Personal website of Giorgi Mezurnishvili, a freelance web developer & indie maker. I share about the tech I use and the products I build with it.
You are likely here because your site is built with Jekyll, styled with Tailwind CSS, and hosted on GitHub Pages. That combination doesn’t quite work out of box. Tailwind CSS requires PostCSS to compile and while Jekyll has a PostCSS plugin, it’s not currently whitelisted, meaning Tailwind CSS won’t be included in the default build produced by GitHub Pages. Let’s fix this via GitHub Actions.
This is one of those articles where reading the title is enough. No need to read the rest, just go and make sure you are not breaking this rule on any of your existing websites, and keep in mind to never break it in the future.
Can you use Airtable as the database for a Jekyll website? Yes, but it may not work as you expect:
Most websites I build start off as a blank Jekyll site with Tailwind CSS on top.
Freelancing can be a highly rewarding career path. When I got started just over 5 years ago, I had spent as much time being an employee. Looking back, my freelance years have been more fulfilling, interesting, and profitable than my office years.
Shopify is a great choice as the e-commerce platform for many types of businesses. This includes stores run by tech-savvy merchants, who prefer to do simple or not-so-simple things themselves instead of hiring a developer.
A couple years ago, a good friend of mine, who was in charge of operations at a food delivery company, got laid off after a merger - they kept the guy from the other side.