move stuff from previous blog to content/ to test. walkdirs perfect

8 files changed, 177 insertions, 26 deletions

diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4d35cc9..8dd6643 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -3,10 +3,18 @@
 version = 4
 
 [[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.104"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "330a5ed07fa54e4702c9d6c4174f74427fc0ef6e214bbd677ae50a5099946470"
+
+[[package]]
 name = "lavender"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
  "markdown",
+ "walkdir",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -19,7 +27,50 @@ dependencies = [
 ]
 
 [[package]]
+name = "same-file"
+version = "1.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "93fc1dc3aaa9bfed95e02e6eadabb4baf7e3078b0bd1b4d7b6b0b68378900502"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
 name = "unicode-id"
 version = "0.3.7"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "65dd75ab2d9d379dbe86d4059e91d8b5a6e7054865eaba1ddbfc7a817ff96392"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "walkdir"
+version = "2.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "29790946404f91d9c5d06f9874efddea1dc06c5efe94541a7d6863108e3a5e4b"
+dependencies = [
+ "same-file",
+ "winapi-util",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-util"
+version = "0.1.11"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c2a7b1c03c876122aa43f3020e6c3c3ee5c05081c9a00739faf7503aeba10d22"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-sys",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-link"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f0805222e57f7521d6a62e36fa9163bc891acd422f971defe97d64e70d0a4fe5"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-sys"
+version = "0.61.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ae137229bcbd6cdf0f7b80a31df61766145077ddf49416a728b02cb3921ff3fc"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-link",
+]
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 8ce1bae..150d656 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,4 +4,6 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2024"
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.104"
 markdown = "1.0.0"
+walkdir = "2.5.0"
diff --git a/content/about.md b/content/about.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e749fec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/about.md
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
++++
+title = "About verade"
+date = 2026-05-24 
+toc = true
+header = false
++++
+
+I am Venkata Rao Dechiraju, A Low-Level Perfomance Developer based off 🇮🇳, I heavily fw Compilers, Motorsports and Low Level Programming.
+
+You can find all the weird stuff i do on [my github](https://github.com/veradec/) (Even though I am trying to move to something like codeberg)
+
+I hope you find yourself intriguied after reading through my posts -- that's the intention of the whole website.
+
+
+(Just because I use em-dashes doesn't mean it wasn't written by LLMs, I find the concept of em-dashes rather convenient, and I find myself at positions against LLMs for menial tasks such as writing blog posts, so cheers!)
+
+Contact: 
+
+Mail -> venkatraodechiraju@gmail.com  
diff --git a/content/index.md b/content/index.md
index 67a1ce9..e70e3b7 100644
--- a/content/index.md
+++ b/content/index.md
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 +++
-date=27/10/2026
 title=Page Generated by Lavendar
 description=This page is generated by lavendar
 +++
diff --git a/content/posts/drum-sequencer.md b/content/posts/drum-sequencer.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..459498c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/posts/drum-sequencer.md
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
++++
+title = "Making a Drum Sequencer"
+date = 2026-05-27
++++
+
+I always looked at Teenage Engineering and thought it was pretty cool and given I have a sem break right now, I thought I can make one too. shouldn't be hard right?  
+and after i started composing music, Techno was a genre I always wanted to try but i couldn't, and then an idea popped up, maybe I can create a suite of instruments  
+
+> a Synth  
+       
+> a Drum Sequencer  
+
+> a Vocoder  
+
+and start making techno on them? Sounds nice innit?  
+<br>
+
+# The Design
+I wanted the design to look a little retro 80's esque, and I wanted it to be little simpler (because I will have suite of appliances to generate different sounds, so would rather have one that is simple and does it job well)
+and I drew a few sketches and ended with something that looks very nice
+<div style="display: flex; justify-content: center;">
+  <img src="/dq_sketch.png" alt="Drum Sequencer Rough Sketch" style="transform: rotate(-90deg); width: 50%;" />
+</div>
+
+# The Prototyping
+with the _beautifully_ crafted picture in hand, now the plan is to prototype
+
+
+I needed around 16 Buttons -- which I am going to pull of some keyboards i archived (They paid off innit?).  
+
+I might need to get some more potentiometers and find a way to make a matrix the LEDs and Buttons, Once That is done, Getting the whole thing shouldn't be that tough (atleast I hope it isn't)  
+
+
+<!-- -- 28 May 02:00 AM   -->
+
+<!-- I am about to order stuff from flyrobo and i found this website called [ifuturetech](https://ifuturetech.org) which i am really unsure is legitimate, but yes. I might order from it, the total cost excluding the MicroProcessor and the Speaker (which i might borrow from a friend for prototyping) come around to 616.   -->
+
+<!-- Including the speaker and the MCU let's call it a even 900? and then the chassis -- with a good cnc machine and alumium -- would roll everything up to a nice 1500 - 1700? That still is cheaper than Teenage Engineering or any SOTA, selling it for around 2400-2500 should make up some good profit. this is getting exciting.   -->
+
+<!-- I look forward to any outliers that would increase the cost by 10x -- i don't see a reason something like this would but yes. -->
diff --git a/content/posts/hello.md b/content/posts/hello.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..11b7136
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/posts/hello.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++++
+title = "Hello, World"
+date = 2026-05-24 
++++
+
+a (hopefully) final revamp of the website, given it's not very ugly to look at now, maybe i'll start writing more here? i ain't sure about that and yes, i'll be copying all the content from the previous website here, so i'll not lose what was 
diff --git a/content/posts/not-all-hackathons-are-built-the-same.md b/content/posts/not-all-hackathons-are-built-the-same.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e38ad43
--- /dev/null
+++ b/content/posts/not-all-hackathons-are-built-the-same.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
++++
+title = "Not all Hackathons are built the same"
+date = 2026-08-17
++++
+
+not all hackathons are the same, ffs, some of them are pretty fuckin dumb
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 448e704..32f3340 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,35 +1,44 @@
 #![allow(unused)]
+use anyhow::Result;
 use markdown;
 use std::env;
 use std::fs;
-use std::path::PathBuf;
+use std::path::Path;
+use walkdir::WalkDir;
 
