fix: syntax

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -1,34 +0,0 @@
-name: Deploy Hugo Site
-
-on:
-  push:
-    branches:
-      - master
-
-jobs:
-  deploy:
-    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
-
-    steps:
-      - name: Checkout repo
-        uses: actions/checkout@v4
-
-      - name: Setup Hugo
-        uses: peaceiris/actions-hugo@v3
-        with:
-          hugo-version: "latest"
-          extended: true
-
-      - name: Build site
-        run: hugo --minify
-
-      - name: Deploy via rsync
-        uses: appleboy/scp-action@v0.1.7
-        with:
-          host: ${{ secrets.SSH_HOST }}
-          username: ${{ secrets.SSH_USER }}
-          key: ${{ secrets.SSH_KEY }}
-          port: ${{ secrets.SSH_PORT }}
-          source: "public/*"
-          target: "/var/www/portfolio"
-          strip_components: 1

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+# Hugo build output
+public/
+resources/_gen/
+
+# Hugo lock file
+.hugo_build.lock
+
+# OS files
+.DS_Store
+Thumbs.db
+
+# Editor files
+*.swp
+*.swo
+*~
+.idea/
+.vscode/
+
+# Environment files
+.env
+.env.local

.woodpecker.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# Test
+when:
+  event: push
+  branch: master
+
+steps:
+  build:
+    image: hugomods/hugo:latest
+    commands:
+      - hugo --minify --destination /site/public
+    volumes:
+      - /home/saurav/site:/site    # writes directly to where Caddy serves from

