Blog Roadmap

This document outlines the roadmap for developing and enhancing the blog platform.

Analytics & Tracking

Google Analytics Integration

• Add google analytics to my site!
  • https://support.google.com/analytics/answer/1008015?hl=en
  • https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/provision/?authuser=0#/a195952157p270847816/admin/streams/promo
  • https://analytics.google.com/analytics/web/?authuser=0#/a195952157p270847816/admin/streams/table/
• Make sure things are properly setup to track in google analytics ...
• See if I can add custom button click events ...
  • Hook up a simple dynamodb counter? 1 vote per browser?

Analytics Dashboard

• How much of the Google Dashboard Analytics should I expose?
• Should I have and host notebooks that I update periodically ...
• Make sure I can track engagement per post ...
• Make sure I can track votes!

SEO & Ingress Analysis

• I need to understand how users arrive at each of my posts ...
  • https://search.google.com/search-console/performance/search-analytics?resource_id=sc-domain%3Abytesofpurpose.com
• I need to figure out best terms to use in description for seo for each blog post ...
  • senior software engineer vs sde ... https://trends.google.as/trends/explore?geo=US&q=senior%20sde,senior%20software%20engineer
  • principal software engineer vs sde ...
    • https://trends.google.as/trends/explore?geo=US&q=Principal%20sde,Principal%20software%20engineer
  • entry level https://trends.google.as/trends/explore?geo=US&q=junior%20sde,junior%20software%20engineer,entry%20level%20software%20engineer

Technical Enhancements

Docusaurus Features

• See https://docusaurus.io/docs/markdown-features/inline-toc
  • https://docusaurus.io/docs/markdown-features/toc#inline-table-of-contents
• Look for themes ...
  • https://docusaurus.io/docs/api/themes/@docusaurus/theme-live-codeblock
• Setup visual regression tests
  • https://docusaurus.io/blog/upgrading-frontend-dependencies-with-confidence-using-visual-regression-testing

Plugins

• Should I make my own docusaurus plugin ...?
• What existing plugins should I use?
  • https://github.com/facebook/docusaurus/blob/main/admin/extending-remarkable.md
  • https://github.com/sjwall/mdx-mermaid/blob/main/src/mdxast-mermaid.ts#L8

Converting to React

2021-11-03

• Turn my portfolio into a real react app with unit tests ... >2021-11-03

  • Create hello world react app ... @done(2021-11-03T00:50:19-05:00)
    • https://upmostly.com/tutorials/react-hello-world-your-first-react-app
    • https://github.com/facebook/create-react-app
    • https://github.com/expo/expo-cli
  • Port base portfolio mechanics into react ... @done(2021-11-03T00:50:31-05:00)
  • Recreate entire portfolio in react
  • Start messing with routers / more advanced react concepts ...

• Figure out where else to add react ...

  • Add react to blog?!
    • In what capacity?
  • Turn sacred patterns/ portfolio into a react app?

Content Features

• Can't take same approach for puml as mermaid
  • import PUML from 'remarkable-plantuml'; - requires fs - not browser plugin ..
  • Can add puml to svg as a prestep ...
• incorporate svg into blog, test with puml
• Add a plantuml button!
  • https://github.com/webgears/remarkable-plantuml
• Similar to mermaid ... i need tasks ...
• Link the 3D Models … into blog …
• Link the art into the blog …

AI & Knowledge Management

Blog RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation)

• Turn my notes into a rag!

  • Or at least my blog???

• Build a knowledge graph from my notes

  • Tinker with Rag:
    • https://docs.llamaindex.ai/en/stable/getting_started/starter_tools/rag_cli/
    • https://github.com/OpenBMB/UltraRAG
  • Ingest my notes ...
  • https://docs.llamaindex.ai/en/stable/use_cases/

• Tinker with Amazon Neptune, Rags, etc ...?

  • Workshop - Building a Generative AI/GraphRAG application with Amazon Neptune

Content Strategy

Content Planning

• Determine what kind of content I will capture in blog ...
  • Start an automated bytes blog ... recommend automation tools and use cases! physical buttons and stuff ...?
• Should I have blog posts for each of my tools / scripts?
  • Blog: Make a command line tool to cat markdown!
  • Blog: Basic Vim Plugin?
• what are the root most topics in my blog?
  • Software development, personal development, business development, process development? Spiritual Development? ...

Content Structure

• What sections should I have in the blog?
  • Have an architecture section!
  • Should I have a notebooks section?
  • Need a coming soon section where people can vote on future posts ...
  • Have an initiatives section?
  • Have an blueprints/roadmap section?
• On the homepage of the blog .... I can add
• Right now ... I don't have a separate diagramming / documentation habit ... does blogging effectively mix the two?

Content Process

• Move my processes from blog to paper ...
  • My ideation habit is a whole process ... I can convert it into a planning doc ...
  • how many other habits are whole processes too?
• I need to find a better way to deal with images ... svg??? smaller in size?? especially of I make them in figma??
  • Doesn't seem like I can export figjam to svg ... maybe only figma ...

User Engagement

Voting Features

• I should seek peoples inputs when prioritizing blog posts ...
  • Add a page dedicated to voting with tiles ...
  • I need to make clear what blog posts are coming soon and which ones are to be ..

Support & Monetization

• I should give people the option of supporting me!
  • Add a support me button!
    • https://www.paypal.com/donate/buttons
    • Change the email ... to be related to the site ...
• "cafinate the nerd"- should this be on front page?
• Can I sell stuff on my site / blog … >2019-09-03
  • Thought about selling packs of coasters that capture bits and pieces of mindset!
    • This is a good opportunity to work on an acrylic project!
    • A layer of glitter paper + laminate + epoxy resin
    • If the coasters turn out good … might be able to apply this idea to the 99 names of Allah …

Design & Theme

Design Enhancements

• Add Mechanics to highlight dates like spacey!
• Add icons into blogs!
• Make the vote button and support button more appealing, inviting!
• Need to add icons to home screen ...
• Need to add a link to the dashboard ...
• Need to change the order of the menu bar ... Posts > Ideas > Docs
• Need my own favicon ...

Images & Icons

• Get images for sections ...
  • idea
  • binary
  • arabesque
  • islamic-window
  • decode
  • coding
• Get icon for support button ...
  • espresso
• Get Images for rest of sections ...
  • engine
  • diagram-software
  • blog

Productivity & Workflow

Productivity Features

• Add to the front matter the local development link to see this page ... and the remote link other people see!
• Nice to See my initiatives / habits / etc as a private blog post ...
• Add link to the blog post to edit it locally with glue!