willow-camp
Features Added * Live markdown preview functionality using “Preview Post” button at the bottom. This is better than the Marksmith “Preview” beside “Write” because it shows the rendered site. * Automatic dark mode detection for Marksmith editor which is better than before but still needs work * Enhanced tag selection using the Choices.
willow-camp
Published on July 20, 2025 I just asked Claude to speed up the slowest test file in willow.camp. post_test.rb was taking over 1 second to execute. For a tiny Ruby app, that’s a long time. Here’s what Claude did. I was not expecting such a
postgres
My first version of willow.camp ran a Postgres instance on the same container as the app. Before going to production, I had to migrate the data from the local Postgres instance to the managed instance. I had a whopping 50-some records in the database. So, of course, could have
postgresql
I asked myself this question while developing willow.camp and decided to use a managed instance before sharing willow.camp with the world. In this post, I’ll explain my thought process and how it changed as I finished off willow.camp’s blogging features. Hatching a New App Once
willow-camp
In my last post I forgot to explain the name “willow.camp.” It’s quite simple. We have a very cute dog named Willow and I thought I’d name this cute blogging service after him and “camp” was a great TLD that made me think of setting up camp
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I’ve been working on a side project and am finally ready to share it! My blog, enumerator.dev, is now hosted on my platform called willow.camp. willow.camp started because I wanted a platform that felt like me. I wanted a simple editing interface, the ability to import