CUSTOMIZATION.md

@@ -0,0 +1,541 @@
+# Hugo + PaperMod Customization Guide
+
+This guide covers how to customize your Hugo portfolio site using the PaperMod theme.
+
+---
+
+## Table of Contents
+
+1. [Project Structure](#project-structure)
+2. [Development Workflow](#development-workflow)
+3. [Configuration (hugo.yaml)](#configuration-hugoyaml)
+4. [Adding Content](#adding-content)
+5. [Creating New Sections](#creating-new-sections)
+6. [Customizing Styles (CSS)](#customizing-styles-css)
+7. [Overriding Layouts](#overriding-layouts)
+8. [Common Customizations](#common-customizations)
+9. [Deployment](#deployment)
+
+---
+
+## Project Structure
+
+```
+MyPortfolio/
+├── archetypes/          # Templates for new content
+├── assets/
+│   └── css/
+│       └── extended/
+│           └── custom.css   # YOUR custom CSS (this gets merged)
+├── content/
+│   ├── posts/           # Long-form articles
+│   │   └── _index.md    # Section config
+│   ├── notes/           # Short notes/TILs
+│   │   └── _index.md    # Section config
+│   └── search.md        # Search page
+├── layouts/
+│   ├── index.html       # Custom home page (no recent posts)
+│   ├── partials/        # Override theme partials
+│   │   ├── footer.html  # Custom footer
+│   │   └── templates/
+│   │       └── schema_json.html  # Fixed JSON-LD schema
+│   ├── posts/
+│   │   └── list.html    # Custom posts list (compact style)
+│   └── notes/
+│       └── list.html    # Custom notes list (compact style)
+├── static/
+│   └── files/           # Static files (CV.pdf, images, etc.)
+├── themes/
+│   └── PaperMod/        # Theme (git submodule - DON'T edit)
+├── hugo.yaml            # Main configuration
+└── .gitignore           # Ignores public/, etc.
+```
+
+### Key Principle: Never Edit the Theme Directly
+
+The `themes/PaperMod/` folder is a git submodule. To customize:
+- **CSS**: Add to `assets/css/extended/custom.css`
+- **Layouts**: Copy the file from `themes/PaperMod/layouts/` to `layouts/` and modify
+- **Config**: Everything in `hugo.yaml`
+
+---
+
+## Development Workflow
+
+### Local Development
+
+```bash
+# Start dev server (watches for changes)
+hugo serve
+
+# With drafts visible
+hugo serve -D
+
+# Build for production (outputs to public/)
+hugo build --minify
+```
+
+### Why `public/` is Gitignored
+
+- `public/` is generated output - it's rebuilt fresh every time
+- Your CI/CD (GitHub Actions) builds it during deployment
+- Never commit build artifacts to git
+
+### Git Workflow
+
+```bash
+# After making changes
+git add .
+git commit -m "Add new post about X"
+git push origin master   # Triggers deployment
+```
+
+---
+
+## Configuration (hugo.yaml)
+
+### Key Sections
+
+#### Site Basics
+```yaml
+baseURL: "/"              # Use "/" for relative URLs (works on localhost + prod)
+relativeURLs: true        # Makes all URLs relative
+title: Saurav Dhakal
+languageCode: en-us
+theme: ["PaperMod"]
+```
+
+#### Menu (Header Navigation)
+```yaml
+menu:
+  main:
+    - identifier: posts   # Internal ID
+      name: Posts         # Display name
+      url: /posts/        # URL path
+      weight: 10          # Order (lower = first)
+    - identifier: notes
+      name: Notes
+      url: /notes/
+      weight: 20
+    - identifier: tags
+      name: Tags
+      url: /tags/
+      weight: 30
+    - identifier: search
+      name: Search
+      url: /search/
+      weight: 40
+```
+
+#### Home Page Info
+```yaml
+params:
+  homeInfoParams:
+    Title: "Hi there 👋, I'm Saurav!"
+    Content: >
+      I'm a software engineer...
+```
+
+#### Social Icons
+```yaml
+params:
+  socialIcons:
+    - name: github
+      url: "https://github.com/yourusername"
+    - name: linkedin
+      url: "https://linkedin.com/in/yourusername"
+    - name: x
+      url: "https://x.com/yourusername"
+```
+
+Available icons: github, linkedin, x, twitter, email, rss, youtube, instagram, facebook, stackoverflow, etc.
+
+---
+
+## Adding Content
+
+### New Post
+
+```bash
+hugo new posts/my-new-post.md
+```
+
+Or manually create `content/posts/my-new-post.md`:
+
+```markdown
+---
+title: "My New Post"
+date: 2025-08-20
+summary: "A brief description for the list view"
+tags: ["tag1", "tag2"]
+categories: ["Category"]
+draft: false
+ShowToc: true
+TocOpen: false
+---
+
+Your content here...
+```
+
+### New Note
+
+Create `content/notes/my-note.md`:
+
+```markdown
+---
+title: "Quick TIL"
+date: 2025-08-20
+summary: "Today I learned about X"
+tags: ["til"]
+---
+
+Short content here...
+```
+
+### Front Matter Options
+
+| Field | Description |
+|-------|-------------|
+| `title` | Post title |
+| `date` | Publication date (YYYY-MM-DD) |
+| `summary` | Short description for list views |
+| `tags` | Array of tags |
+| `categories` | Array of categories |
+| `draft` | If `true`, won't be published |
+| `ShowToc` | Show table of contents |
+| `TocOpen` | TOC expanded by default |
+| `ShowReadingTime` | Override global setting |
+| `ShowWordCount` | Override global setting |
+| `cover.image` | Cover image path |
+
+---
+
+## Creating New Sections
+
+### Example: Adding a "Projects" Section
+
+1. **Add to menu** in `hugo.yaml`:
+```yaml
+menu:
+  main:
+    # ... existing items
+    - identifier: projects
+      name: Projects
+      url: /projects/
+      weight: 25
+```
+
+2. **Create content directory**:
+```bash
+mkdir -p content/projects
+```
+
+3. **Create section index** `content/projects/_index.md`:
+```markdown
+---
+title: "Projects"
+description: "Things I've built"
+---
+```
+
+4. **Add project pages** `content/projects/my-project.md`:
+```markdown
+---
+title: "My Cool Project"
+date: 2025-01-15
+summary: "A brief description"
+tags: ["golang", "cli"]
+---
+
+Project description...
+```
+
+5. **(Optional) Custom layout** - If you want projects to look different, create `layouts/projects/list.html`
+
+---
+
+## Customizing Styles (CSS)
+
+### Where to Add CSS
+
+**Only edit**: `assets/css/extended/custom.css`
+
+PaperMod automatically includes this file. You don't need to import it anywhere.
+
+### CSS Variables (Theme Colors)
+
+PaperMod uses CSS variables. Override them in your custom.css:
+
+```css
+:root {
+  /* Light mode */
+  --primary: #282828;       /* Main text */
+  --secondary: #3c3836;     /* Secondary text */
+  --tertiary: rgb(214, 214, 214);  /* Borders, etc */
+  --theme: rgb(255, 255, 255);     /* Background */
+  --entry: rgb(255, 255, 255);     /* Card background */
+}
+
+:root[data-theme="dark"] {
+  /* Dark mode */
+  --primary: #fbf1c7;
+  --secondary: #ebdbb2;
+  --theme: #181818;
+  --entry: rgb(46, 46, 51);
+}
+```
+
+### Common CSS Customizations
+
+#### Change fonts
+```css
+@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Your+Font&display=swap");
+
+body {
+  font-family: "Your Font", sans-serif;
+}
+```
+
+#### Style links
+```css
+main a {
+  text-decoration: underline;
+  text-decoration-color: var(--green);
+}
+
+main a:hover {
+  background-color: var(--green);
+  color: white;
+}
+```
+
+#### Customize post cards
+```css
+main .post-entry {
+  border: 2px solid #383838;
+  background-color: var(--entry);
+  border-radius: 8px;
+}
+```
+
+---
+
+## Overriding Layouts
+
+### How Layout Override Works
+
+Hugo looks for templates in this order:
+1. `layouts/` (your overrides)
+2. `themes/PaperMod/layouts/` (theme defaults)
+
+### To Override a Template
+
+1. Find the file in `themes/PaperMod/layouts/`
+2. Copy it to the same path in `layouts/`
+3. Modify your copy
+
+### Common Files to Override
+
+| File | Purpose |
+|------|---------|
+| `layouts/partials/header.html` | Site header/nav |
+| `layouts/partials/footer.html` | Site footer |
+| `layouts/partials/post_meta.html` | Post metadata (date, read time) |
+| `layouts/_default/list.html` | List pages (posts, tags) |
+| `layouts/_default/single.html` | Individual post/page |
+
+### Example: Simpler Footer
+
+Your `layouts/partials/footer.html` already overrides the theme's footer.
+
+### Section-Specific Layouts
+
+Create `layouts/SECTION_NAME/list.html` for a custom list layout for that section.
+
+**Current custom layouts:**
+
+- `layouts/index.html` - Home page with just intro + social icons (no recent posts)
+- `layouts/posts/list.html` - Compact list: `# Title` + date + 2-line description
+- `layouts/notes/list.html` - Compact list: `# Title` + date (no description)
+
+---
+
+## Common Customizations
+
+### Disable Reading Time for a Section
+
+In the section's `_index.md`:
+```markdown
+---
+title: "Notes"
+ShowReadingTime: false
+---
+```
+
+Or per-post in front matter.
+
+### Add a Static Page (About, Contact)
+
+Create `content/about.md`:
+```markdown
+---
+title: "About"
+layout: "single"
+url: "/about/"
+---
+
+About me content...
+```
+
+Add to menu:
+```yaml
+menu:
+  main:
+    - identifier: about
+      name: About
+      url: /about/
+      weight: 50
+```
+
+### Add Favicon
+
+1. Place favicon files in `static/`:
+   - `static/favicon.ico`
+   - `static/favicon-16x16.png`
+   - `static/favicon-32x32.png`
+   - `static/apple-touch-icon.png`
+
+2. Update `hugo.yaml`:
+```yaml
+params:
+  assets:
+    favicon: "/favicon.ico"
+    favicon16x16: "/favicon-16x16.png"
+    favicon32x32: "/favicon-32x32.png"
+    apple_touch_icon: "/apple-touch-icon.png"
+```
+
+### Enable Comments (Disqus)
+
+```yaml
+params:
+  comments: true
+
+disqusShortname: "your-disqus-shortname"
+```
+
+### Add Google Analytics
+
+Already configured in your `hugo.yaml`:
+```yaml
+googleAnalytics: "G-XXXXXXXXXX"
+```
+
+---
+
+## Deployment
+
+### Current Setup (GitHub Actions → SSH/SCP)
+
+Your `.github/workflows/deploy.yml`:
+1. Triggers on push to `master`
+2. Builds site with `hugo build --minify`
+3. Deploys `public/` via SCP to your server
+
+### Required GitHub Secrets
+
+Set these in your repo's Settings → Secrets:
+- `SSH_HOST` - Your server hostname/IP
+- `SSH_USER` - SSH username
+- `SSH_KEY` - Private SSH key
+- `SSH_PORT` - SSH port (usually 22)
+
+### Alternative: GitHub Pages
+
+If you want to use GitHub Pages instead:
+
+1. Change workflow to use `peaceiris/actions-gh-pages`
+2. Set `baseURL` to `https://yourusername.github.io/repo-name/`
+
+### Alternative: Netlify/Vercel
+
+These platforms auto-detect Hugo and build for you:
+1. Connect your GitHub repo
+2. Set build command: `hugo --minify`
+3. Set publish directory: `public`
+
+---
+
+## Quick Reference
+
+### Useful Commands
+
+```bash
+# Local dev
+hugo serve -D              # Serve with drafts
+
+# Create content
+hugo new posts/title.md    # New post
+hugo new notes/title.md    # New note
+
+# Build
+hugo build --minify        # Production build
+
+# Debug
+hugo config                # Show full config
+hugo list all              # List all content
+```
+
+### File Locations
+
+| What | Where |
+|------|-------|
+| Config | `hugo.yaml` |
+| Custom CSS | `assets/css/extended/custom.css` |
+| Posts | `content/posts/` |
+| Notes | `content/notes/` |
+| Static files | `static/` |
+| Layout overrides | `layouts/` |
+
+---
+
+## Troubleshooting
+
+### Links Go to Production URL in Dev
+
+Fixed by setting:
+```yaml
+baseURL: "/"
+relativeURLs: true
+```
+
+### Changes Not Showing
+
+1. Hard refresh browser (Ctrl+Shift+R)
+2. Clear `public/` folder: `rm -rf public/`
+3. Restart hugo serve
+
+### Theme Not Loading
+
+```bash
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+```
+
+### Search Not Working
+
+Ensure `hugo.yaml` has:
+```yaml
+outputs:
+  home:
+    - HTML
+    - RSS
+    - JSON  # Required for search
+```
+
+---
+
+## Resources
+
+- [Hugo Documentation](https://gohugo.io/documentation/)
+- [PaperMod Wiki](https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod/wiki)
+- [PaperMod Demo](https://adityatelange.github.io/hugo-PaperMod/)

