Jan Miksovsky is a veteran software designer and engineer, founder of multiple companies, and creator of innovative projects like Web Origami and Elix, blending programming, design, and independent web technologies.
14 articles from this blog
Map-based trees in Zig June 24, 2026 For a while now I’ve used a reference blog called #pondlife to explore various tools and ideas for constructing s
A technical comparison of code conciseness between Web Origami and Eleventy static site generators using a sample blog project.
Compares code vs configuration in static site generators using a blog feed example in Web Origami and Eleventy.
A technical comparison of Web Origami and Eleventy static site generators, focusing on code vs. configuration for structuring a blog.
A technical comparison of building a blog with Web Origami vs. Eleventy, arguing that code is easier than configuration for static sites.
Proposal for a shared Electron library to simplify OAuth authentication and deployment to Netlify and similar static site hosts.
A year-end review of the Web Origami project's 2025 goals, covering community growth, feature development, and technical challenges.
Explores extending JavaScript's Map class to create a FileMap for file system interaction and discusses building a custom build system.
A guide to building a simple blog in Python using lazy, Origami-inspired concepts and Python 3.14's async features.
Origami expression language shifts to a JavaScript dialect, adding paths and async features for concise web development and shell scripting.
Comparing four implementations of a static blog site, focusing on the conciseness of Origami expressions versus traditional JavaScript and frameworks like Astro.
Using the async-tree library to reduce the code size of a minimalist JavaScript static site generator, focusing on abstraction and shared utilities.
A developer explains how to build a minimalist, zero-dependency static site generator from scratch using plain JavaScript objects and functions.
A developer critiques the complexity of static site generators like Astro for simple blogs, based on a hands-on porting project.
