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2025

How to build Mermaid Diagrams into an Astro MDX blog

Discover how to seamlessly integrate Mermaid diagrams into an Astro MDX blog using a custom devContainer setup. This post dives into the challenges of pre-rendering text-based diagrams—like flowcharts and sequence diagrams—for a static site, offering a streamlined solution with Docker Compose, Playwright-core, and Chrome. This practical guide will simplify your setup, ensure consistency, and boost performance.

2024

Integrating Google Sheets with Astro

A Simple Form Data Solution to learn and practice how to use Google Sheets as the backend for Astro web applications. For example to store simple forms data like contact forms or Call To Actions.

My notes on setting up a Proxmox 8.2 home lab server

Setting up a home lab is an excellent way to learn enterprise-grade virtualization technologies. Proxmox Virtual Environment (VE) 8.2 offers a robust platform that brings data centre features to your home lab setup.

2022