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.envrc

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+use flake

.gitignore

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+public/
+.direnv/
+.DS_Store

config.toml

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+base_url = "https://blog.yanlincs.com"
+title = "Yan Lin's Blog"
+description = "Personal blog of Yan Lin, Postdoctoral Researcher at Aalborg University"
+default_language = "en"
+compile_sass = true
+minify_html = false
+generate_feeds = true
+feed_filenames = ["rss.xml"]
+
+[markdown]
+highlight_code = true
+highlight_theme = "css"
+
+[extra]
+author = "Yan Lin"

content/_index.md

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+title = "Welcome"
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+
+My name is Yan Lin, and this is my personal blog where I occasionally post my thoughts and findings during research.
+
+I am a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Computer Science at Aalborg University. My research interests include spatiotemporal data mining, representation learning, and AI for science.

content/blog/_index.md

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+title = "Blog"
+sort_by = "date"
+paginate_by = 10
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+
+Occasional thoughts and findings from research and beyond.

content/blog/hello-zola.md

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+title = "Hello, Zola"
+date = 2026-01-30
+draft = false
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+
+This blog has migrated from Quartz to Zola. The previous version was feature-rich with backlinks, graph views, and Obsidian integration. This new version prioritizes simplicity.
+
+## Why the Change?
+
+Quartz is excellent for digital gardens and interconnected notes. However, for a straightforward blog, it carries unnecessary complexity. Zola offers:
+
+- **Fast builds**: Written in Rust, compilation is nearly instant
+- **Simple structure**: Plain markdown files with TOML frontmatter
+- **No JavaScript dependency**: Static HTML output
+- **Nix-friendly**: Single binary, easy to include in flake
+
+## What to Expect
+
+The content focus remains the same:
+
+- Machine learning techniques
+- AI systems and infrastructure
+- Conference paper summaries
+- Occasional homelab notes
+
+The design is intentionally minimal. No fancy features, just words on a page.

flake.nix

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+{
+  inputs.nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }: let
+    systems = [ "x86_64-linux" "aarch64-linux" "x86_64-darwin" "aarch64-darwin" ];
+    forAllSystems = f: nixpkgs.lib.genAttrs systems (system: f nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system});
+  in {
+    devShells = forAllSystems (pkgs: {
+      default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        packages = with pkgs; [
+          zola
+          (writeShellScriptBin "serve" ''
+            zola serve --open
+          '')
+          (writeShellScriptBin "build" ''
+            zola build
+          '')
+        ];
+        shellHook = ''
+          echo "Zola blog development environment"
+          echo "Commands: serve, build, zola"
+        '';
+      };
+    });
+  };
+}

sass/style.scss

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+:root {
+  --bg: #fff;
+  --fg: #222;
+  --accent: #284b63;
+  --muted: #666;
+  --border: #e5e5e5;
+  --code-bg: #f5f5f5;
+  --max-width: 42rem;
+}
+
+@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+  :root {
+    --bg: #161618;
+    --fg: #ebebec;
+    --accent: #7b97aa;
+    --muted: #999;
+    --border: #333;
+    --code-bg: #1e1e1e;
+  }
+}
+
+* {
+  box-sizing: border-box;
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+}
+
+html {
+  font-size: 18px;
+  line-height: 1.6;
+}
+
+body {
+  font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, sans-serif;
+  background: var(--bg);
+  color: var(--fg);
+  max-width: var(--max-width);
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  padding: 2rem 1rem;
+}
+
+a {
+  color: var(--accent);
+  text-decoration: none;
+
+  &:hover {
+    text-decoration: underline;
+  }
+}
+
+header nav {
+  display: flex;
+  gap: 1.5rem;
+  margin-bottom: 3rem;
+  padding-bottom: 1rem;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--border);
+
+  .site-title {
+    font-weight: 600;
+  }
+}
+
+main {
+  min-height: 60vh;
+}
+
+h1, h2, h3 {
+  margin: 1.5rem 0 0.75rem;
+  line-height: 1.3;
+}
+
+h1 { font-size: 1.75rem; }
+h2 { font-size: 1.4rem; }
+h3 { font-size: 1.15rem; }
+
+p, ul, ol {
+  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+}
+
+ul, ol {
+  padding-left: 1.5rem;
+}
+
+.post-header {
+  margin-bottom: 2rem;
+
+  h1 {
+    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+  }
+
+  time {
+    color: var(--muted);
+    font-size: 0.9rem;
+  }
+}
+
+.post-list {
+  list-style: none;
+  padding: 0;
+
+  li {
+    display: flex;
+    gap: 1rem;
+    margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+
+    time {
+      color: var(--muted);
+      font-size: 0.9rem;
+      min-width: 6rem;
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+.recent-posts {
+  margin-top: 3rem;
+}
+
+code {
+  font-family: "Fira Code", "SF Mono", Consolas, monospace;
+  font-size: 0.9em;
+  background: var(--code-bg);
+  padding: 0.1em 0.3em;
+  border-radius: 3px;
+}
+
+pre {
+  background: var(--code-bg);
+  padding: 1rem;
+  overflow-x: auto;
+  border-radius: 4px;
+  margin-bottom: 1rem;
+
+  code {
+    background: none;
+    padding: 0;
+  }
+}
+
+blockquote {
+  border-left: 3px solid var(--accent);
+  padding-left: 1rem;
+  margin: 1rem 0;
+  color: var(--muted);
+}
+
+.pagination {
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  margin-top: 2rem;
+  padding-top: 1rem;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
+}
+
+.not-found {
+  text-align: center;
+  padding: 3rem 0;
+
+  h1 {
+    font-size: 4rem;
+    margin-bottom: 1rem;
+  }
+}
+
+footer {
+  margin-top: 3rem;
+  padding-top: 1rem;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--border);
+  color: var(--muted);
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+}

