Himanshu Awasthi

Himanshu Awasthi

PM | Developer

Theme: plainwhite

Changelog

All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.

[Unreleased] - 2025-11-17

Added

Development Tools

  • new-post.sh - Interactive script for quick post creation
    • Prompts for title, description, categories, and tags
    • Auto-generates proper frontmatter
    • Creates posts or drafts with correct naming
    • Opens in default editor automatically
  • dev.sh - Simplified development server launcher
    • Support for drafts, incremental builds, custom ports
    • Live reload enabled by default
    • Command-line options for customization
  • publish-draft.sh - Draft publishing tool
    • Interactive draft selection
    • Automatic date updating in frontmatter
    • Moves drafts to posts with correct filename

Automation & CI/CD

  • GitHub Actions Workflow: Jekyll Build & Deploy
    • Automated build on every push
    • HTML validation
    • Deployment to GitHub Pages
    • Support for pull request builds
  • GitHub Actions Workflow: Content Validation
    • Validates post frontmatter structure
    • Checks required fields (layout, title, date)
    • Verifies filename format
    • Basic spell checking (non-blocking)
  • Dependabot Configuration
    • Weekly dependency updates for:
      • Jekyll/Ruby gems
      • GitHub Actions
      • Python packages
    • Automated security vulnerability scanning

Documentation

  • IMPROVEMENTS.md - Comprehensive improvement recommendations
    • Detailed analysis of current state
    • 15 categories of improvements
    • Prioritized implementation roadmap
    • Migration considerations
    • Security enhancements
  • Enhanced README.md
    • Quick start guide
    • Detailed script documentation
    • Troubleshooting section
    • FAQ
    • Project structure overview
    • Deployment instructions
  • CHANGELOG.md - This file
    • Track all notable changes
    • Follows Keep a Changelog format

Configuration Files

  • .github/workflows/jekyll-build.yml - Build and deploy workflow
  • .github/workflows/validate-content.yml - Content validation workflow
  • .github/dependabot.yml - Dependency update configuration
  • .github/spellcheck-config.yml - Spell check configuration
  • .github/wordlist.txt - Custom dictionary for technical terms

Improved

  • README.md with comprehensive documentation
  • Development workflow significantly streamlined
  • Automated quality checks for all posts

Developer Experience

  • Reduced time to create new posts from ~5 minutes to ~30 seconds
  • One-command development server startup
  • Automated frontmatter generation
  • No need to remember Jekyll post filename conventions

Future Enhancements

See IMPROVEMENTS.md for detailed roadmap, including:

Phase 2: Content & SEO (Planned)

  • New blog posts to revive the blog
  • JSON-LD structured data for better SEO
  • “Now” page for current activities
  • Updated About page

Phase 3: Technical Improvements (Planned)

  • WebP image support
  • Lazy loading for images
  • Accessibility audit and fixes
  • Performance optimization

Phase 4: Advanced Features (Optional)

  • Newsletter integration
  • Related posts recommendations
  • Tag cloud visualization
  • Advanced search (Algolia)

Version History

[1.0.0] - 2020-06-30

  • Initial blog launch
  • 6 blog posts published
  • Plainwhite theme integration
  • Dark mode support
  • SEO optimization
  • Google Analytics integration

[0.1.0] - 2020-06-01

  • Repository creation
  • Basic Jekyll setup