{
  "id": "demo-blog-engine/scaffolding-the-rust-blog-engine",
  "slug": "scaffolding-the-rust-blog-engine",
  "title": "Session: scaffolding-the-rust-blog-engine — 2026-03-12",
  "type": "source",
  "project": "demo-blog-engine",
  "date": "2026-03-12",
  "started": "2026-03-12T09:02:11+00:00",
  "ended": "2026-03-12T11:14:03+00:00",
  "model": "claude-sonnet-4-6",
  "cwd": "/Users/demo/code/demo-blog-engine",
  "git_branch": "main",
  "permission_mode": "default",
  "user_messages": "6",
  "tool_calls": "18",
  "tools_used": [
    "Read",
    "Write",
    "Edit",
    "Bash",
    "Glob",
    "Grep"
  ],
  "is_subagent": "false",
  "wikilinks_out": [
    "Rust",
    "StaticSiteGeneration",
    "demo-blog-engine",
    "pulldown-cmark"
  ],
  "body_text": "Project: demo-blog-engine · Branch: main · Mode: default · Model: claude-sonnet-4-6\n\nSummary\n\nBootstrapped a small static-site generator in Rust. Chose pulldown-cmark for markdown parsing over comrak after weighing compile-time vs. GFM support. Scaffolded the cargo new project, added a Post struct, and wrote a first pass of the markdown → HTML pipeline.\n\nConversation\n\nTurn 1 — User\n\nI want to build a minimal static blog engine in Rust. Start a new crate, pick a markdown library, and write the skeleton of the build step.\n\nTurn 1 — Assistant\n\nKicking off with cargo new --bin demo-blog-engine. For markdown I'll compare pulldown-cmark and comrak:\n\n- pulldown-cmark — tiny, pure-Rust, CommonMark-only, fast\n- comrak — full GFM (tables, strikethrough, task lists), slightly heavier\n\nSince we want something minimal, I'll start with pulldown-cmark and we can switch if we need GFM.\n\nTools used in this turn:\n- Bash: cargo new --bin demo-blog-engine — exit 0\n- Write: Cargo.toml\n\n \n\n- Write: src/main.rs\n\n \n\nTurn 2 — User\n\nGood. Add a Post struct that holds title, slug, date, and body, and wire up a function that reads a markdown file from content/ and returns a Post.\n\nTurn 2 — Assistant\n\nAdded src/post.rs with the struct and a Post::from_markdown_file(path) constructor. It parses a YAML-style frontmatter block (just the five keys we need), then feeds the remaining body through pulldown-cmark to get HTML.\n\nTools used in this turn:\n- Write: src/post.rs\n\n \n\n- Edit: src/main.rs — added mod post;\n- Read: src/main.rs (1–40)\n\nTurn 3 — User\n\nLet's test it. Drop a sample post into content/hello.md and run the build.\n\nTurn 3 — Assistant\n\nWrote a sample post and ran cargo run. First build took ~14s (clean), subsequent ~0.4s. Output HTML is being written to public/hello.html. Looking good.\n\nTools used in this turn:\n- Write: content/hello.md (5-line preview)\n- Bash: cargo run — exit 0\n\nConnections\n\n- demo-blog-engine — project\n- Rust — language\n- pulldown-cmark — markdown library\n- StaticSiteGeneration — concept",
  "sha256": "c912e6e5e0f24983",
  "source_url": "sessions/demo-blog-engine/scaffolding-the-rust-blog-engine.html"
}