Pelican deployment with GitHub Actions

I originally decided to use Pelican for this blog because I wanted to get more practice with Python. Now I don't really have that motivation, but I don't really want to spend time switching.

I had Pelican set up on one of my personal laptops. I started using that laptop less and less, and I'd forget exactly how to deploy. So there was a lot of friction. I'd have ideas I wanted to write about, but I'd put them off until I was using my laptop.

Recently that laptop finally died. And my other personal laptop died. So I got a new personal laptop and started setting it up. I have quite a laptop from work, but I feel more comfortable having my own computer. While I was waiting for it to arrive, I started playing around with GitHub Actions so I could get some things done on my iPad.

There's actions to deploy Pelican blogs to GitHub Pages. I ended up using this one. Now when I push to my source branch, the blog automatically updates.

I wonder if that will make me more likely to post here. In theory, I can now write from anywhere using the browser (or mobile app) and get the rush of publishing whenever I'm satisfied with the content.