Where did the Source Code Go?

This website used to be open source on GitHub, but I made the decision to pull it down. This is made due to several reasons:

• The git commit history is a bit too revealing. Sometimes I may take down things on the website due to privacy reasons, but being open source also means that I have to clean all the git commit history as well. The amount of Stack Overflow questions about git should tell you that this is tedious.
• You can view drafts and unfinished blogs on GitHub. Sometimes I jot down ideas that I would like potentially flesh out into blogs in the repository, and being open source means that these things are public. Obviously I could go with a note-taking app for this, but it’s more convenient to write directly into the blog folder.
• It is a maintenance burden. I have to make sure that none of the files in the repository contain private information, that the site is buildable for others should they wish to test things, etc. Not publishing the source on GitHub allows me to focus on the actual content of the site more.

If you need anything from the source files, feel free to contact me, and I’ll provide it for you. Otherwise, the privacy promises of no tracking still holds, but you’ll have to rely on Firefox and uBlock Origin to verify as opposed to looking through the source code (which nobody does anyway).

Happy new years!