Updates I'd Like to Make Here This Summer

2026-06-09 10:55 AM

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I rebuilt my blog last winter during the school break and since then, it's kind of just sat. There a quirks and rough edges, but they're things I can live with. This summer, I'd like to make some updates which will smooth out some of those cut corners.

1. Add a media picker for posts. Right now, I can upload pictures to posts directly, but I can't browse pictures which are already on the site.
2. Add a live preview in the editor. The post editor right now is a textarea element. I don't need live preview, but it would make the writing experience a little more smooth. I'd also be faster at catching missing closing markdown elements.
3. Clean up templates. I have some weird template names and I can generalize a couple others. Nothing that would change how the site works - just making the code more maintainable.
4. Add other post types? This is one I'm on the fence about. I had some custom post types on the last blog which took care of layout and making posts have their own feel. I don't know if I really want to go down that route, but it could be something else to do to build out the platform a little more. These would be some of my old travel posts (here, here, and here for example) which feature many more images than normal in a more journal-y layout.