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-this is the source for Colin's landing page on the net. mostly it holds a blog plus some outlinks.
+this is the source for Colin's [homepage](https://uninsane.org) on the net. mostly it holds a blog plus some outlinks.
 
 Building
 ========
 
-install [Zola](https://www.getzola.org). then build:
-
-```sh
-$ zola build
-```
-
+just use `make`.
 the output will be in `public/`. the relevant parts of that output should be linked into the root of whatever software (e.g. nginx) is serving the site.
+to preview the site, run `make preview` and open the URL from the output.
+
+optionally, build this from nix using either `nix build`, or `nix develop` and then running make commands inside the shell.
+
+prerequisites: see `flake.nix`, but for now it's just [Zola](https://www.getzola.org) and GNU make.
+
+