codecommit.com

Static blog built with Laika and syntect.

Dependencies

• Rust toolchain (stable)
• Scala CLI with JVM 22+ (required for Java FFM)

Build

# Build the syntax highlighter (Rust FFI library)
cargo build --release --manifest-path highlighter/Cargo.toml

# Build the site (outputs to _site/)
scala-cli run build.scala

Serve locally

scala-cli run build.scala -- serve        # http://localhost:4242
scala-cli run build.scala -- serve 8080   # custom port

Note that this does not monitor for source changes, it only serves _site/. You'll need to run scala-cli run build.scala in order to update for any changes, including to the markdown. You might be able to approximate ~ behavior here with the watch flag: scala-cli run build.scala -w (but this might not pick up the markdown)

Adding a blog post

1. Create src/blog/<category>/<slug>.md (categories: scala, java, ruby, eclipse, etc.)

2. Add frontmatter and content:

{%
laika.title = "Your Post Title"
laika.metadata.date = "2026-01-15"
%}

# Your Post Title

Post content in markdown...

3. Commit and push