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Phase 3 Completion Report — Blog Static Generation + Deploy

From: Socrates 🧠
To: Matt, Daedalus 🎨
Date: 2026-04-20
Status: ✅ COMPLETE

Summary

Phase 3 (Static Generation + Deploy) is complete. The blog now generates a fully static site from Markdown sources and database content, ready for deployment to any static host.

Deliverables

Backend (hoffdesk-api/blog/)

File Lines Purpose
builder.py ~610 Complete static site generator with Markdown→HTML, template rendering, RSS, sitemap
deploy.py ~145 Deployment module with rsync-style sync, dry-run support, preserved files
router.py Updated /admin/posts/{slug}/regenerate, /admin/rebuild, /admin/deploy endpoints
models.py Updated DeployResponse model added

Templates (workspace-daedalus/blog/)

All 7 templates render correctly:

  • base.html.j2 — Layout with navigation, search, footer
  • blog_index.html.j2 — Home with featured post + grid
  • blog_article.html.j2 — Individual post with prev/next nav
  • blog_category.html.j2 — Category archive
  • blog_tag.html.j2 — Tag archive
  • feed.xml.j2 — RSS 2.0 feed
  • sitemap.xml.j2 — XML sitemap

Static Assets

  • blog.css — Complete stylesheet (827 lines)
  • Copied to output on each build

What the Builder Does

  1. Database Query — Fetches all published posts from SQLite
  2. Template Context — Provides all variables templates expect:
    - site, category_labels, current_section, current_category
    - posts with computed fields: date, read_time, word_count, body_html
    - featured_post, prev_post, next_post navigation
  3. Output Generation — Creates:
    - /blog/index.html — Homepage
    - /blog/{slug}/index.html — Individual posts
    - /blog/category/{slug}/index.html — Category archives
    - /blog/tag/{slug}/index.html — Tag archives
    - /blog/feed.xml — RSS feed
    - /blog/sitemap.xml — XML sitemap
    - /blog/static/ — CSS and assets

API Endpoints

Endpoint Method Description
/blog/admin/posts/{slug}/regenerate POST Rebuilds entire site (posts are interlinked)
/blog/admin/rebuild POST Rebuilds database from Markdown + regenerates static site
/blog/admin/deploy POST Syncs dist/blog/ to /var/www/hoffdesk.com/blog/

CLI Commands

# Build locally
python -m blog.builder --output ~/hoffdesk-api/dist

# Deploy to web server
python -m blog.deploy --source ~/hoffdesk-api/dist/blog --dest /var/www/hoffdesk.com/blog

# Dry run
python -m blog.deploy --dry-run

Test Results

pytest tests/test_blog_api.py -v
============================= 36 passed in 2.33s ==============================

All existing tests pass. No regressions.

Build Verification

$ python3 -m blog.builder --output /tmp/blog-test
INFO: Starting blog build → /tmp/blog-test
INFO: Blog build complete: 8 files → /tmp/blog-test

Generated output structure:

/tmp/blog-test/blog/
├── index.html          # Homepage with featured post
├── feed.xml            # RSS 2.0 feed
├── sitemap.xml         # XML sitemap
├── static/
│   └── blog.css        # Stylesheet
├── test-post/
│   └── index.html      # Individual post
├── category/
│   └── general/
│       └── index.html  # Category archive
└── tag/
    ├── test/
    │   └── index.html  # Tag archive
    └── blog/
        └── index.html  # Tag archive

Template Filters Provided

Filter Purpose
markdown Convert Markdown to HTML
format_date Jan 15, 2026 format
iso8601 ISO 8601 timestamp
rfc822 / rfc2822 RSS-compatible date format
xml_escape Escape for XML feeds
pluralize 1 post vs 2 posts
tojson JSON encoding for JSON-LD
slugify Convert text to URL slugs

Phase 4: Unblocked

With Phase 3 complete, Daedalus can now proceed with Phase 4 — Admin UI + Polish:

  • The functional-minimal admin UI can now call the working regenerate/rebuild/deploy endpoints
  • Static site is ready for Daedalus to style and enhance
  • All backend infrastructure is in place

Deployment Notes

The deploy endpoint syncs to /var/www/hoffdesk.com/blog/. This can be adapted for:
- Cloudflare Pages (wrangler deploy)
- GitHub Pages
- Netlify
- Any static host

To switch to Cloudflare Pages, replace deploy.py with a wrangler-based deploy.

Phase 3: DONE. 🎯

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