom Domain	notes.dedenf.com
CI	AppVeyor (appveyor.yml)
Comments (disabled)	Disqus & Facebook Comments (both configured but currently disabled)

Key Configuration (_config.yml)

• Title: "Deden Fathurahman's notes"
• Description: Blog covers tech, financial, life topics
• Permalink format: /:year/:month/:title
• Pagination: 5 posts per page
• Plugins: jekyll-paginate, jekyll-sitemap, jekyll/tagging
• MathJax: Enabled (for rendering LaTeX math)
• Analytics: Google Analytics & Google Tag Manager configured but left blank (disabled)
• Languages: Mixed English & Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)

Content

Posts: ~360+ posts spanning 2011–2026

The blog goes back over a decade with a diverse range of topics:

• Tech/Engineering: Kubernetes, Docker/Podman, Git, tmux, Vagrant, Nginx, Jekyll workflows, browsers (Firefox, Chrome, Arc, Zen), macOS, Windows, Linux
• Finance/Investing: Indonesian mutual funds (reksadana), digital banking, budget apps, stock/obligation investing, comparisons of platforms (Bareksa, Tanamduit, Investree, Bibit, Ajaib)
• Personal/Life: Parenting, hijrah (religious reflection), gratitude, procrastination, loneliness, conference fatigue, nostalgia
• Media/Podcasts: Podcast recommendations, Spotify reviews, Google Podcasts RIP, music playlists, book reviews
• Society: Privacy/security, fake news, conspiracy theories, COVID-19 reflections, filter bubbles, cognitive biases

Notable recurring series:

• "Daily Bite" / "Daily Found" — curated links and quick thoughts
• "Seputar Finansial" — personal finance series in Indonesian
• "Reading List" — periodic book/article roundups

Pages

Page	Purpose
index.html	Homepage with paginated posts
about.md	Bio, blog history, contact info
contact.html	Contact form
archives.md	Post archives
now.md	"Now" page (what the author is up to)
colophon.md	Technical details about the site
thanks.md	Thank-you page
feed.md / feed.xml	RSS/Atom feeds
my-reading.html	Reading list page
404.md	Custom 404 page

Design & Theme

The site uses Pixyll, a minimal Jekyll theme with extensive custom CSS via Sass:

• Layouts: default.html, post.html, page.html, link.html, tag_page.html, archives.html, center.html, feed.xml
• Sass framework: Basscss (a lightweight CSS toolkit) + custom styles
• SCSS files cover: typography, posts, header, footer, social icons, code blocks, blockquotes, pagination, forms, gists, animations, media queries, tables
• Responsive: Uses p-responsive and wrap classes
• MathJax: Enabled for mathematical notation
• Service Worker (sw.js): Basic PWA caching for fonts (Google Fonts, Bootstrap CDN) and the homepage

Infrastructure & Deployment

flowchart LR
    A[Local Dev: Jekyll] -->|git push| B[GitHub: dedenf/dedenf.github.io]
    B -->|Netlify auto-deploy| C[Netlify]
    C -->|DNS| D[Cloudflare]
    D -->|Serves| E[notes.dedenf.com]
    B -.->|CI| F[AppVeyor]

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• CNAME: notes.dedenf.com
• Netlify config (netlify.toml): Sets timezone to Asia/Jakarta, aggressive cache-control headers (no-cache, no-store, must-revalidate)
• No build command in netlify.toml — Jekyll builds are handled by Netlify's native Jekyll support
• AppVeyor configured for CI

Notable Observations

1. Exposed API Secret: _config.yml line 170 contains apisecret with a plaintext value that should be removed or environment-variable-ized.
2. Disabled Features: Comments (Disqus/Facebook), related posts, sharing icons, and analytics are all configured but disabled in the config.
3. Jekyll Version Pin: .ruby-version pins the Ruby version for the project.
4. Rich tagging system: Posts use jekyll/tagging plugin with a dedicated /tag/ directory and tag_page layout.
5. Active author: The most recent posts are from 2026, showing this is still actively maintained.
6. Mixed language content: Posts use both English and Indonesian, reflecting the author's bilingual readership.

Project Health

• Active: Yes — latest posts are very recent (2026)
• Long-running: Blogging since 2006, imported from various platforms (Blogger, Blogsome, Posterous, WordPress)
• Well-organized: Clean separation of layouts, includes, sass, posts, and pages
• Feature-rich: MathJax, tags, pagination, RSS, sitemap, service worker, PWA caching