Three Minor Releases, One Major Leap for Subspace Builder
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For the longest time, sharing code from GitHub meant screenshotting or pasting raw snippets into Markdown. Both options felt brittle—screenshots hide the text from RSS readers, while copy-pastes drift out of sync the minute the upstream file changes. I wanted the readability of Emgithub, the SEO of server-side rendering, and zero third-party JavaScript.
That mix finally landed this week: a {% github %} shortcode that fetches code at build time, highlights it, numbers each line, and offers a copy button. All it needs is the GitHub blob URL and an optional style flag for light or dark chrome.
I’ve always loved how iMessage or WhatsApp automatically turn a shared link into a little postcard. Until this week, that magic felt like a black box. I suspected there had to be an open standard behind it, but I’d never hooked it up myself. Cue a pairing session with GPT-5 Codex, and about two hours later, the 11ty Subspace Builder can mint its own branded previews for every post.
Here is an example card for this blog post.