assets/css/extended/custom.css

@@ -50,63 +50,124 @@
 }
 
 :root[data-theme="dark"] {
-  --theme: #181818;
+  --theme: #1d2021;
-  --entry: rgb(46, 46, 51);
+  --entry: #282828;
-  --primary: #fbf1c7;
+  --primary: #ebdbb2;
-  --secondary: #ebdbb2;
+  --secondary: #a89984;
-  --tertiary: rgb(65, 66, 68);
+  --tertiary: #3c3836;
-  --content: rgb(196, 196, 197);
+  --content: #ebdbb2;
-  --code-block-bg: rgb(46, 46, 51);
+  --code-block-bg: #282828;
-  --code-bg: rgb(55, 56, 62);
+  --code-bg: #3c3836;
-  --border: rgb(151, 51, 51);
+  --border: #3c3836;
   color-scheme: dark;
 
-  --post-entry-bg: #181818; /* bg1 */
+  --post-entry-bg: #282828;
   --post-entry-fg: #ebdbb2;
+
+  --green: #b8bb26;
+  --greenl: #8ec07c;
 }
 
 body {
-  font-family: "Space Grotesk", sans-serif;
+  font-family: "Space Grotesk", monospace;
-}
-
-nav #menu span {
-  padding: 0px 2px;
-
-  text-decoration: underline;
-  text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
-  text-decoration-color: var(--green);
 }
 
 /* *
-* NAV SECTION
+* UNIVERSAL HOVER ANIMATION (Fill-up Effect)
+* Target: Nav spans, main links (except entries), social links, and share icons.
 * */
 
-nav #menu span:hover {
+
+nav #menu a span {
+  position: relative;
+  text-decoration: none !important;
+  color: inherit;
+  transition: color 0.3s ease;
+  z-index: 1;
+  padding: 8px; /* Reduced vertical padding */
+}
+
+.entry-content {
+  color: var(--primary)
+}
+
+main a:not(.entry-link, .anchor),
+.social-icons a,
+.share-buttons a,
+.note-item a {
+  position: relative;
+  text-decoration: none !important;
+  color: inherit;
+  transition: color 0.3s ease;
+  z-index: 1;
+  display: inline-block;
+}
+
+/* Note items are full-width flex containers */
+.note-item a {
+  display: flex;
+  width: 100%;
+  padding: 8px 12px;
+  margin: 0 -12px; /* Offset padding for full-row effect */
+}
+
+/* The fill background */
+nav #menu a span::before,
+main a:not(.entry-link, .anchor)::before,
+.social-icons a::before,
+.share-buttons a::before,
+.note-item a::before {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  height: 2px; /* Static underline state */
   background-color: var(--green);
-  color: white;
+  z-index: -1;
+  transition: height 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1);
 }
 
-nav #menu .active {
+/* Notes list starts with 0 height to stay clean */
-  border: 0px;
+.note-item a::before,
-  color: var(--green);
+.share-buttons a::before {
-
+  height: 0;
-  text-decoration: underline;
-  text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
-  text-decoration-color: var(--green);
 }
 
-/* *
+/* Hover state: Fill up the background */
-* MAIN SECTION
+nav #menu a:hover span::before,
-* */
+main a:hover:not(.entry-link, .anchor)::before,
-main a {
+.social-icons a:hover::before,
-  text-decoration: underline;
+.share-buttons a:hover::before,
-  text-decoration-thickness: 2px;
+.note-item a:hover::before {
-  text-decoration-color: var(--green);
+  height: 100%;
 }
 
-main a:hover:not(.entry-link) {
+/* CONTRAST FIX: Switch text/icon color on hover */
-  background-color: var(--green);
+nav #menu a:hover span,
-  color: white;
+main a:hover:not(.entry-link, .anchor),
+.social-icons a:hover,
+.share-buttons a:hover,
+#searchResults a:hover,
+.note-item a:hover .note-title,
+.note-item a:hover .note-date {
+  color: var(--theme) !important;
+}
+
+/* Icon specific color switch */
+.social-icons a:hover svg,
+.share-buttons a:hover svg {
+  fill: var(--theme) !important;
+  stroke: var(--theme) !important;
+}
+
+/* Active Nav State - remain thick underline */
+nav #menu .active span::before {
+  height: 4px;
+}
+
+nav #menu .active a:hover span::before {
+  height: 100%;
 }
 
 main h1 {
@@ -117,12 +178,64 @@ main h1 {
 .toc,
 .post-tags a {
   border: 0px;
+  background: transparent;
+}
+
+
+.post-tags a {
+  background: var(--tertiary);
+  color: var(--primary);
+  padding: 0px 8px;
+  border-radius: 0px;
+  transition: all 0.3s ease;
+}
+
+.post-tags a:hover {
+  background: var(--green);
+  color: var(--theme);
+  transform: translateY(-2px);
+}
+
+.share-buttons {
+  margin-top: 40px;
+  padding: 20px 0;
+  border-top: 1px solid var(--tertiary);
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: center;
+  gap: 12px;
+}
+
+.share-buttons a {
+  padding: 10px;
+  border-radius: var(--radius);
 }
 
