For the last two days I have been experimenting with reproducing my Strava timeline in Eleventy using a CSV file, for a change, as well as a JavaScript file to import new GPX files and map them correctly for the CSV file. That CSV file is then read by Eleventy to populate a site....
Posts tagged “eleventy”
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An Eleventy Strava Experiment in Three Parts — Mar 29, 2026 -
Refactoring Eleventy with Swisscom MyAI — Mar 24, 2026Yesterday afternoon I decided to experiment with MyAI and Eleventy because I was getting an error message. The issue is that when I refactored my Eleventy files with Gemini it removed code that broke the build process. I asked MyAI for help and it went beyond what I asked of it. Specifically, not only did it help me to fix the bug but it also helped me go from a build time of 35+ seconds, down to 25 seconds, and eventually down to 15 seconds. When you’re running build for each blog post that soon saves a lot of time....
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Experimenting With Eleventy — Mar 23, 2026One nice thing about switching from WordPress to Eleventy is that I start with a blank slate. By this I don’t mean that I start with nothing, because Eleventy does a lot. What I mean by this is that I can use APIs and other tools with greater ease than if I was experimenting with WordPress....
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On WordPress and the Eleventy Experiment — Mar 22, 2026Whilst I have found Wordpress to be a useful tool since around 2005 or so, recent changes have encouraged me to dump the platform. The first of these changes was when WordPress moved to react because this made the site slower, and heavier to use. React also has links to Facebook, and I try to avoid Facebook related projects when possible....
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Refactoring and (A)I — Mar 15, 2026For two days I have been migrating my blog from Hugo to Eleventy via the markdown pages, and the photos via Ghost Export for Wordpress. In the process I achieved a goal, and then AI broke things, so I achieved them again, and then AI broke them again.... -
Static Web Generators and CMSes — Sep 20, 2023For weeks, or even months, by now I have been playing/experimenting with Hugo, 11ty and other solutions. I really like that with Hugo I can use FrontMatter as a CMS to create new posts, add the appropriate meta data, and keep track of what is published and what is in draft form. It allows me to create posts with the right metadata in seconds, rather than having to write the date, time, draft status and more by hand. It also generates the right file title for good archival practices.... -
The Eleventy Learning Curve — Sep 7, 2023I have spent several days playing with Eleventy and trying to get it to behave as I would like to and over the last day or two I succeeded, to some degree. Eleventy, like Hugo, is a static website generator. Whereas Hugo is built on Go Eleventy is built on Javascript. In so far as I can tell they’re both working at around the same speed....
