.. title: Phoenix Rising
.. slug: phoenix-rising
.. date: 2018-06-18 20:35:27 UTC+01:00
.. tags: blog
.. category: general
.. link: 
.. description: 
.. type: text

Like the proverbial phoenix rising from the ashes, almost six years later this
blog is reborn.

This reincarnation sees a few changes on the technologies behind the scenes:

* The Static Site / Blog Generator powering the blog is now `Nikola
  <https://getnikola.com/>`_. *Nikola* is implemented in *Python*, supports all
  the features I need, such as multiple kinds of markup for the posts (including
  *reStructuredText* and *Markdown*), and is an active project.
* Hosting has moved to `GitLab Pages
  <https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/user/project/pages/>`_ (the source repository is
  now also hosted in `GitLab <https://gitlab.com/>`_ — I guess my `Microsoft
  phobia
  <https://news.microsoft.com/2018/06/04/microsoft-to-acquire-github-for-7-5-billion/>`_
  got the better of me).
* The blog content is now automatically built when changes are merged or pushed
  to the master branch of the source repository courtesy of `GitLab CI/CD
  <https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/>`_.
* *GitLab Pages* hosting allows custom domains with TLS, so following the `HTTPS
  Everywhere <https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere>`_ mantra and using a `Let's
  Encrypt <https://letsencrypt.org/>`_ certificate, this blog is now served over
  HTTPS.

Here's hoping that this time around I'll be able to regale my gentle readers
with regular and interesting content!