Chew's Tech Blog

Welcome to the repository for my personal technical blog! This site is built with Jekyll and hosted on GitHub Pages. Here, I write about my journey and interests in computer science.

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📚 About This Blog

This blog serves as my digital notebook where I share articles and notes on topics that I'm passionate about, including:

• Programming Language Theory & Formal Methods: Exploring the theoretical foundations of programming languages, with notes on Abstract Interpretation and using proof assistants like Coq.
• Natural Language Processing (NLP): Diving into concepts like N-Grams and Language Models.
• C++: Sharing insights on modern C++ features, such as object life cycles and runtime polymorphism.
• Distributed Systems

You can learn more about me on my About Page.

🛠️ Built With

This blog is built using a simple and robust stack, leveraging the GitHub ecosystem for development and deployment.

• Jekyll: A static site generator that transforms plain text into a static website.
• Ruby: The language powering Jekyll.
• GitHub Pages: For hosting the static site directly from this repository.
• GitHub Actions: For continuous integration and deployment. Every push to the master branch automatically builds the site and deploys it.

🚀 Getting Started

You can run a local copy of this blog for development or to preview changes.

Prerequisites

You'll need a working Ruby development environment. You can follow the official Jekyll installation guide to set it up for your operating system.

Installation & Local Server

1. Install system dependencies (on Fedora): You'll need Ruby development headers and build tools to install the Jekyll gems.

   For example, if you are using Fedora:

   sudo dnf install ruby-devel gcc gcc-c++ make glibc-headers glibc-devel

2. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/ExcitedSpider/excitedspider.github.io.git
   cd excitedspider.github.io

3. Install Ruby dependencies: This project uses bundler to manage Ruby gems.

   bundle install

4. Run the Jekyll server: This command builds the site and serves it locally. It will also watch for changes and automatically regenerate the site.

   bundle exec jekyll serve

5. View the blog: Open your browser and navigate to http://127.0.0.1:4000.

✒️ How to Add a New Post

1. Create a new Markdown file in the _posts directory.
2. Follow the Jekyll naming convention: YYYY-MM-DD-your-post-title.md.
3. Add the necessary front matter at the top of the file (e.g., layout, title, categories, description).
4. Write your content in Markdown.
5. Commit and push to the master branch. GitHub Actions will handle the rest!

📫 Contact

If you'd like to connect, feel free to reach out to me via LinkedIn or email at chew.y.feng@outlook.com.