diff --git a/posts/build_a_blog.md b/posts/build_a_blog.md
index b588bb4..46f4ccb 100644
--- a/posts/build_a_blog.md
+++ b/posts/build_a_blog.md
@@ -1,24 +1,21 @@
 Title:  Build-a-blog
 Date:   2024-06-17T14:46:36-04:00
 ---
-I want to share my thought process for how to go about building a static blog generator from scratch.
+I want to share my thought process for how to go about building something from scratch in a stream-of-conciousness/live coding sort of format.
 
-There will be nothing ground breaking here - in fact this software will not be good. So turn back now if you're expecting the new [Hugo][hugo].
+So for the first stupid post on this stupid blog, I've set a goal to take 1 afternoon + caffeine + some DIY spirit → _something_ resembling a static site/blog generator to build this website.
 
-Actually you should probably stop reading and just use [Hugo][Hugo].
+There will be nothing ground breaking here - in fact this software will not be good.
 
-In case you are still interested, the goal is to take 1 afternoon + caffeine + some DIY spirit → _something_ resembling a static site/blog generator.
-
-And I hope by the end of this post you might be inspired to build your own generation scripts, maybe in a new language you always wanted to try.
+But if you decide to continue reading, I hope by the end of this post you might be inspired to re-invent your own wheel for the fun of it. Or don't and just use [Hugo][hugo].
 
 Lets see how hard this will be.
 
 Here are the requirements for this blog:
 
-* Generate an index with recent list of posts.
 * Generate each individual post written in markdown -> html
-    * Support some metadata in each post
-    * A post title should have a slug
+* Generate an index with recent list of posts.
+    * Will need some metadata (ex. date) in each post to do this.
 * Generate RSS
 
 That boils down to:
@@ -76,7 +73,7 @@ First, lets read 1 post file and render some html.
 
 I'll store posts in `posts/` like `posts/build_a_blog.md`.
 
-And we'll store the HTML output in the same directory: `posts/build_a_blog.html`.
+And store the HTML output in the same directory: `posts/build_a_blog.html`.
 
 ```python
 import re
@@ -106,7 +103,7 @@ if __name__ == '__main__':
 	render_post('posts/build_a_blog.md')
 ```
 
-And if we run it.
+And run it:
 
 ```shell
 ❯ python3 ./main.py
@@ -249,13 +246,13 @@ def render_post(fpath):
 	}
 ```
 
-Now we have what we need to generate a complete index.
+Now I have what I need to generate the index page.
 
 ### Index templating
 
 Lets start by defining what our index template file will be.
 
-I'll choose `index.html.tmpl` and after rendering we will write to `index.html`.
+I'll choose `index.html.tmpl` which will write to `index.html` when rendered.
 
 So lets make a function that will take a list of our post structure above and render it in a `<ul>`.
 
@@ -302,7 +299,7 @@ Make sure that `index.html.tmpl` contains a template variable for `${posts}`
   <div class="col-md-4 col-sm-12">
 ```
 
-And we now need to connect `render_posts()` which returns each post that was processed to `render_index()`
+And now need to connect `render_posts()` which returns each post that was processed to `render_index()`
 
 ```python
 def render_posts():
@@ -483,7 +480,7 @@ def render_post(fpath):
 	render_template('index.html.tmpl', destpath, {'content': out, 'more_title': ' - ' + title})
 ```
 
-At this point we have functioning blog post generation with templating.
+This is now a functioning blog generator with templating!
 
 
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