Publishing without a webmaster
You should not need to learn a framework, a CMS and a DNS panel to publish a paper list. Here is what we automated, and what we deliberately left alone.
Ask an academic why their page has not been updated since 2021 and the answer is rarely time. It is friction: a content management system that needs plugins, a theme that breaks on upgrade, a hosting bill nobody remembers approving, an FTP client from another era.
What we automated
- Publishing. One action compiles the site to static files and puts them on a global edge network. There is no build step for you to run and no server to keep patched.
- Addresses. A subdomain is created with the site, so the page is live before you have thought about DNS at all. Connecting your own domain later is a copy-paste of two records, with TLS handled.
- Structure. Blocks are drag-and-drop, and every block is already styled — there is no theme layer to configure, and therefore nothing to break on upgrade.
What we left alone
The writing. A site that edits your prose for you is a site that puts words in your mouth. erendemic imports the record, sets it in type worth reading, and stays out of the way of the sentences — which remain yours, down to the punctuation.