 struct File {
     file_name: String,
-    parent_directory: String,
     date: String,
+    toc: bool,
+    header: bool,
     title: String,
     description: String,
     content: String,
 }
 
-fn meta_data_extractor(content: &str) -> (String, String, String) {
+fn meta_data_extractor(content: &str) -> (String, String, String, bool, bool) {
     let lines = content.lines();
     let mut date: String = "".to_string();
     let mut title: String = "".to_string();
     let mut desc: String = "".to_string();
-
+    let mut toc: bool = true;
+    let mut header: bool = true;
     for line in lines {
         let meta_data = line.split('=').collect::<Vec<&str>>();
-        match meta_data[0] {
+        match meta_data[0].trim_start().trim_end() {
             "date" => date = meta_data[1].to_string(),
             "title" => title = meta_data[1].to_string(),
             "description" => desc = meta_data[1].to_string(),
-            &_ => println!(""),
+            // "toc" => println!("{}", meta_data[1].to_string().trim_start().trim_end()),
+            // "header" => println!("{}", meta_data[1].to_string().trim_start().trim_end()),
+            "" => (),
+            &_ => println!(
+                "Header not found |{}|",
+                meta_data[0].trim_start().trim_end()
+            ),
         }
     }
-
-    return (date, title, desc);
+    return (date, title, desc, toc, header);
 }
 
 fn markdown_to_html(path: String, content: String) -> File {
@@ -50,35 +59,54 @@ fn markdown_to_html(path: String, content: String) -> File {
     let mut date: String;
     let mut title: String;
     let mut description: String;
-
-    (date, title, description) = meta_data_extractor(meta_data);
+    let mut toc: bool;
+    let mut header: bool;
+    (date, title, description, toc, header) = meta_data_extractor(meta_data);
     // println!("{meta_data}\n\n");
 
     let html = markdown::to_html(&content[end + 7..]);
-    let file_name = std::path::Path::new(&path).file_name().unwrap();
+    let file_name = std::path::Path::new(&path).display().to_string();
+
     return File {
-        file_name: file_name.to_str().unwrap().to_string(),
-        parent_directory: path,
+        file_name: file_name,
         date: date,
         title: title,
         description: description,
         content: html,
+        toc: toc,
+        header: header,
     };
 }
 
-fn main() {
+fn get_html_from_file(path: &Path) -> File {
+    // println!("{}", path.display());
+    let contents_read = fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap();
+    let f: File = markdown_to_html(path.display().to_string(), contents_read);
+    println!("file_name: {}\ncontent:\n{}\n", f.file_name, f.content);
+    println!("-------------------------------------");
+    f
+}
+
+fn main() -> Result<()> {
     // let contents_path = std::path::Path::new("./content/index.md");
-    let path = "./content/index.md";
-    // let path = std::env::current_dir()
-    //     .unwrap()
-    //     .into_os_string()
-    //     .into_string();
+    // let path = "./content/";
+    let content_path = Path::new("content/");
+
+    for file in WalkDir::new("content/").into_iter().filter_map(|e| e.ok()) {
+        let file_name = file.file_name().to_string_lossy();
+        if file_name.ends_with(".md") {
+            // println!("{}", file.path().display());
+            get_html_from_file(file.path());
+        }
+    }
+
     // println!("File parent_directory: {}", path);
 
-    let contents_read = fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap();
-    let f: File = markdown_to_html(path.to_string(), contents_read);
-    println!(
-        "file_name: {}\npath:{}\ncontent:\n{}\n",
-        f.file_name, f.parent_directory, f.content
-    );
+    // let contents_read = fs::read_to_string(path).unwrap();
+    // let f: File = markdown_to_html(path.to_string(), contents_read);
+    // println!(
+    //     "file_name: {}\npath:{}\ncontent:\n{}\n",
+    //     f.file_name, f.parent_directory, f.content
+    // );
+    Ok(())
 }