My digital garden built with Astro and MDX. Featuring loosely opinionated notes, half-formed ideas, and content that is always growing.
Overview
The source code for Maggie Appleton’s digital garden is an intriguing resource for anyone interested in personal knowledge management and web design. This platform serves as a creative space for curated notes, essays, and various design patterns, all underlined by a unique aesthetic vision. The open-source nature encourages exploration and personalization, fostering a community spirit that recognizes the distinctiveness of individual gardens.
As a digital garden, it offers a canvas for ideation and expression, while reminding users of the importance of originality. With this in mind, Maggie invites others to draw inspiration from her work while encouraging the development of their own personal style and functionality that reflects their tastes.
Features
- Tech Stack: Built using Astro and MDX, ensuring a modern and efficient development experience.
- Backlinks: Integrates backlinks for easy navigation between interconnected notes and essays.
- Tooltip Previews: Enhanced user experience with tooltip hover previews powered by Tippy.js, providing context without clutter.
- Masonry Grids: Utilizes CSS for masonry grid layouts, perfect for showcasing a variety of content in an organized yet visually appealing way.
- Webmentions: Allows interaction and engagement through Webmentions via Brid.gy and Webmention.io, fostering a connected community.
- Typed Collections: Offers a structured organization of content, including essays, notes, patterns, and more, making information retrieval straightforward.
- Local Development: Streamlined local development process using npm, giving developers ease of use for experimentation and deployment.
- Image Caching: Optimizes performance with Astro’s image caching, ensuring that the site runs efficiently and loads quickly.
