> “[One] who works with the door open gets all kinds of interruptions, but [they] also occasionally gets clues as to what the world is and what might be important.” — Richard Hamming
- I admire their main quote as it represents the spontaneous nature of [[Curiosity]] and approach for [[Collective learning pursuit]]
Free alternative to [[Obsidian Publish]]
Can learn how to set it up https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/
## Info
- [Frontmatter](https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/authoring-content#syntax)
- title, description, aliases, tags, draft (private), date
- [Layout](https://quartz.jzhao.xyz/layout)
- Components are HOC
### Components
- [[Quartz navigation menu]]
### Init
## Changes
### Lowercase slugs
- i've added the line `.toLowerCase() // Convert to lowercase` to the file `quartz/util/path.ts`
- https://discord.com/channels/927628110009098281/927628110009098284/1245658592267337791
## Plugins
- [Comments with Remark42](https://remark42.com/)
- [Passwords](https://gist.github.com/OrigamingWasTaken/d70f62c782bc99283eb7df1caa333c26)
## Tips
- All of the content in your Quartz should go in the `/content` folder
- Home page is in `content/index.md`
- save with `npx quartz sync`
## Benefits
- emoji prefix possible with quartz if you check tags of file?
- LYT website
- Quartz makes publishing effortless
- Reducing the friction in creation
- Highly customized corner of the internet for your ideas
## Examples
### Digital Garden Repo
- [URL](https://front-porch.digitalgardeningcollective.com/garden/contributions)
- Navbar is for the bar at the top
- renderPage uses a custom `Garden` component to render the custom view
- checks if index of the site
- Main notes are usual setup
## Ideas
- What if certain frontmatter of the file would be used as hero? And that frontmatter would determine what CTA a writing piece has?