I have been tinkering with my server since 2017. In that time I have learned a lot of lessons the hard way. From not backing up data properly, to not testing before committing changes. This page acts as a repo for some of the weirdest and funniest issues that I have encountered.
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Quartz 4 wont delete deleted files
9/16/25
This issue is actuality about updating this very website. When I was first creating the Homelab page I first created a folder called “Homelab” to store sub pages in. But I realized that I cant have a folder and a page with the same name. So I renamed the “Homelab” folder to “Homelab Posts” and then rebuilt the website. I then found that the “Homelab” page was still a folder for some reason. After several rebuilds that included editing both the quartz.config.ts and the quartz.layout.ts I found the issue. The /Quartz/public folder does not reflect files that are deleted in /Quartz/content. So after deleting everything in /Quartz/public and building yet again the changes were finally reflected in the built site and I was able to push the changes.