---
title: Colophon
author: Issa Rice
created: 2015-08-31
date: 2021-05-27
---

Here are the tools used to build and run this site.

Most pages are written using [Vim](http://www.vim.org/) using the [Pandoc markdown syntax](http://johnmacfarlane.net/pandoc/README.html#pandocs-markdown).
The markdown files are then converted to HTML using Pandoc and a Makefile
(but some special pages require custom shell and Python scripts and
access to some databases).

The [style sheet for this
site](https://github.com/riceissa/issarice.com/blob/master/static/style.css)
evolved over the years based on things I saw that I liked on various other
sites and my personal aesthetics.  It no longer resembles these influences,
but some of them include
[gitit](https://web.archive.org/web/20150330005917/http://gitit.johnmacfarlane.net:80/),
[Gwern’s (old) site](http://www.gwern.net/About#tools), GitHub’s (old) documentation
pages, and [Butterick's book on typography](http://practicaltypography.com/).

Some of the colors come from Ethan Schoonover's
[Solarized](http://ethanschoonover.com/solarized). See [[some thoughts on website design]] for more.

All of the source files necessary to build this site are hosted on GitHub.
You can [visit the repository](https://github.com/riceissa/issarice.com) on GitHub.
I also have rarely-updated mirrors on [BitBucket](https://bitbucket.org/riceissa/issarice.com/)
and on [GitLab](https://gitlab.com/riceissa/issarice.com).

The actual site is served via [Linode](https://www.linode.com/), using Nginx on a 64-bit Debian 9 (Stretch) machine.
I currently use the [Linode 2GB \$10 per month plan](https://www.linode.com/pricing).

I have registered the domains [issarice.com](http://issarice.com) and [riceissa.com](http://riceissa.com) through [Hover](https://www.hover.com/).

# See also

* [[software I use]] for more about the software I use
* [[About this site]] for more information about this site