From b253c7ca47420926820bdd59b1a2580ab9fe16cd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kat Inskip <kat@inskip.me>
Date: Sun, 9 Nov 2025 08:05:20 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] feat: categories for external

---
 content/external/external.toml | 21 +++++++++++++++------
 templates/external.html        | 27 ++++++++++++++++++---------
 2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/content/external/external.toml b/content/external/external.toml
index cf28ab7..2f55e5a 100644
--- a/content/external/external.toml
+++ b/content/external/external.toml
@@ -1,34 +1,43 @@
-[0-smart-questions]
+[categories.written]
+title = "Written"
+
+[categories.video]
+title = "Video"
+note = "If any of these videos disappear, reach out to me and I can provide you with a copy of them."
+
+[posts]
+
+[[posts.written]]
 title = "How To Ask Questions The Smart Way"
 author = "Eric S. Raymond, Rick Moen"
 permalink = "http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html"
 archive = "https://archive.ph/4Nsm2"
 
-[1-humanitys-endgame]
+[[posts.written]]
 title = "Humanity's Endgame"
 author = "Henry Wismayer"
 permalink = "https://www.noemamag.com/humanitys-endgame/"
 archive = "https://archive.ph/wvnUr"
 
-[2-if-all-the-world-were-a-monorepo]
+[[posts.written]]
 title = "If all the world were a monorepo"
 author = "Julie Tibshirani"
 permalink = "https://jtibs.substack.com/p/if-all-the-world-were-a-monorepo"
 archive = "https://archive.ph/5ZOw2"
 
-[3-microsoft-broke-my-voice]
+[[posts.video]]
 title = "Microsoft broke my voice"
 author = "a_lilian"
 permalink = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKcT-aQuIFs"
 suffix = "YouTube"
 
-[4-burn-after-watching]
+[[posts.video]]
 title = "Burn After Watching"
 author = "a_lilian"
 permalink = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IargH0hL-s"
 suffix = "YouTube"
 
-[5-lost-ephemera]
+[[posts.video]]
 title = "Lost Ephemera - The traces we left behind"
 author = "a_lilian"
 permalink = "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbg-Jjfw2Dg"
diff --git a/templates/external.html b/templates/external.html
index 0650686..71ecb5d 100644
--- a/templates/external.html
+++ b/templates/external.html
@@ -3,17 +3,26 @@
 {% block content %}
 <section id="blogposts">
   <h2>Things I find value in sharing</h2>
-  <ul>
   {% set data = load_data(path="content/external/external.toml") %}
-  {% for k, v in data %}
-  <li>
-    <article>
-        <a href="{{v.permalink | safe}}"><strong>{{ v.title }}</strong></a>
-        {% if v.author is defined %} by {{ v.author }}{% endif %}{% if v.archive is defined %} - <a href="{{v.archive}}">Archive</a> {% endif %}{% if v.suffix is defined %} ({{ v.suffix }}){% endif %}
-    </article>
-  </li>
+  {% for k, v in data.posts %}
+  <section>
+    {% set cat = data.categories[k] %}
+    <h3>{{ cat.title }}</h3>
+    {% if cat.note is defined %}
+    <p>{{ cat.note }}</p>
+    {% endif %}
+    <ul>
+    {% for kx in v %}
+    <li>
+      <article>
+          <a href="{{kx.permalink | safe}}"><strong>{{ kx.title }}</strong></a>
+          {% if kx.author is defined %} by {{ kx.author }}{% endif %}{% if kx.archive is defined %} - <a href="{{kx.archive}}">Archive</a> {% endif %}{% if kx.suffix is defined %} ({{ kx.suffix }}){% endif %}
+      </article>
+    </li>
+    {% endfor %}
+    </ul>
+  </section>
   {% endfor %}
-  </ul>
 </section>
 {% endblock content %}