eligooch.com

My personal website — TIL, blog, and projects.

Stack

• Astro — Static site generator
• Markdown/MDX — Content
• Cloudflare Pages — Hosting (free)
• Buttondown — Newsletter (optional)

Development

npm install
npm run dev

Site runs at http://localhost:4321

Creating Content

New TIL post

npm run new-til "Title of your TIL"
# Creates src/content/til/title-of-your-til.md

Or manually create a file in src/content/til/:

---
title: "What I learned"
date: "2026-04-26"
tags: ["topic"]
---

Content here...

New blog post

Create a file in src/content/blog/:

---
title: "Blog Post Title"
date: "2026-04-26"
description: "A short description"
tags: ["topic"]
---

Content here...

Deployment

Push to main and Cloudflare Pages auto-deploys.

Setup Cloudflare Pages

1. Go to Cloudflare Pages
2. Connect your GitHub repo
3. Build settings:
   • Build command: npm run build
   • Output directory: dist
4. Add custom domain: eligooch.com

Newsletter

Using Buttondown:

1. Create a free account
2. Update BUTTONDOWN_USERNAME in src/components/Newsletter.astro
3. Done!

License

Content © Eli Gooch. Code is MIT.