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This site runs on Ghost with a custom theme called maccaba. It's served from a single VPS in Frankfurt behind Caddy, which handles HTTPS via Let's Encrypt and proxies to Ghost on the loopback interface.

Stack

  • CMS: Ghost 5 in Docker, with MySQL 8.
  • Reverse proxy: Caddy 2 with auto-TLS.
  • Theme: Hand-written. Inter for type, single CSS file, no JS framework.
  • Hosting: Hostinger VPS, Jerusalem-adjacent latency.
  • Backups: nightly mysqldump + content tar to local archive, 14-day rotation.

Performance + UX

  • Search: client-side fuzzy match via Ghost's Content API. Press ⌘K or /.
  • Navigation: Speculation Rules prerender on hover (Chromium); View Transitions for cross-page morphs.
  • Glass: CSS backdrop-filter with an SVG feDisplacementMap refractive variant gated by @supports. Plain blur in Safari/Firefox.
  • Audio embeds: Spotify/SoundCloud/Bandcamp lazy-loaded; YouTube uses click-to-load thumbnails.
  • Accessibility: respects prefers-reduced-motion and prefers-reduced-transparency.

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Per-section RSS feeds at /tag/project/rss/, /tag/music/rss/, /tag/video/rss/, /tag/podcast/rss/, plus everything at /rss/.