Introducing fireproof

Say hello to fireproof, my new static website generator. I've wanted to start writing again for a while now, but struggled to find a blogging solution that met all my requirements. So in a throwback to the 1990's, I wrote my own.

Here's what I wanted:

• Static output, for simple hosting on Amazon S3 and guaranteed uptime
• A Django-style template language
• Content written in Markdown
• Metadata in YAML
• Link entries in the style of Daring Fireball
• Easy inclusion of images and other static content
• Multiple entry styles as seen on the Panic Inc. blog ¹
• git-backed storage

I am unaware of any existing solutions that fit these requirements. fireproof still has a few rough edges, but I wrote most of it in one weekend and it meets my needs.

1. This isn't actually finished yet. But I had enough to cut a 0.1 release and start writing.