Abel Creates (abelcreates.com)

Personal website, portfolio, and blog built with Jekyll and Ruby, automatically deployed to GitHub Pages via GitHub Actions.

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🚀 Quick Start (Local Development)

1. Prerequisites

Ensure you have Ruby 3.3+ and Bundler installed. If using rbenv:

rbenv install 3.3.8 # (if not already installed)

2. Install Dependencies

bundle install

3. Start Local Development Server

bundle exec jekyll serve --livereload

Open http://127.0.0.1:4000 in your browser.

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✍️ Writing New Posts

Add new markdown files in _posts/ with the filename format YYYY-MM-DD-post-title.md:

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layout: post
title: "My New Article"
date: 2026-08-13 14:00:00 -0400
description: "Brief summary of the article."
categories: [Engineering, Cloud]
tags: [ruby, jekyll]
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Your post content here in Markdown...