gabinfor.github.io

My personal site, built with Astro and deployed to GitHub Pages.

Write a post

Add a file to src/content/blog/ (.md, or .mdx to use components):

---
title: My post
description: One-line summary
date: 2026-10-05
tags: [notes]
---

Text goes here.

Push to main and it's live in about a minute.

Run locally

npm install
npm run dev

Where things live

• src/content/blog/: posts
• src/data/blogroll.ts: blogs I follow (feeds are fetched at build time)
• src/data/site.ts: name, tagline, links
• src/sky/: the pixel sky engine: time of day, weather, sprites, fireworks, secrets. Preview with ?hour=21 and/or ?weather=storm (clear, cloudy, rain, storm, snow, fog).
• src/data/radio.ts: the radio stations (HTTPS streams; the radio keeps playing as you move between pages)
• src/scripts/clicky.ts: click sounds, sparkles, toasts, and the window buttons
• scripts/make-cursors.mjs: regenerates the pixel cursors in public/cursors/
• src/components/GpuBlobs.astro: the WebGPU demo, usable in any .mdx post
• public/button.svg: my 88x31 button for other people to link to me
• .github/workflows/deploy.yml: builds on push and once a day

Secrets (spoilers!)

• Click the night sky for fireworks, the day sky to startle birds, and the sun for… see for yourself.
• Konami code (↑↑↓↓←→←→BA) starts a fireworks finale.
• Type anywhere outside a text box: rain, snow, storm, fog, cloudy, clear, forecast, boom, cat, night, day, now, minecraft (blocky mode), creeper, zombie, skeleton.
• Now and then a cloud drifts in shaped like a sleeping cat. Click it and it leaps up, back arched, then curls up again.
• Minecraft: a rare creeper walks the hill (click it, then step back). Zombies and skeletons wander at night: hit them three times, or wait for sunrise.
• Automatic: fireworks just after midnight on New Year's Day, snow on Dec 24 to 26, an orange moon on Halloween. The moon shows its real phase.