 .anchor {
   text-decoration: none;
 }
 
+.breadcrumbs {
+  margin-bottom: 2rem;
+  font-size: 0.9rem;
+  color: var(--secondary);
+}
+
+.post-header .post-title {
+  font-size: 3rem;
+  margin-bottom: 0.5rem;
+  color: var(--green);
+  font-weight: 700;
+  line-height: 1.2;
+}
+
+.post-description {
+  font-style: italic;
+  font-size: 1.2rem;
+  margin-bottom: 1.5rem;
+  color: var(--secondary);
+  line-height: 1.6;
+}
+
 /* main h1::before { */
 /*   content: "#";  */
 /*   color: var(--red); */
@@ -134,8 +247,248 @@ main h1 {
 /* } */
 
 main .post-entry {
-  border: 0px;
+  border: 1px solid var(--tertiary);
   background-color: var(--post-entry-bg);
   color: var(--post-entry-fg);
-  border: 2px solid #383838;
+  transition: transform 0.2s ease, border-color 0.2s ease;
+}
+
+main .post-entry:hover {
+  transform: translateY(-2px);
+  border-color: var(--green);
+}
+
+/* *
+* NOTES SECTION - Compact list style
+* */
+.notes-list {
+  list-style: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.note-item {
+  padding: 12px 0;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--tertiary);
+}
+
+.note-item:last-child {
+  border-bottom: none;
+}
+
+.note-item a:hover .note-title,
+.note-item a:hover .note-date {
+  color: var(--theme) !important;
+}
+
+.note-title {
+  font-size: 1.1rem;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  color: var(--primary);
+}
+
+.note-date {
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  color: var(--secondary);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.note-summary {
+  margin: 4px 0 0 0;
+  font-size: 0.96rem;
+  color: var(--secondary);
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
+.delimiter {
+  margin: 0 10px;
+  font-weight: 800;
+  opacity: 0.5;
+}
+
+/* *
+* POSTS SECTION - Same compact style as notes but with description
+* */
+.posts-list {
+  list-style: none;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+}
+
+.post-item {
+  padding: 12px 0;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid var(--tertiary);
+}
+
+.post-item:last-child {
+  border-bottom: none;
+}
+
+.post-item a {
+  position: relative;
+  display: flex;
+  justify-content: space-between;
+  align-items: baseline;
+  text-decoration: none !important;
+  gap: 16px;
+  padding: 8px 12px;
+  margin: 0 -12px;
+  color: inherit;
+  transition: color 0.3s ease;
+  z-index: 1;
+  width: 100%;
+}
+
+.post-item a::before {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  height: 0;
+  background-color: var(--green);
+  z-index: -1;
+  transition: height 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1);
+}
+
+.post-item a:hover::before {
+  height: 100%;
+}
+
+.post-item a:hover .post-title,
+.post-item a:hover .post-date {
+  color: var(--theme) !important;
+}
+
+.post-title {
+  font-size: 1.1rem;
+  font-weight: 500;
+  color: var(--primary);
+}
+
+.post-date {
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  color: var(--secondary);
+  white-space: nowrap;
+}
+
+.post-summary {
+  margin: 4px 0 0 0;
+  font-size: 0.96rem;
+  color: var(--secondary);
+  line-height: 1.5;
+}
+
+/* Common list styles */
+.note-item a,
+.post-item a {
+  display: flex !important;
+  justify-content: flex-start;
+  align-items: center;
+}
+
+/* *
+* POST CONTENT SPACINGS
+* */
+.post-content {
+  font-size: 1.1rem;
+  line-height: 1.7;
+  color: var(--primary);
+}
+
+.post-content p,
+.post-content ol,
+.post-content ul,
+.post-content dl {
+  margin-bottom: 1.6em;
+}
+
+.post-content h1,
+.post-content h2,
+.post-content h3,
+.post-content h4 {
+  margin-top: 1.8em;
+  margin-bottom: 0.8em;
+  color: var(--green);
+}
+
+.post-content blockquote {
+  margin: 2em 0;
+  padding: 0.5em 1.5em;
+  border-left: 4px solid var(--green);
+  background-color: var(--entry);
+  font-style: italic;
+  color: var(--secondary);
+}
+
+.post-content code {
+  font-size: 16px;
+  background-color: var(--tertiary);
+  color: var(--primary);
+  border-radius: 4px;
+}
+
+.highlight {
+  padding: 0.6em;
+}
+
+.post-content pre code {
+  background-color: var(--entry) !important;
+}
+
+.post-content blockquote p {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0.5em 0em;
+}
+
+/* *
+* SEARCH PAGE FIXES
+* */
+#searchResults .post-entry {
+  border-radius: 0; /* Square borders like notes */
+  padding: 0;
+  border: 1px solid var(--tertiary);
+  margin-bottom: 8px;
+}
+
+#searchResults a {
+  position: relative;
+  display: flex !important;
+  justify-content: flex-start;
+  align-items: center;
+  padding: 12px 15px;
+  text-decoration: none !important;
+  color: var(--primary);
+  z-index: 1;
+}
+
+#searchResults a .search-meta {
+  margin-left: auto; /* Push date to the right */
+  font-size: 0.85rem;
+  color: var(--secondary);
+}
+
+#searchResults a:hover .search-title,
+#searchResults a:hover .search-meta {
+  color: var(--theme) !important;
+}
+
+#searchResults a::before {
+  content: "";
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  left: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  height: 0;
+  background-color: var(--green);
+  z-index: -1;
+  transition: height 0.3s cubic-bezier(0.19, 1, 0.22, 1);
+}
+
+#searchResults a:hover::before {
+  height: 100%;
+}
+
+#searchResults a:hover {
+  color: var(--theme) !important;
 }

