Iām stripĀping out catĀeĀgories. On my blog, I had a two-tier catĀeĀgoĀrizaĀtion scheme for arĀtiĀcles. Broad topĀics called catĀeĀgories; and smaller, speĀciļ¬c topĀics called tags. A topic on JavaScript might be catĀeĀgoĀrized as JavaScript and tagged as seĀcuĀrity, es6, and so on.
This was very cumĀberĀsome to mainĀtain not just as an edĀiĀtor, but also as a deĀvelĀoper. So I deĀcided to take a look at my Plausible anĀaĀlytĀics and ļ¬nd out if anyĀone had ever even visĀited a catĀeĀgory page. Turns outā¦ not a sinĀgle visit! Tags? Yes. Categories? No.
In this process, I reĀalĀized many of my arĀtiĀcles also had the same catĀeĀgory and tag - for exĀamĀple, 11ty, or JavaScript.
A deĀciĀsion was made to reĀmove catĀeĀgories enĀtirely from my site. Now I just use tags, and use 11tyās in built methĀods for tags as opĀposed to mainĀtainĀing my own. After all, that is the whole point of usĀing an SSG built and mainĀtained by someĀone else.