templates/404.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}Not Found - {{ config.title }}{% endblock title %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<article class="not-found">
+    <h1>404</h1>
+    <p>Page not found.</p>
+    <p><a href="{{ get_url(path='/') }}">Return home</a></p>
+</article>
+{% endblock content %}

templates/base.html

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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="{{ lang | default(value="en") }}">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+    <title>{% block title %}{{ config.title }}{% endblock title %}</title>
+    <meta name="description" content="{% block description %}{{ config.description }}{% endblock description %}">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ get_url(path='style.css') }}">
+    <link rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml" title="RSS" href="{{ get_url(path='rss.xml') }}">
+    <!-- KaTeX for math rendering -->
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/katex@0.16.9/dist/katex.min.css">
+    <script defer src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/katex@0.16.9/dist/katex.min.js"></script>
+    <script defer src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/katex@0.16.9/dist/contrib/auto-render.min.js"
+        onload="renderMathInElement(document.body, {
+            delimiters: [
+                {left: '$$', right: '$$', display: true},
+                {left: '$', right: '$', display: false}
+            ]
+        });"></script>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <header>
+        <nav>
+            <a href="{{ get_url(path='/') }}" class="site-title">{{ config.title }}</a>
+            <a href="{{ get_url(path='blog') }}">Blog</a>
+        </nav>
+    </header>
+    <main>
+        {% block content %}{% endblock content %}
+    </main>
+    <footer>
+        <p>&copy; {{ now() | date(format="%Y") }} {{ config.extra.author }}</p>
+    </footer>
+</body>
+</html>

templates/index.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<article class="homepage">
+    {{ section.content | safe }}
+</article>
+
+<section class="recent-posts">
+    <h2>Recent Posts</h2>
+    {% set blog = get_section(path="blog/_index.md") %}
+    <ul class="post-list">
+    {% for page in blog.pages | slice(end=5) %}
+        <li>
+            <time datetime="{{ page.date }}">{{ page.date | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}</time>
+            <a href="{{ page.permalink }}">{{ page.title }}</a>
+        </li>
+    {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+</section>
+{% endblock content %}

templates/page.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}{{ page.title }} - {{ config.title }}{% endblock title %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<article>
+    <header class="post-header">
+        <h1>{{ page.title }}</h1>
+        {% if page.date %}
+        <time datetime="{{ page.date }}">{{ page.date | date(format="%B %d, %Y") }}</time>
+        {% endif %}
+    </header>
+    <div class="content">
+        {{ page.content | safe }}
+    </div>
+</article>
+{% endblock content %}

templates/section.html

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+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block title %}{{ section.title }} - {{ config.title }}{% endblock title %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<h1>{{ section.title }}</h1>
+
+{% if section.content %}
+<div class="section-content">
+    {{ section.content | safe }}
+</div>
+{% endif %}
+
+<ul class="post-list">
+{% for page in section.pages %}
+    <li>
+        <time datetime="{{ page.date }}">{{ page.date | date(format="%Y-%m-%d") }}</time>
+        <a href="{{ page.permalink }}">{{ page.title }}</a>
+    </li>
+{% endfor %}
+</ul>
+
+{% if paginator %}
+<nav class="pagination">
+    {% if paginator.previous %}
+        <a href="{{ paginator.previous }}">&larr; Newer</a>
+    {% endif %}
+    {% if paginator.next %}
+        <a href="{{ paginator.next }}">Older &rarr;</a>
+    {% endif %}
+</nav>
+{% endif %}
+{% endblock content %}