Introduction

Welcome to my blog! This is the first post, and it serves as both a greeting and a demonstration of all the features this site supports. I'll walk through math rendering, code highlighting, figures, footnotes, and more.

I've always wanted a simple, distraction-free place to write about technical topics. No JavaScript frameworks, no build steps — just static HTML, CSS, and a few lightweight scripts.¹

Math Rendering

One of the things I wanted to support is mathematical notation. Using KaTeX, we can render inline math like \(E = mc^2\) seamlessly within text, as well as display equations:

$$\sum_{i=1}^{n} x_i = x_1 + x_2 + \cdots + x_n$$

Here's the quadratic formula as another example:

$$x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a}$$

KaTeX renders these on the client side with excellent performance and beautiful typesetting.²

Code Highlighting

def fibonacci(n):
    """Return the first n Fibonacci numbers."""
    fibs = [0, 1]
    for i in range(2, n):
        fibs.append(fibs[-1] + fibs[-2])
    return fibs[:n]

print(fibonacci(10))
# [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34]

function debounce(fn, delay) {
  let timer;
  return function (...args) {
    clearTimeout(timer);
    timer = setTimeout(() => fn.apply(this, args), delay);
  };
}

const handleResize = debounce(() => {
  console.log('Window resized');
}, 250);

Figures and Images

Figures can be included with captions. Here's a placeholder demonstrating the layout:

Lists and Formatting

Here are some things I plan to write about:

• Systems programming and performance optimization
• Machine learning and neural network architectures
• Web development with minimal tooling
• Mathematics and algorithms

Inline code also renders nicely within body text, making it easy to reference variables like fibonacci(n) or file paths like styles/article.css.

Conclusion

That covers the main features of this blog. The entire site is static HTML with no build system — just edit, commit, and push. If you're reading this, the deployment worked!

Stay tuned for more posts. I'm looking forward to writing here.