Platform R&D

A minimalistic open source portfolio and blogging platform built with Pelican, a Python static site generator.

Overview

This is the source for platformrnd.com — a showcase of open source projects and platform engineering work by Aziz Kurbanov.

Live site: https://platformrnd.com

Projects Featured

• robotics-k8s-infra — Production-grade Kubernetes platform for cloud/edge robotics with KubeEdge, ROS2, ArgoCD, and Cilium
• urlstatus — Distributed health-check and monitoring service for infrastructure
• fizmatmod — Physics and mathematical modeling library for computational simulation
• esddns — Enterprise-scale DNS and distributed naming service

Tech Stack

• Static Site Generator: Pelican (Python)
• Styling: Custom minimalistic CSS
• Deployment: GitHub Pages via GitHub Actions
• Content Format: Markdown

Directory Structure

platformrnd.com/
├── content/                    # Markdown articles and pages
│   ├── robotics-k8s-infra.md
│   ├── urlstatus.md
│   ├── fizmatmod.md
│   ├── esddns.md
│   └── pages/
│       └── about.md
├── theme/                      # Custom Pelican theme
│   ├── static/
│   │   └── style.css
│   └── templates/
│       ├── base.html
│       ├── index.html
│       ├── page.html
│       ├── article.html
│       └── index_page.html
├── .github/workflows/
│   └── publish.yml             # GitHub Actions automation
├── pelicanconf.py              # Pelican configuration
├── requirements.txt            # Python dependencies
├── CNAME                        # Custom domain file
└── README.md

Setup & Development

Prerequisites

• Python 3.10+
• pip

Installation

pip install -r requirements.txt

Build Locally

pelican content -o output -s pelicanconf.py

The generated site will be in the output/ directory.

Development Server

pelican -l content -o output -s pelicanconf.py

This watches for changes and rebuilds automatically (requires livereload plugin).

Adding Content

Create a New Article

Add a new Markdown file in content/:

Title: Article Title
Date: 2025-11-23
Category: Open Source Projects
Tags: tag1, tag2, tag3
Slug: article-slug

Article content here...

Create a New Page

Add a new Markdown file in content/pages/:

Title: Page Title
Date: 2025-11-23
Slug: page-slug

Page content here...

Deployment

This repository uses GitHub Actions to automatically build and deploy the site to GitHub Pages.

Workflow: .github/workflows/publish.yml

When you push to the main branch:

1. GitHub Actions checks out the code
2. Installs Python dependencies
3. Builds the Pelican site
4. Deploys to the gh-pages branch
5. GitHub Pages serves the site

GitHub Pages Configuration

Ensure your repository settings have:

• Source: Deploy from a branch
• Branch: gh-pages (auto-created by the workflow)
• Folder: / (root)

Customization

Theme

Edit theme/static/style.css for styling changes.

Edit theme/templates/ files for HTML layout changes.

Site Configuration

Edit pelicanconf.py to customize:

• Site name, author, URL
• Timezone
• Theme
• Plugins

Domain

The CNAME file points to platformrnd.com. Update it if using a different domain.

License

Content and design © 2025 Aziz Kurbanov. See individual project repositories for their respective licenses.

Author

Aziz Kurbanov

• GitHub: https://github.com/sqe
• Website: https://platformrnd.com