assets/js/fastsearch.js

@@ -0,0 +1,153 @@
+import * as params from '@params';
+
+let fuse; // holds our search engine
+let resList = document.getElementById('searchResults');
+let sInput = document.getElementById('searchInput');
+let first, last, current_elem = null
+let resultsAvailable = false;
+
+// load our search index
+window.onload = function () {
+    let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.onreadystatechange = function () {
+        if (xhr.readyState === 4) {
+            if (xhr.status === 200) {
+                let data = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText);
+                if (data) {
+                    // fuse.js options; check fuse.js website for details
+                    let options = {
+                        distance: 100,
+                        threshold: 0.4,
+                        ignoreLocation: true,
+                        keys: [
+                            'title',
+                            'permalink',
+                            'summary',
+                            'content'
+                        ]
+                    };
+                    if (params.fuseOpts) {
+                        options = {
+                            isCaseSensitive: params.fuseOpts.iscasesensitive ?? false,
+                            includeScore: params.fuseOpts.includescore ?? false,
+                            includeMatches: params.fuseOpts.includematches ?? false,
+                            minMatchCharLength: params.fuseOpts.minmatchcharlength ?? 1,
+                            shouldSort: params.fuseOpts.shouldsort ?? true,
+                            findAllMatches: params.fuseOpts.findallmatches ?? false,
+                            keys: params.fuseOpts.keys ?? ['title', 'permalink', 'summary', 'content'],
+                            location: params.fuseOpts.location ?? 0,
+                            threshold: params.fuseOpts.threshold ?? 0.4,
+                            distance: params.fuseOpts.distance ?? 100,
+                            ignoreLocation: params.fuseOpts.ignorelocation ?? true
+                        }
+                    }
+                    fuse = new Fuse(data, options); // build the index from the json file
+                }
+            } else {
+                console.log(xhr.responseText);
+            }
+        }
+    };
+    xhr.open('GET', "../index.json");
+    xhr.send();
+}
+
+function activeToggle(ae) {
+    document.querySelectorAll('.focus').forEach(function (element) {
+        // rm focus class
+        element.classList.remove("focus")
+    });
+    if (ae) {
+        ae.focus()
+        document.activeElement = current_elem = ae;
+        ae.parentElement.classList.add("focus")
+    } else {
+        document.activeElement.parentElement.classList.add("focus")
+    }
+}
+
+function reset() {
+    resultsAvailable = false;
+    resList.innerHTML = sInput.value = ''; // clear inputbox and searchResults
+    sInput.focus(); // shift focus to input box
+}
+
+// execute search as each character is typed
+sInput.onkeyup = function (e) {
+    // run a search query (for "term") every time a letter is typed
+    // in the search box
+    if (fuse) {
+        let results;
+        if (params.fuseOpts) {
+            results = fuse.search(this.value.trim(), {limit: params.fuseOpts.limit}); // the actual query being run using fuse.js along with options
+        } else {
+            results = fuse.search(this.value.trim()); // the actual query being run using fuse.js
+        }
+        if (results.length !== 0) {
+            // build our html if result exists
+            let resultSet = ''; // our results bucket
+
+            for (let item in results) {
+                resultSet += `<li class="post-entry"><a href="${results[item].item.permalink}" aria-label="${results[item].item.title}">` +
+                    `<div class="search-title"># ${results[item].item.title}</div>` +
+                    `<div class="search-meta"><span class="delimiter">&bull;</span> ${results[item].item.date}</div></a></li>`
+            }
+
+            resList.innerHTML = resultSet;
+            resultsAvailable = true;
+            first = resList.firstChild;
+            last = resList.lastChild;
+        } else {
+            resultsAvailable = false;
+            resList.innerHTML = '';
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+sInput.addEventListener('search', function (e) {
+    // clicked on x
+    if (!this.value) reset()
+})
+
+// kb bindings
+document.onkeydown = function (e) {
+    let key = e.key;
+    let ae = document.activeElement;
+
+    let inbox = document.getElementById("searchbox").contains(ae)
+
+    if (ae === sInput) {
+        let elements = document.getElementsByClassName('focus');
+        while (elements.length > 0) {
+            elements[0].classList.remove('focus');
+        }
+    } else if (current_elem) ae = current_elem;
+
+    if (key === "Escape") {
+        reset()
+    } else if (!resultsAvailable || !inbox) {
+        return
+    } else if (key === "ArrowDown") {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        if (ae == sInput) {
+            // if the currently focused element is the search input, focus the <a> of first <li>
+            activeToggle(resList.firstChild.lastChild);
+        } else if (ae.parentElement != last) {
+            // if the currently focused element's parent is last, do nothing
+            // otherwise select the next search result
+            activeToggle(ae.parentElement.nextSibling.lastChild);
+        }
+    } else if (key === "ArrowUp") {
+        e.preventDefault();
+        if (ae.parentElement == first) {
+            // if the currently focused element is first item, go to input box
+            activeToggle(sInput);
+        } else if (ae != sInput) {
+            // if the currently focused element is input box, do nothing
+            // otherwise select the previous search result
+            activeToggle(ae.parentElement.previousSibling.lastChild);
+        }
+    } else if (key === "ArrowRight") {
+        ae.click(); // click on active link
+    }
+}

content/notes/_index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: "Notes"
+description: "Quick notes, TILs, and short thoughts"
+---

content/posts/_index.md

@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+---
+title: "Posts"
+description: "Long-form articles on software development, architecture, and engineering"
+---

content/posts/demo.md

@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
----
-author: ["Saurav Dhakal"]
-title: "Understanding Separation of Concerns (SoC) in NestJS"
-date: "2025-08-19"
-summary: "A guide to understanding Separation of Concerns in NestJS using modules, services, and controllers."
-tags: ["nestjs", "typescript", "architecture"]
-categories: ["Backend Development", "NestJS"]
-series: ["NestJS"]
-ShowToc: true
-TocOpen: false
----
-
-When building applications, one of the most important design principles to keep in mind is **Separation of Concerns (SoC)**. NestJS, with its modular architecture, makes applying SoC almost effortless — but understanding _why_ it matters and _how_ to use it properly will help you write cleaner, testable, and future-proof code.
-
-## What is Separation of Concerns and Why it Matters?
-
-The basic idea is:
-
-> A program should be divided into distinct sections, where each section addresses a single responsibility.

