How I turned my Obsidian vault into a static blog website

I keep most of my notes in Obsidian. I wanted a blog that worked the same way, where publishing a post means writing a note and nothing else. No server to run, no CMS to maintain. This is how I set it up. What is a static website? A static site is just a folder of files. When someone requests the page, the server hands back the file. There’s no database, or code running to assemble the page on request. This is important because there’s nothing server-side to exploit or keep patched. Because of the small footprint, it’s free to host, and lets you host your blog posts in Markdown. ...

November 10, 2026 · 3 min · 584 words · payloaf