Dewayne VanHoozer

Dewayne VanHoozer - Personal Website

This repository contains the source code for my professional website at madbomber.github.io.

Technologies Used

• Bridgetown 2.1.0: Modern Ruby static site generator
• ERB Templates: Component-based templating
• esbuild: Fast JavaScript/CSS bundling
• GitHub Pages: Hosting and deployment
• GitHub Actions: Automated build and deploy

Project Structure

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├── config/                 # Configuration files
│   └── initializers.rb     # Site settings (URL, timezone, etc.)
├── frontend/               # Frontend assets
│   ├── javascript/         # JS entry points
│   └── styles/             # CSS files
├── plugins/                # Custom Ruby plugins
├── scripts/                # Utility scripts
│   └── find_mkdocs_repos.rb  # Sync projects from GitHub
├── src/                    # Source content
│   ├── _components/        # Reusable ERB components
│   │   └── shared/         # Shared components (navbar, etc.)
│   ├── _data/              # Data files (YAML)
│   │   ├── site_metadata.yml
│   │   └── projects.yml    # Auto-generated project data
│   ├── _layouts/           # Page layouts
│   ├── _partials/          # Partial templates
│   ├── _posts/             # Blog posts
│   └── images/             # Static images
├── output/                 # Built site (gitignored)
├── Gemfile                 # Ruby dependencies
└── package.json            # Node dependencies

Local Development

Prerequisites

• Ruby 3.2+ (tested with Ruby 4.0.0)
• Node.js 18+
• Bundler

Setup

# Install Ruby dependencies
bundle install

# Install Node dependencies
npm install

Development Server

bin/bridgetown start

The site will be available at http://localhost:4000 with live reload enabled.

Build for Production

bin/bridgetown build

Output is written to the output/ directory.

Other Commands

# Run tests
bundle exec rake

# Build frontend assets only
bin/bridgetown frontend:build

# Clean build artifacts
bin/bridgetown clean

Configuration

Site Metadata

Edit src/_data/site_metadata.yml to update:

• Site title and tagline
• Author information
• Navigation links
• Social media links

Site Settings

Edit config/initializers.rb to configure:

• Site URL
• Timezone
• Template engine
• Plugins

Adding Content

Pages

Create .md or .erb files in src/:

---
layout: page
title: My Page
---

Page content here...

Blog Posts

Create files in src/_posts/ with the naming convention:

YYYY-MM-DD-title-slug.md

Components

Create reusable components in src/_components/:

1. Ruby class: src/_components/shared/my_component.rb
2. ERB template: src/_components/shared/my_component.erb

Updating Projects from GitHub

The Projects page is dynamically generated from data synced from GitHub repositories. The script scans all non-forked MadBomber repos that contain a mkdocs.yml file (indicating documented projects).

Sync Project Data

ruby scripts/find_mkdocs_repos.rb

This script:

1. Fetches all non-forked repos from github.com/MadBomber
2. Filters for repos containing mkdocs.yml
3. Extracts project metadata (name, description, stars, language)
4. Writes to src/_data/projects.yml

The Projects page (src/projects.erb) automatically renders cards for all projects in this data file, sorted by star count.

Requirements

• GitHub CLI (gh) must be installed and authenticated
• Run periodically to keep project data fresh

Deployment

The site automatically deploys to GitHub Pages when changes are pushed to main via GitHub Actions (.github/workflows/bridgetown.yml).

Content Areas

Professional Focus

• Ruby on Rails development (18+ years)
• Technical leadership and team management
• AI/ML integration and prompt engineering
• Performance optimization and system scaling
• Healthcare technology and government contracts

Open Source Contributions

• prompt_manager: AI prompt management
• aia: Command-line AI assistant
• debug_me: Ruby debugging utilities
• Multiple additional Ruby gems and tools

Contact

• Email: dvanhoozer@duck.com
• LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/dewayne-vanhoozer
• GitHub: github.com/MadBomber
• Blog: madbomber.github.io/blog

License

Content is copyright Dewayne VanHoozer. Site code is MIT licensed.