content/posts/polymorphic-table-psql.md

@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+---
+title: "The Likes Table Problem: Why We Went Polymorphic."
+date: 2026-04-01T21:50:00+05:45
+draft: false
+tags: ["architecture", "backend", "PSQL"]
+description: "Concept of polymorphic table in an SQL database"
+---
+
+A few days ago, I was working on adding a **Community** section to an application. The idea was simple, users should be able to:
+
+- Create posts
+- Leave comments
+- Like posts
+- Like comments
+
+We also had a separate News section. The new requirement was users should be able to like news articles as well.
+
+Building model for `posts` and `comments` was pretty straight forward. The real challenge was to model the`likes`table.
+
+## The Problem: How Do We Store Likes?
+
+We’re using PostgreSQL, so enforcing relationships with foreign keys is easy and clean.
+
+If only **one** thing could be liked (say, News), the schema would be simple, we would have a `news_like` table which could look something like this:
+
+| user_id | news_id | timestamp |
+| --- | --- | --- |
+| (foreign key) | (foreign key) | 1775059642 |
+
+But we didn’t have one entity. We had three. `posts`, `comments` and `news`.
+
+We had to decide:
+
+> Do we create three separate like tables? Or do we design one flexible solution?
+ 
+
+## Option 1: Three Separate Tables
+
+We could create three tables: `post_likes` , `comment_likes` and `news_likes` . Each table would have proper foreign key relationships. This approach  would be a clean relational way of doing things. It:
+
+- Keeps strong relational integrity
+- Makes joins easy
+- Keeps structure explicit
+
+This is the most “pure relational” approach. But it felt repetitive. The schema grows horizontally. 
+
+And if tomorrow we add something else that can be liked, we’d need yet another table.
+
+It works, but it doesn’t scale elegantly.
+
+## Option 2: A Polymorphic Table (What We Chose)
+
+Instead of multiple tables, we created a **single polymorphic likes table**.
+
+### What is a Polymorphic Table?
+
+A polymorphic table can reference multiple types of resources using a shared structure.
+
+We designed our `likes` table to look something like this:
+
+| user_id | resource_id | resource_type | timestamp |
+| --- | --- | --- | --- |
+| (foreign key) | (uuid) | (POST / COMMENT / NEWS) |  |
+
+Here’s how it works:
+
+- `user_id`: who liked, foreign key to `users` table.
+- `resource_id` : the UUID of the item, just the uuid, no foreign key relation.
+- `resource_type` : what type of item it is
+- `timestamp` : timestamp
+
+Instead of a strict foreign key to one table, we store:
+
+- The ID
+- The type of resource
+
+Together, they uniquely identify what was liked.
+
+With this approach, we had one clean and centralized table to store all kinds of likes. It’s much easier to expand  and flexible. Since “like” is a feature common to many parts of the system, this design keeps it generic and reusable.
+
+But it does has a major downside. We lose direct foreign key enforcement on `resource_id`. Because PostgreSQL can’t enforce a foreign key that dynamically points to multiple tables, referential integrity must be handled at the application level. We cannot write a simple join query to join from `comments` table or `posts` table.
+
+For example, to fetch likes for a resource:
+
+```tsx
+SELECT COUNT(*)
+FROM likes
+WHERE resource_id = 'some-uuid'
+AND resource_type = 'POST';
+```
+
+Now, if we need resource details plus likes, we may need separate queries or application-side logic.
+
+For our use case though, that trade-off was acceptable. We don’t perform heavy cross-entity joins on likes, so the downside was minimal.
+
+## Why This Design Felt Right
+
+The key insight was this:
+
+> “Like” is not tightly coupled to Posts, Comments, or News. It’s a behavior shared across resources.
+> 
+
+By modeling it polymorphically, we treated “like” as a reusable system capability rather than a feature embedded in each entity.
+
+And as our application grows, this decision will likely save us refactoring time.

content/search.md

@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
 ---
-title: "Search" # in any language you want
+title: "Search"
-layout: "search" # necessary for search
+layout: "search"
-# url: "/archive"
+url: "/search/"
-# description: "Description for Search"
+summary: "Search posts and notes"
-summary: "search"
+placeholder: "Search..."
-placeholder: "placeholder text in search input box"
 ---

hugo.yaml

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-# DEmo
+baseURL: "/"
-baseURL: https://example.org/
+relativeURLs: true
 languageCode: en-us
 title: Saurav Dhakal
 theme: ["PaperMod"]
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ params:
   DateFormat: "January 2, 2006"
   defaultTheme: dark # dark, light
   disableThemeToggle: true
+  googleAnalytics: "G-V0CXG8ZEG2"
 
   ShowReadingTime: true
   ShowShareButtons: true
@@ -51,11 +52,11 @@ params:
   assets:
     # disableHLJS: true # to disable highlight.js
     # disableFingerprinting: true
-    favicon: "<link / abs url>"
+    favicon: ./favicon.png
-    favicon16x16: "<link / abs url>"
+    favicon16x16: ./favicon.png
-    favicon32x32: "<link / abs url>"
+    favicon32x32: ./favicon.png
-    apple_touch_icon: "<link / abs url>"
+    apple_touch_icon: ./favicon.png
-    safari_pinned_tab: "<link / abs url>"
+    safari_pinned_tab: ./favicon.png
 
   label:
     text: "SauravDhakal"
@@ -77,27 +78,31 @@ params:
 
   # home-info mode
   homeInfoParams:
-    Title: "Hi there \U0001F44B, I'm Saurav!"
+    Title: "Hi there \U0001F44B, I’m Saurav!"
     Content: >
       I’m a software engineer who enjoys building thoughtful systems and learning how things really work.
-      <br />
+      <br /><br />
-      This is my digital garden - notes, projects, and lessons along the way.
+      Here I write about things I learn, find interesting, or want to remember. I'm a self-hosting and cloud enthusiast, actively experimenting with both.
+      <br /><br />
+      In my free time, I'm either reading or tinkering with something.
+      <br /><br />
+      Checkout my [CV](CV.pdf) for my works and projects.
 
-      - <br />
+  #demo
-
-      Checkout my [CV](files/CV.pdf) for my works and projects.
 
   socialIcons:
     - name: github
       url: "https://github.com/sauravdhakal12"
+    - name: gitea
+      url: "https://gitea.sauravdhakal.com.np/explore"
     - name: linkedin
       url: "https://www.linkedin.com/in/saurav-dhakal-9a8b27220/"
-    - name: x
+    - name: dev
-      url: "https://x.com/s0x1495"
+      url: "https://dev.to/sauravdhakal12/"
 
   analytics:
     google:
-      SiteVerificationTag: "G-V0CXG8ZEG2"
+      SiteVerificationTag: ""
 
   cover:
     hidden: true # hide everywhere but not in structured data
@@ -123,16 +128,27 @@ params:
 menu:
   main:
     - identifier: posts
-      name: posts
+      name: Posts
       url: /posts/
       weight: 10
-    - identifier: tags
+    - identifier: notes
-      name: tags
+      name: Notes
-      url: /tags/
+      url: /notes/
       weight: 20
+    - identifier: tags
+      name: Tags
+      url: /tags/
+      weight: 30
+    - identifier: search
+      name: Search
+      url: /search/
+      weight: 40
 # Read: https://github.com/adityatelange/hugo-PaperMod/wiki/FAQs#using-hugos-syntax-highlighter-chroma
 pygmentsUseClasses: true
 markup:
+  goldmark:
+    renderer:
+      unsafe: true
   highlight:
     noClasses: false
     # anchorLineNos: true
@@ -140,3 +156,8 @@ markup:
     # guessSyntax: true
     # lineNos: true
     # style: monokai
+googleAnalytics: "G-V0CXG8ZEG2"
+
+services:
+  googleAnalytics:
+    id: "G-V0CXG8ZEG2"

