Behind the build
The tools and services that power The Contemplative Path, from the Astro framework to accessibility-focused typography.
The foundation that serves every page, keeps builds fast, and deploys updates with confidence.
Our core web framework. Astro delivers fast, content-driven pages with partial hydration, letting us ship minimal JavaScript by default.
Static typing stretches from Astro components to content utilities, catching bugs before they reach production and documenting intent as we code.
Hosting, analytics, and performance insights run on Vercel. Deploy previews make it easy to test changes before they reach production.
Design systems and typography that keep the site legible, adaptive, and expressive.
Tailwind gives us utility-first styling, while daisyUI supplies accessible, theme-aware components that match the site's visual language.
Iconography throughout the experience comes from Font Awesome, giving us a consistent visual vocabulary for navigation and utilities.
A dyslexia-friendly typeface option is built into the UI, improving readability for visitors who rely on specialized typography.
Workflow tooling that handles newsletters, version control, and continuous delivery.
Source control and collaboration live on GitHub. Issues, pull requests, and automation keep the project maintainable and transparent, while long-form posts are tracked in a dedicated repository that the site consumes as a submodule.
Our newsletter automation platform. Buttondown powers campaign scheduling, subscriber management, and the lightweight embeddable form featured across the site.
Voice synthesis now runs on OpenAI TTS, producing narrated editions of each essay that mirror the written content while keeping the workflow fully automated.
The knowledge base and drafting environment that shape essays before they reach the site.
Research and drafting happen in Obsidian. Its markdown-first knowledge base helps structure long-form ideas before they become published essays.
Under the hood you'll also find integrations like Astro MDX for rich longform content, Partytown for third-party script isolation, and Prettier tooling to keep the codebase consistent. If you're curious about anything in particular, feel free to reach out.
