This post was created with neovim from my phone!
This post was created from my phone. Don't think that's a big deal? Well let me tell you why you're mistaken.
I folllow a very specific process for editing this
blog. I write each post in markdown and I use
pelican to convert
everything to html and create a static blog which
I then push to my github page.
There are easier ways to create a blog but largely the reason I enjoy maintaining this site is that I have built everything - simple as it may be - from the ground up. It's neat, it's simple, it's safe, it's what the internet should be!
Furthermore, I could obviously create this post in my phone using any old editor and then transfer the file to my pc, build the blog and publish it, but that is not really the correct way, because you would have to choose between doing it manually which, who has the time, or you have to rely to a shady cloud service to sync your files between your phone and your pc. Also you would miss the opportunity to use your favorite editor - neovim.
No, the correct way is to create a github repo for the staging area of your blog, meaning the directory where you store all your markdown files that you then use to create the html entries of the blog, install termux in order to use your android phone similarly to any other linux computer, install neovim, git and gh on your phone, pull the staging area repo to your phone, create your posts there when you don't have access to your pc and finally push your posts to main.
Personally I opted against building the blog in my phone to ensure consistency of python packages between builds. But it is definitely doable in case you really want to publish your post directly from your phone rather than waiting to get to your pc.
Doing things the way I described means that one can use the same editor and follow the same exact process when editing their posts whether they have access to their computer or not. Also if you are a linux nerd you really enjoy doing things the linux way every opportunity you get and if you are a member of the cult of vim, using different editors makes you feel disgusted, sad and guilty.