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February 13, 2025Mason Remaleytechzig

Since shipping Way of Rhea last year I’ve been hard at work on game two, but I haven’t been writing as much as I’d like.

Every time I sit down to write a blog post in Jekyll, my Ruby dependencies are somehow broken again. Any time spent trying to sort this out feels like time that could be better spent elsewhere.

As of today, I’m saying goodbye to Ruby! This site is now powered by Zine, a static site generator written in Zig by Loris Cro.

ZINE: Fast, scalable, and flexible static site generator

Working with Zine has been a blast. It’s alpha software, but it’s worth checking out.

I’ve also used Zine to setup a devlog as a replacement for Twitter. I’ll continue mirroring my posts to social media, but I think we’re all better off not actively engaging with those sites. I personally replaced my time spent browsing social media with an RSS reader about a year ago and I can’t imagine going back.

Expect more writing soon, I already have a few drafts queued up. If you want to get notified when I post, follow my newsletter or RSS feed!