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Simplify Blog Workflow for Kodi Studios Website

Nikolai Aristov
Digital Creator

Kodi Studios is an old website, it has gone through multiple iterations. Some were more successful than others. Started off with WordPress, then moved to more modern and sustainable solutions like Docusaurus. It really takes an effort to get website to good condition. However, if approached one step at a time, this big effort can be fully achieved.

One lesson is to not get overwhelmed. Tech stack changes every other year, but as long as you keep and control your content, you have the power to migrate, transform it.

Don't be afraid to start new website, even in 2026 with social media all around. Social media basically controls what it shows and what it doesn't. Your own website is your own presence on internet.

Accomplishments

Kodi Studios Website https://kodistudios.com

  • 🖼️ Blog
    Migrated to new blogging pattern that removes noise and allows creator to concentrate on blog content and message.
    One of core improvements is enabling markdown formatting, which improves readability not only for rendered blog pages, but also for original source markdown files. Super Excited for this improvement.
    Blogging can become a pleasant zen activity, rather than a battle with formatting utilities.
  • ⛵ Linters
    Added Linters and other Best Practices into Kodi Studios website. It should make it easier to maintain, update.

Switch Images to Cloudinary

Nikolai Aristov
Digital Creator

Finally found replacement of OneDrive with Cloudinary.

Accomplishments

Images Research

  • 🖼️ Cloudinary
    Created end-to-end Image solution for WebSites using Cloudinary. So far, I'm impressed with Cloudinary speed and ease of configuration. Hopefully, it will be a nice solution for WebSite Images and other assets.
    New Cloudinary asset manager scripts are available at:
    https://github.com/KodiStudios/cloudinary-embed

Upload New Images

Nikolai Aristov
Digital Creator

It turns out that OneDrive is rather slow to display images through shared URLs. Thus, I ventured onto journey to find alternatives to OneDrive.

Accomplishments

Images Research

  • 🖼️ Cloudify
    After real world testing of OneDrive as image provider through URLs, it turned out that OneDrive is extremely slow. Like it takes about 5 seconds to load a single image. Started to explore other providers. One promising solution is Cloudify. However, during my research, I ran out of VsCode Copilot Credits 😅 Which just shows how important AI utilities have become nowadays.

Update OneDrive Embed Project

Nikolai Aristov
Digital Creator

Of course a nice website needs to have great content, not only text but pictures. For personal website https://nikolaiaristov.com there needs to be a way to store pictures for it.

One of answers is OneDrive Embed Script. It allows users to store pictures on OneDrive and then reference them from their website.

Accomplishments

OneDrive Embed Script

  • 🖼️ Updated OneDrive Embed Project
    Tons of goodness, updated yarn, linting, TypeScript, testing
    Updated to use latest and greatest patterns
    Added OneDrive Api Integration test
    This allows to easily verify OneDrive Embed Script

Enter New Year 2026

Nikolai Aristov
Digital Creator

Welcome to a fresh new year at Kodi Studios. As we step into 2026 with the full momentum of AI, we are excited to roll out updates across both https://kodistudios.com and https://metroevolved.com. The latest version of the Tonivo App is now live, delivering even more value and delight for our users. We're looking forward to a year of amazing websites and inspiring apps. Here's to making 2026 a memorable year along with our users and community.

Accomplishments

Kodi Studios Website

  • 🛠️ Fixes
    Fixed Edit Links
    Fixed DNS
    Fixe Yaml Publish Pipeline

  • 📈 Updates
    Updated Kodi Studios Website to latest packages, including Docusaurus V3, TypeScript, Node.js, Yarn V4 etc.

Metro Evolved Website

  • 🖼️ New Logo
    Created New Logo for MetroEvolved website