Articles
Writing about software engineering, machine learning, and the tools I use every day. Deep dives, tutorials, and lessons learned from building real-world applications.
Getting Started with Indago: Two Content Engines, Zero Backend
The complete guide to Indago — what it is, and how its two independent engines work. HyperDown compiles Markdown/MDX into a contentless SQLite FTS5 index (we go deep: inverted index, content="", detail=full/column/none, the tags bridge, build-time optimize), and HyperJson turns JSON Schema into validated, fully-typed content. With diagrams, from scaffold to a searchable, typed, backend-free content layer.
Building This Portfolio: Vike, an In-Build SQLite, and Two Content Engines
How this portfolio runs a fully searchable, bilingual, content-rich site with no backend — just a SQLite database generated at build time and shipped inside the bundle. A feature-by-feature tour of the site, and the story of why making it work meant building Indago, the two open-source content engines underneath.