Building a Custom Tag and Category Generator Plugin for Jekyll
GitHub Pages doesn't support tag or category pages out of the box. Here's how I built a custom Jekyll generator plugin that creates them automatically — and the SEO lessons learned along the way.
Your Jekyll Sitemap Is 60% Garbage
I audited my Jekyll sitemap and found that 262 of 434 URLs were auto-generated tag pages, category pages, and pagination — most with a single post. Here's how to clean it up without losing anything.
Jekyll Mermaid Diagram Rendering: Why Client-Side Beats Plugins
How Jekyll 4.4's Rouge syntax highlighter interferes with Mermaid diagram rendering and why client-side rendering with Mermaid 11 is better than plugins.