Abolish unicode

Author: cb341

.github/workflows/ci.yml

@@ -14,5 +14,6 @@ jobs:
         with:
           ruby-version: "3.3"
           bundler-cache: true
+      - run: bin/check_unicode
       - run: bundle exec jekyll build
       - run: bin/htmlproofer

_config.yml

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ date_format: "%d.%m.%Y"
 markdown: kramdown
 kramdown:
   syntax_highlighter: none
+  smart_quotes: ["apos", "apos", "quot", "quot"]
+  typographic_symbols: {mdash: "--", ndash: "--", hellip: "...", laquo: "<<", raquo: ">>", laquo_space: "<< ", raquo_space: " >>"}
 
 plugins:
   - jekyll-sitemap

_layouts/base.html

@@ -130,21 +130,21 @@ <h1>{% include navlink.html href="/" label="CB341.DEV" %}</h1>
       {{ content }}
       <nav role="navigation" aria-label="Post navigation">
         <hr>
-        <a href="https://github.com/cb341/cb341.github.io/blob/main/{{ page.path }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GitHub &nearr;</a>
+        <a href="https://github.com/cb341/cb341.github.io/blob/main/{{ page.path }}" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">GitHub</a>
         {%- if page.date %}
         {% if page.previous %}
-        | <a href="{{ page.previous.url }}">&larr; {{ page.previous.title }}</a>
+        | <a href="{{ page.previous.url }}">< {{ page.previous.title }}</a>
         {% endif %}
         {% if page.next %}
-        | <a href="{{ page.next.url }}">{{ page.next.title }} &rarr;</a>
+        | <a href="{{ page.next.url }}">{{ page.next.title }} ></a>
         {% endif %}
         {%- endif -%}
       </nav>
     </main>
 
     <footer role="contentinfo">
       <hr>
-      <p><small>&copy; {{ "now" | date: "%Y" }} cb341. Licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 4.0</a>.</small></p>
+      <p><small>(c) {{ "now" | date: "%Y" }} cb341. Licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CC BY 4.0</a>.</small></p>
       <a href="https://discord.com/users/456151064484249612" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Discord</a>
       |
       <a href="https://mastodon.social/deck/@cb341" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Mastodon</a>

_posts/2022-07-01-post-1.md

@@ -164,17 +164,18 @@ I separated the ECS components into specific modules to structure the Bevy proje
 
 ```
 src
-├── client
-│   ├── components.rs
-│   ├── events.rs
-│   ├── main.rs
-│   ├── resources.rs
-│   └── systems.rs
-├── lib.rs
-└── server
-    ├── main.rs
-    ├── resources.rs
-    └── systems.rs
+src/
+  client/
+    components.rs
+    events.rs
+    main.rs
+    resources.rs
+    systems.rs
+  lib.rs
+  server/
+    main.rs
+    resources.rs
+    systems.rs
 ```
 
 Defining various entry points is as simple as adding this to the `Cargo.toml` file:

_posts/2024-03-07-bevy-multiplayer.md

@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ This method of HTML updates stands out for its transparency and simplicity. Firs
 
 Before introducing turbo, we added a simple event listener to reset the Form after the data has been sent to the server. We now need to bring the functionality back, but without reusing the old code. We could use a turbo-stream to reset the form or even a turbo-frame, but rather than using that, I decided to use another library of the Hotwire framework, namely Stimulus:
 
-> Stimulus is a JavaScript framework with modest ambitions. It doesn't seek to take over your entire front-end—in fact, it's not concerned with rendering HTML at all. Instead, it's designed to augment your HTML with just enough behavior to make it shine.
+> Stimulus is a JavaScript framework with modest ambitions. It doesn't seek to take over your entire front-end -- in fact, it's not concerned with rendering HTML at all. Instead, it's designed to augment your HTML with just enough behavior to make it shine.
 >
 > [https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/](https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/ "https://stimulus.hotwired.dev/")
 

_posts/2024-08-03-hotwire-outside-rails.md

@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ Let each project define its own aliases and functions in a small `local_zsh` fil
 Example structure:
 
 ```tree
-├── project_1
-│   └── local_zsh
-└── project_2
-    └── local_zsh
+project_1/
+  local_zsh
+project_2/
+  local_zsh
 ```
 
 In your `.zshrc`:

_posts/2025-08-08-local-zsh.md

@@ -47,6 +47,6 @@ It is more about shaping than building line by line. It gives me a lot of flexib
 
 Agents are great when they work. They produce code very quickly, but debugging can be quite a nightmare. The other day I spent time debugging an ERB file that was causing the linter to fail, only to realize the agent had used Windows line endings for some reason.
 
-I am constantly catching agents silently ignoring errors, adding `rescue nil` statements, removing unit tests after they have been failing for too long, and straight up LYING about what they have done. I also hate the marketing jargon and the never ending "You're absolutely correct ✅".
+I am constantly catching agents silently ignoring errors, adding `rescue nil` statements, removing unit tests after they have been failing for too long, and straight up LYING about what they have done. I also hate the marketing jargon and the never ending "You're absolutely correct".
 
 I do not really like AI, but I do not want to fall behind the competition either. I want to learn the boundaries of what AI can and cannot do. I do not want to run on autopilot, blindly accepting all suggestions and producing functional but not craftsmanlike, mediocre software. I want to build good software, have fun doing it, and actually understand what I am building. I am making many mistakes and I hope that I'll learn from them eventually, Simon.

_posts/2025-10-25-editor-journey.md

@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -e
+
+# Check for non-ASCII characters in markdown and html source files.
+
+if rg --glob "*.md" --glob "*.html" --ignore-file=<(echo "_site\n.git") '[^\x00-\x7F]' .; then
+  echo "Non-ASCII characters found (see above)."
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "No non-ASCII characters found."

bin/check_unicode

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ <h3><a href="{{ post.url }}">{{ post.title }}</a></h3>
       <div>
         <em><time datetime="{{ post.date | date_to_xmlschema }}">{{ post.date | date: site.date_format }}</time></em>
         {%- if post.tags %}
-        &mdash;
+        --
         {%- for tag in post.tags %}
         <a href="/blog/tags/#{{ tag }}">{{ tag }}</a>{%- unless forloop.last %}, {%- endunless %}
         {%- endfor %}