Hello World

About Me

Hey folks! My name is Thompson Bear. I’m currently working on the Support Team @ Keyfactor helping clients manage and automate the certificate lifecycle using the Keyfactor Command platform. Previously I’ve also done Web Development and System/Cloud Engineering. I currently live in the US with my wife and 9 “children” (3 Dogs, 2 Cats, 2 Rats, 1 Tortoise, and 1 Snake). I’m also a bit of a violinist. 😅

Why the Blog

For a long time I have been wanting to have a place where I can write about the things I’m working on or am passionate about. It’s here! We’re living in the present! I also believe that the best way to learn something new is to write about it and share it with others. And, I’ll be honest, I love of learning new things, and if writing blog posts helps others learn too, all the better!

Blog Tech Stack

This blog site is made primarily using my favorite Javascript framework: Svelte, as well as MDSvex, and TailwindCSS. The repo is open source and the code is avaliable here. If you’d like to build a similar site for yourself, I recommend checking out Joy Of Code on YouTube and their blog post here.

What’s In Store

I plan to start my blogging journey by writing on some simpler topics that I can more easily wrap my head around, then I’ll likely start diving into some more challenging topics. I’d like to take my time with a few topics to make sure I can write some quality blog posts. Most exciting to me is to add interactive visuals to my posts to make the posts more than just words on a page. Soon, I’ll be sharing the blog publicly and adding a way to sign up for notifications, but let’s be honest, I’m going to need some posts first!