My first Blog post

This is my first blog post using a Gleam-based blogging system. I'm excited to share my thoughts on web development and programming in general.

At least it was mean to be.

My goal was to use a weekend to get my website up and running. It was also my chance to get familar with Gleam ahead of the Gleam meet up in London.
I ended up building with Go + Templ + Htmx (GoTH) and deploying to Fly fly little servers. The journery tp the first version was no easy feat. I would make a blog post on that in the future.

The Original Plan

The plan was to talk about Gleam and what I found exciting about it asides it amazingly cool color and branding #ffadf3, #584355, #fffbe8, #292d3f and the Lucy the starfish??? Gorgeous!.

To be honest that is what initially sold me on the language, along with the fact I was tryng out new languages including Golang as a way to not be bored out of my mind with my day job which uses Javascript.

Why Gleam?

Gleam is a fantastic language that combines the best of functional programming with strong typing. Here are a few reasons why I love Gleam:

1. Type Safety: Gleam's type system helps catch errors at compile-time.
2. Erlang Compatibility: We can leverage the power of the BEAM ecosystem.
3. Friendly Syntax: Gleam's syntax is clean and easy to read.

Code Example

Here's a simple Gleam function:

pub fn greet(name: String) -> String {
  "Hello, " <> name <> "!"
}

What now?

Well, for now I will keep building with the GoTh🧛🏾‍♂️🧛🏾‍♂️ stack and improving the blog as a whole. I have chosen another path to learn more about Gleam and would appreciate if you checked it out. I am making an Rss/Json/Atom feed package in Gleam.

I will share my experience as I build. Welcome to Ji's Blog.