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The Builder Coil
A public builder's log documenting the journey of shipping software
Overview
The Builder Coil is an occasional personal devlog for hobby projects, technical experiments, learning notes, and archived project reflections.
Content System
A custom file-based CMS using JSON content files with frontmatter metadata. Blog posts and news articles support Markdown rendering, syntax-highlighted code blocks via Shiki, and automatic reading time estimation.
- File-based JSON CMS with typed frontmatter
- Markdown rendering with syntax highlighting (Shiki)
- Automatic reading time and word count
- Blog + News content types with separate feeds
Feed API
A public RSS/JSON feed API powers the recent-notes section on the Ball Lightning homepage. The feed demonstrates cross-site content integration within the broader Ball Lightning ecosystem.
- RSS 2.0 and JSON Feed endpoints
- Cross-origin feed consumption for BL homepage
- Automatic sitemap generation