Taxonomy

In the previous post, I promised to share what’s been happening with the project over the past few days. Time to deliver — here you go!

And the first thing I want to share: have you noticed the changes in the blog? Noticed? Noticed, huh?!

That’s right. Now every post has a little cloud of “breadcrumbs” — tags and buttons — clicking on which takes you to the corresponding topic, rubric, or section. Posts are no longer just a chronological feed — they’ve gained navigation.

Taxonomy #

Behind this is a thing called taxonomy — a content classification mechanism built into Hugo. The idea is simple: each post can be assigned a set of labels along different axes — tags, rubrics, categories, whatever you like. Hugo automatically generates pages for each label, gathering all related materials on them. Essentially — an automatic directory that builds itself as the blog fills with content.

Why It Matters #

The range of topics I write about is growing. The number of posts is increasing. And when you want to find something specific or remember what I’ve already written on a given topic — it gets tough. Scrolling through the feed top to bottom looking for the right post is a dubious pleasure.

I decided to bring some order and add a bit of structure to what’s starting to turn into chaos. Now if you’re interested in the latest project news — you go straight to “Project Chronicles.” If reflections on information freedom and digital borders are more your thing — you get exactly that, without having to wade through the tedious details of the project’s technical grind.

Side Effect #

There’s another bonus, a less obvious one.

A taxonomy is a mirror. It immediately shows which topics are covered densely and which are barely touched. I try to write about everything at once and do it more or less evenly across all directions. But I know — sometimes I get carried away. You dive into some rabbit hole — and suddenly there are five posts in a row about data storage architecture, while everything else is silence.

Taxonomy, in this sense, offers a degree of self-control. Open a rubric, look at the post count — and you can see right away where things are skewed and where attention should go next time.

You can view all publications by rubric here.