[
    {
    "id": "blog-json-editor",
    "title": "Blog JSON editor",
    "date": "Mar 20, 2026",
    "tags": [
        "json",
        "non-issue"
    ],
    "content": "This is something completely unnecessary, still useful, and barely worth writing about. And it's giving *Inception*.\n\nHere's what I did:\n- I recently published this website, and the entire blog is nothing more than a single JSON file.\n- Then I made a tool to create correctly formatted blog entries for that JSON file.\n- I hosted the tool on that very same website.\n- Now I wrote a blog post about the entire process, used that editor to format the post correctly, pasted that entry into the blog JSON file to publish this post on the aforementioned website.\n\n**Phew!**\n\nSo there was a very specific non-problem that I had created and it just had to be solved. And this JSON editor is something that nobody else will ever find useful.\n\nBut for me, this simple editor is useful with these main functionalities:\n\n- The post id and URL are automatically created based on the post title\n- The current date\n- The text editor supports basic markdown syntax. It also converts every line break into '\\n' so the JSON file preserves them as well. And that's pretty much it\n\nThere's a live preview of the post and a JSON snippet that I can just copy and paste to avoid any extra work."
},
    {
    "id": "project-konekellari-fi",
    "title": "Project: Konekellari.fi",
    "date": "Mar 19, 2026",
    "tags": [
        "wordpress",
        "webshop",
        "community"
    ],
    "content": "\"Konekellari is dedicated to showcasing and sharing Finnish electronic music. We want to shine a spotlight on local artists - DJs and producers who create and play everything from techno to trance, house to psyke, and drum and bass. Our goal is to build a community where music and its creators can shine, and where the diversity of the scene gets the attention it deserves.\"\n\nThis is how the founder of Konekellari describes the site’s core essence. Konekellari.fi was born out of a desire to bring together everything related to Finnish electronic music in one place.\n\nAt first, I joined to help with the initial WordPress setup, but the plans strated to quickly grow bigger. The original idea of focusing on music links and news is still there, but a lot more has been added alongside it.\n\nIn the heart of Konekellari is still a pretty basic WordPress installation and a store-bought theme. But on top of that, we have built a custom plugin that transforms the site from a news portal into an interactive platform of discovery.\n\nKonekellari is about to receive a massive update in March 2026, when we release the Roster feature, allowing artists and DJs to create their own public profiles, get discovered, and share their profiles. This will build up to become a comprehensive directory to help music creators and listeners find each other more effectively.\n\nI will write about the new features in detail after the public release. But this is by far the most excited I've been about anything WordPress related in years."
},
    
    
    {
    "id": "bye-wordpress",
    "title": "Bye, WordPress 👋",
    "date": "Mar 19, 2026",
    "tags": [
        "welcome",
        "wordpress"
    ],
    "content": "Almost 20 years? At least over 15 years. That's how long I've been using WordPress after first trying it while getting my BBA degree. Since that, I’ve built all my websites with WordPress without even considering other solutions.\n\nI still use WordPress almost every day, but there are much better alternatives for many things. For example, now that I wanted to launch my own personal site after a long hiatus.\n\nI wanted something simple, fun, and different. I weighed my options between WordPress and good old Notepad, but after a brief consideration, the decision was clear. I knew pretty much what I wanted, and Claude conveniently put together a suitable template ready for launch.\n\nAt least at this stage, I don’t need any fancy content management, plugins, or anything like that. I just want a simple, fast site that I can control completely.\n\nSo the entire blog is a single JSON file. The project collection is another JSON file. Even thelinks at the top of the front page are a single JSON file.\n\nNot necessarily optimal, but fast and fun."
}
]