layouts/_default/index.json

@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{{- $.Scratch.Add "index" slice -}}
+{{- range site.RegularPages -}}
+    {{- if and (not .Params.searchHidden) (ne .Layout `archives`) (ne .Layout `search`) }}
+    {{- $.Scratch.Add "index" (dict "title" .Title "content" .Plain "permalink" .Permalink "summary" .Summary "date" (.Date.Format "Jan 2, 2006")) -}}
+    {{- end }}
+{{- end -}}
+{{- $.Scratch.Get "index" | jsonify -}}

layouts/index.html

@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{{- define "main" }}
+
+{{- if .Site.Params.homeInfoParams }}
+<article class="first-entry home-info">
+  <header class="entry-header">
+    <h1>{{ .Site.Params.homeInfoParams.Title | markdownify }}</h1>
+  </header>
+  <div class="entry-content">
+    {{ .Site.Params.homeInfoParams.Content | markdownify }}
+  </div>
+  <footer class="entry-footer">
+    {{- partial "social_icons.html" (dict "align" site.Params.homeInfoParams.AlignSocialIconsTo) }}
+  </footer>
+</article>
+{{- end }}
+
+{{- /* No recent posts/notes - clean home page */ -}}
+
+{{- end }}{{/* end main */}}

layouts/notes/list.html

@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+{{- define "main" }}
+
+<header class="page-header">
+  <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
+  {{- if .Description }}
+  <div class="post-description">{{ .Description }}</div>
+  {{- end }}
+</header>
+
+<ul class="notes-list">
+  {{- range .Pages }}
+  <li class="note-item">
+    <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">
+      <span class="note-title"># {{ .Title }}</span>
+      <span class="delimiter">&bull;</span>
+      <span class="note-date">{{ .Date.Format "Jan 2, 2006" }}</span>
+    </a>
+  </li>
+  {{- end }}
+</ul>
+
+{{- end }}{{/* end main */}}

layouts/partials/footer.html

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 {{- end }}
 
 {{- if (not site.Params.disableScrollToTop) }}
-<a href="#top" aria-label="go to top" title="Go to Top (Alt + G)" class="top-link" id="top-link" accesskey="g">
+<a href="#top" aria-label="go to top" title="Go to Top" class="top-link" id="top-link" accesskey="g">
     <svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 12 6" fill="currentColor">
         <path d="M12 6H0l6-6z" />
     </svg>

layouts/partials/templates/schema_json.html

@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
+{{ if .IsHome }}
+<script type="application/ld+json">
+{
+  "@context": "https://schema.org",
+  "@type": "{{- ( site.Params.schema.publisherType | default "Organization") | title -}}",
+  "name": {{ site.Title | jsonify }},
+  "url": {{ site.Home.Permalink | jsonify }},
+  "description": {{ site.Params.description | plainify | truncate 180 | jsonify }},
+  {{- if (eq site.Params.schema.publisherType "Person") }}
+  "image": {{ site.Params.assets.favicon | default "favicon.ico" | absURL | jsonify }},
+  {{- else }}
+  "logo": {{ site.Params.assets.favicon | default "favicon.ico" | absURL | jsonify }},
+  {{- end }}
+  "sameAs": [
+    {{- if site.Params.schema.sameAs }}
+      {{ range $i, $e := site.Params.schema.sameAs }}{{ if $i }}, {{ end }}{{ trim $e " " | jsonify }}{{ end }}
+    {{- else}}
+      {{ range $i, $e := site.Params.SocialIcons }}{{ if $i }}, {{ end }}{{ trim $e.url " " | jsonify }}{{ end }}
+    {{- end}}
+  ]
+}
+</script>
+{{- else if (or .IsPage .IsSection) }}
+{{/* BreadcrumbList */}}
+{{- $url := replace .Parent.Permalink ( printf "%s" site.Home.Permalink) "" }}
+{{- $lang_url := strings.TrimPrefix ( printf "%s/" .Lang) $url }}
+{{- $bc_list := (split $lang_url "/")}}
+
+{{- $scratch := newScratch }}
+<script type="application/ld+json">
+{
+  "@context": "https://schema.org",
+  "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
+  "itemListElement": [
+  {{- range $index, $element := $bc_list }}
+
+    {{- $scratch.Add "path" (printf "%s/" $element ) | safeJS }}
+    {{- $bc_pg := site.GetPage ($scratch.Get "path") -}}
+
+    {{- if (and ($bc_pg) (gt (len . ) 0))}}
+    {{- if $index }}, {{end }}
+    {
+      "@type": "ListItem",
+      "position": {{ add 1 $index  }},
+      "name": {{ $bc_pg.Name | jsonify }},
+      "item": {{ $bc_pg.Permalink | jsonify }}
+    }
+    {{- end }}
+
+  {{- end }}
+  {{- /*  self-page addition  */ -}}
+  , {
+      "@type": "ListItem",
+      "position": {{ add (len $bc_list) 1 }},
+      "name": {{ .Name | jsonify }},
+      "item": {{ .Permalink | jsonify }}
+    }
+  ]
+}
+</script>
+{{- if .IsPage }}
+<script type="application/ld+json">
+{
+  "@context": "https://schema.org",
+  "@type": "BlogPosting",
+  "headline": {{ .Title | plainify | jsonify }},
+  "name": {{ .Title | plainify | jsonify }},
+  "description": {{ with .Description | plainify }}{{ . | jsonify }}{{ else }}{{ .Summary | plainify | truncate 150 | jsonify }}{{ end }},
+  "keywords": [
+    {{- if .Params.keywords }}
+    {{ range $i, $e := .Params.keywords }}{{ if $i }}, {{ end }}{{ $e | jsonify }}{{ end }}
+    {{- else }}
+    {{ range $i, $e := .Params.tags }}{{ if $i }}, {{ end }}{{ $e | jsonify }}{{ end }}
+    {{- end }}
+  ],
+  "wordCount": {{ .WordCount }},
+  "inLanguage": {{ .Language.Lang | default "en-us" | jsonify }},
+  "datePublished": {{ .PublishDate.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" | jsonify }},
+  "dateModified": {{ .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" | jsonify }},
+  {{- with (.Params.author | default site.Params.author) }}
+  "author":
+    {{- if (or (eq (printf "%T" .) "[]string") (eq (printf "%T" .) "[]interface {}")) -}}
+  [{{- range $i, $v := . -}}
+  {{- if $i }}, {{end -}}
+  {
+    "@type": "Person",
+    "name": {{ $v | jsonify }}
+  }
+  {{- end }}],
+    {{- else -}}
+  {
+    "@type": "Person",
+    "name": {{ . | jsonify }}
+  },
+    {{- end -}}
+  {{- end }}
+  "mainEntityOfPage": {
+    "@type": "WebPage",
+    "@id": {{ .Permalink | jsonify }}
+  },
+  "publisher": {
+    "@type": "{{- ( site.Params.schema.publisherType | default "Organization") | title -}}",
+    "name": {{ site.Title | jsonify }},
+    "logo": {
+      "@type": "ImageObject",
+      "url": {{ site.Params.assets.favicon | default "favicon.ico" | absURL | jsonify }}
+    }
+  }
+}
+</script>
+{{- end }}{{/* .IsPage end */}}
+
+{{- end -}}

