Merge pull request #581 from typelevel/blog/typelevel-org-built-with-typelevel

Add blog post about new website

Author: armanbilge

src/blog/typelevel-org-built-with-typelevel.md

@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+{%
+  author: [${armanbilge}, ${valencik}]
+  date: "2026-02-18"
+  tags: [community]
+%}
+
+# typelevel.org built with Typelevel
+
+We are proud to share that our website is now built with [Laika], a Typelevel Organization project for generating static sites! As cool as it is that we are self-hosting, the intention of this revamp was to **make it easier for our community to develop and contribute to the website**. We [chose technologies](/colophon.md) that we hope balance familiarity and ease-of-use with functionality and stability. Notably, this new website can be generated in its entirety by running a Scala script: `scala build.scala`. Stay tuned for a future blog post that dives into the details, but for now you may peruse the [PR].
+
+Finally, we would like to express gratitude to our friends at 47 Degrees who generously built the [previous version](new-website-layout.md) of the website for us.
+
+## What’s next and how you can help
+
+Truthfully, so far this is a "minimally viable website" and we invite you to [help us iterate on it](https://github.com/typelevel/typelevel.github.com#get-started). Broadly, our goals are to explain:
+
+1. Who we are, and how you can join our community.
+2. What we build, and how you can use it.
+
+The next phase of development will largely focus on creating new content to support these goals (and the infrastructure to support that content). Here are a few ideas we have:
+
+* Educational and tutorial content to facilitate onboarding.
+    * How to **Get Started** with Typelevel using our [Toolkit].
+    * Curated pathways to **Learn** how to use Typelevel in different scenarios: web services, serverless, CLIs, UIs, etc.
+    * How to **Get Started Contributing** both to existing projects and also by publishing new libraries with [sbt-typelevel].
+* A **Typelevel Project Index** for exploring Organization and Affiliate projects, à la [Scaladex]. We are imagining a webapp built with [Calico], with features for browsing projects, finding version numbers, and scaffolding new applications.
+* Content-agnostic enhancements to the website itself.
+    * Upstreaming customizations from our build to Laika.
+    * Integrating [mdoc], for typechecking code.
+    * Improvements to layout, styling, and theme.
+
+We are accepting ideas and help in many forms! Please use our [issue tracker] and join the discussion on the [#website] channel in our Discord server.
+
+## In memoriam
+
+This project would not have been possible without [Jens Halm] and his [vision] for a documentation tool that is native to our ecosystem. Jens raised the bar for open source stewardship: beyond the technical excellence of his work on [Laika], he consistently published feature roadmaps, detailed issue and PR descriptions, and thorough documentation. Indeed, by creating a documentation tool that integrated so well with our tech stack, he has empowered *all* of us to become exemplary maintainers. Moreover, Jens' enthusiasm to support our community (including entertaining our numerous feature requests with in-depth responses full of context and design insights!) was his most generous gift to us.
+
+[Calico]: https://armanbilge.com/calico/
+[issue tracker]: https://github.com/typelevel/typelevel.github.com/issues
+[Jekyll]: https://jekyllrb.com/
+[Jens Halm]: https://github.com/jenshalm
+[Laika]: https://typelevel.org/Laika
+[mdoc]: https://scalameta.org/mdoc/
+[repository]: https://github.com/typelevel/typelevel.github.com#get-started
+[PR]: https://github.com/typelevel/typelevel.github.com/pull/576
+[sbt-typelevel]: https://typelevel.org/sbt-typelevel/
+[Scaladex]: https://index.scala-lang.org/
+[Toolkit]: https://typelevel.org/toolkit
+[vision]: https://typelevel.org/Laika/latest/01-about-laika/02-design-goals.html
+[#website]: https://discord.gg/krrdNdSDFf

src/colophon.md

@@ -33,3 +33,10 @@ The Typelevel logo is adapted from the ["Progress" Pride Flag][progress] by [Dan
 [progress]: https://progress.gay/
 [Daniel Quasar]: https://quasar.digital/
 [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0]: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
+
+## In memoriam
+
+[Laika] was created and lovingly maintained by [Jens Halm]. This website is possible thanks to his [vision] for a documentation tool that is native to our ecosystem. Jens raised the bar for open source stewardship: beyond the technical excellence of his work on Laika, he consistently published feature roadmaps, detailed issue and PR descriptions, and thorough documentation. Indeed, by creating a documentation tool that integrated so well with our tech stack, he has empowered *all* of us to become exemplary maintainers. Moreover, Jens' enthusiasm to support our community (including entertaining our numerous feature requests with in-depth responses full of context and design insights!) was his most generous gift to us.
+
+[Jens Halm]: https://github.com/jenshalm
+[vision]: https://typelevel.org/Laika/latest/01-about-laika/02-design-goals.html