This site is a “Digital Garden”—a blend of static content and dynamic micro-services. Here is the technical breakdown of how Rooby Studio is built and hosted.

🏗️ Architecture

The philosophy is “Static First, Dynamic When Necessary.”

• Jekyll: Compiles Markdown into static HTML.
• Chirpy: The base UI/UX, customized to better suit my needs.
• GitHub Pages: CI/CD and static asset serving.
• Cloudflare: Handles the serverless “Like” counter and KV storage.
• GoatCounter: Privacy-focused analytics (No cookies, no spying).

🎹 Audio Engine

• Strudel: A REPL for TidalCycles running in an iframe.
• Integration: Custom Micro-Frontend architecture to isolate the audio engine.

💻 Studio & Dev

The hardware and software behind the scenes.

• Hardware: MacBook Pro (M-Series)
• Code Editor: IntelliJ IDEA / VS Code
• DAW: Logic Pro
• DJ Software: Traktor Pro 4 / rekordbox
• DJ Hardware: Traktor MX2 / Traktor X1 MK3 / Traktor Z1 MK2 / Pioneer DDJ-400

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Why this stack?

I chose Jekyll for stability and Cloudflare for speed. The goal was to have a site that loads instantly anywhere in the world, costs $0 to host, but still has the power to run dynamic code when I need it.