Day 1: Setting Up This Is My Next

This section is called This Is My Next — a dev log inspired by Fight With Tools. Each entry is a timestamped snapshot of what I'm building, what I'm stuck on, and what I'm figuring out.

The idea: short, honest notes. Not polished essays. Just progress.

What I Built Today

The whole infrastructure for this section in one sitting:

• A new timn content type with its own layout
• A TODO checklist component that reads from frontmatter
• VS Code Dark+ syntax highlighting scoped to this section only
• A Bluesky share button on every post
• An archive page at /this-is-my-next/

Here's the 11tydata.js that powers the content type:

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module.exports = {
  layout: 'layouts/page-timn-post.njk',
  contentType: 'timn',
  excludeFromFeed: false,
  eleventyComputed: {
    permalink: (data) => `/this-is-my-next/${data.page.fileSlug}/`,
  },
};

And the TODO frontmatter format looks like this:

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todos:
  - text: Set up monorepo
    done: true
    subtasks:
      - { text: "Pick package manager", done: true }
  - text: Write first post
    done: false

Next Up

Collect and read links as recommend by Aram, and share as a post.