layouts/partials/toc.html

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+{{- $headers := findRE "<h[1-6].*?>(.|\n])+?</h[1-6]>" .Content -}}
+{{- $has_headers := ge (len $headers) 1 -}}
+{{- if $has_headers -}}
+<div class="toc">
+    <details {{if (.Param "TocOpen") }} open{{ end }}>
+        <summary accesskey="c" title="">
+            <span class="details">{{- i18n "toc" | default "Table of Contents" }}</span>
+        </summary>
+
+        <div class="inner">
+            {{- if (.Param "UseHugoToc") }}
+            {{- .TableOfContents -}}
+            {{- else }}
+            {{- $largest := 6 -}}
+            {{- range $headers -}}
+            {{- $headerLevel := index (findRE "[1-6]" . 1) 0 -}}
+            {{- $headerLevel := len (seq $headerLevel) -}}
+            {{- if lt $headerLevel $largest -}}
+            {{- $largest = $headerLevel -}}
+            {{- end -}}
+            {{- end -}}
+
+            {{- $firstHeaderLevel := len (seq (index (findRE "[1-6]" (index $headers 0) 1) 0)) -}}
+
+            {{- $.Scratch.Set "bareul" slice -}}
+            <ul>
+                {{- range seq (sub $firstHeaderLevel $largest) -}}
+                <ul>
+                    {{- $.Scratch.Add "bareul" (sub (add $largest .) 1) -}}
+                    {{- end -}}
+                    {{- range $i, $header := $headers -}}
+                    {{- $headerLevel := index (findRE "[1-6]" . 1) 0 -}}
+                    {{- $headerLevel := len (seq $headerLevel) -}}
+
+                    {{/* get id="xyz" */}}
+                    {{- $id := index (findRE "(id=\"(.*?)\")" $header 9) 0 }}
+
+                    {{- /* strip id="" to leave xyz, no way to get regex capturing groups in hugo */ -}}
+                    {{- $cleanedID := replace (replace $id "id=\"" "") "\"" "" }}
+                    {{- $header := replaceRE "<h[1-6].*?>((.|\n])+?)</h[1-6]>" "$1" $header -}}
+
+                    {{- if ne $i 0 -}}
+                    {{- $prevHeaderLevel := index (findRE "[1-6]" (index $headers (sub $i 1)) 1) 0 -}}
+                    {{- $prevHeaderLevel := len (seq $prevHeaderLevel) -}}
+                    {{- if gt $headerLevel $prevHeaderLevel -}}
+                    {{- range seq $prevHeaderLevel (sub $headerLevel 1) -}}
+                    <ul>
+                        {{/* the first should not be recorded */}}
+                        {{- if ne $prevHeaderLevel . -}}
+                        {{- $.Scratch.Add "bareul" . -}}
+                        {{- end -}}
+                        {{- end -}}
+                        {{- else -}}
+                        </li>
+                        {{- if lt $headerLevel $prevHeaderLevel -}}
+                        {{- range seq (sub $prevHeaderLevel 1) -1 $headerLevel -}}
+                        {{- if in ($.Scratch.Get "bareul") . -}}
+                    </ul>
+                    {{/* manually do pop item */}}
+                    {{- $tmp := $.Scratch.Get "bareul" -}}
+                    {{- $.Scratch.Delete "bareul" -}}
+                    {{- $.Scratch.Set "bareul" slice}}
+                    {{- range seq (sub (len $tmp) 1) -}}
+                    {{- $.Scratch.Add "bareul" (index $tmp (sub . 1)) -}}
+                    {{- end -}}
+                    {{- else -}}
+                </ul>
+                </li>
+                {{- end -}}
+                {{- end -}}
+                {{- end -}}
+                {{- end }}
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#{{- $cleanedID -}}" aria-label="{{- $header | plainify | safeHTML -}}">{{- $header | plainify | safeHTML -}}</a>
+                    {{- else }}
+                <li>
+                    <a href="#{{- $cleanedID -}}" aria-label="{{- $header | plainify | safeHTML -}}">{{- $header | plainify | safeHTML -}}</a>
+                    {{- end -}}
+                    {{- end -}}
+                    <!-- {{- $firstHeaderLevel := len (seq (index (findRE "[1-6]" (index $headers 0) 1) 0)) -}} -->
+                    {{- $firstHeaderLevel := $largest }}
+                    {{- $lastHeaderLevel := len (seq (index (findRE "[1-6]" (index $headers (sub (len $headers) 1)) 1) 0)) }}
+                </li>
+                {{- range seq (sub $lastHeaderLevel $firstHeaderLevel) -}}
+                {{- if in ($.Scratch.Get "bareul") (add . $firstHeaderLevel) }}
+            </ul>
+            {{- else }}
+            </ul>
+            </li>
+            {{- end -}}
+            {{- end }}
+            </ul>
+            {{- end }}
+        </div>
+    </details>
+</div>
+{{- end }}

layouts/posts/list.html

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+{{- define "main" }}
+
+<header class="page-header">
+  <h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
+  {{- if .Description }}
+  <div class="post-description">{{ .Description }}</div>
+  {{- end }}
+</header>
+
+<ul class="posts-list">
+  {{- range .Pages }}
+  <li class="post-item">
+    <a href="{{ .Permalink }}">
+      <span class="post-title"># {{ .Title }}</span>
+      <span class="delimiter">&bull;</span>
+      <span class="post-date">{{ .Date.Format "Jan 2, 2006" }}</span>
+    </a>
+    {{- if .Summary }}
+    <p class="post-summary">{{ .Summary | plainify | truncate 150 }}</p>
+    {{- end }}
+  </li>
+  {{- end }}
+</ul>
+
+{{- end }}{{/* end main */}}

public/404.html

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