From 769e4e9996c2615aee573c50e52dbcfe10d87084 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Reardon <justin.reardon@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:01:52 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Show latest blog posts on the home page

- update the blog post directive to allow an optional # of posts
- show the latest 3 posts on the main page
---
 build.scala                      | 29 ++++++++++++++++-------------
 src/templates/home.template.html | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
 2 files changed, 46 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.scala b/build.scala
index d2df3c58..8f254c84 100644
--- a/build.scala
+++ b/build.scala
@@ -253,22 +253,25 @@ object LaikaCustomizations {
       TemplateDirectives.eval("forBlogPosts") {
         import TemplateDirectives.dsl.*
 
-        (cursor, parsedBody, source).mapN { (c, b, s) =>
-          def contentScope(value: ConfigValue) =
-            TemplateScope(TemplateSpanSequence(b), value, s)
+          val count = attribute(0).as[Int].optional
 
-          val posts = c.parent.allDocuments.flatMap { d =>
-            d.config.get[OffsetDateTime]("date").toList.tupleLeft(d)
-          }
+          (count, cursor, parsedBody, source).mapN { (count, c, b, s) =>
+            def contentScope(value: ConfigValue) =
+              TemplateScope(TemplateSpanSequence(b), value, s)
 
-          posts
-            .sortBy(_._2)(using summon[Ordering[OffsetDateTime]].reverse)
-            .traverse { (d, _) =>
-              d.config.get[ConfigValue]("").map(contentScope(_))
+            val posts = c.parent.allDocuments.flatMap { d =>
+              d.config.get[OffsetDateTime]("date").toList.tupleLeft(d)
             }
-            .leftMap(_.message)
-            .map(TemplateSpanSequence(_))
-        }
+
+            posts
+              .sortBy(_._2)(using summon[Ordering[OffsetDateTime]].reverse)
+              .take(count.getOrElse(Int.MaxValue))
+              .traverse { (d, _) =>
+                d.config.get[ConfigValue]("").map(contentScope(_))
+              }
+              .leftMap(_.message)
+              .map(TemplateSpanSequence(_))
+          }
       },
       TemplateDirectives.create("svg") {
         import TemplateDirectives.dsl.*
diff --git a/src/templates/home.template.html b/src/templates/home.template.html
index 4453921c..0df81910 100644
--- a/src/templates/home.template.html
+++ b/src/templates/home.template.html
@@ -20,11 +20,40 @@ <h2 class="bulma-subtitle bulma-is-3 bulma-is-size-4-mobile">
 <section class="bulma-hero bulma-is-primary bulma-has-text-light">
   <div class="bulma-hero-body">
     <p class="bulma-is-size-4 bulma-has-text-weight-medium">
-      Typelevel is an ecosystem of Scala-based projects and a community of people united to foster an inclusive, welcoming, and safe
+      Typelevel is an ecosystem of Scala-based projects and a community of people united to foster an inclusive,
+      welcoming, and safe
       environment around functional programming.
     </p>
   </div>
 </section>
+<section class="bulma-section bulma-has-background-light bulma-has-text-light">
+  <h2 class="bulma-title bulma-is-4 bulma-icon-text">
+    Latest Blog Posts <a class="bulma-icon bulma-has-text-current" href="@:target(/blog/feed.rss)">
+      @:svg(fa-square-rss)
+    </a></h2>
+  <div class="bulma-columns bulma-is-align-content-stretch bulma-is-flex-wrap-wrap">
+    @:forBlogPosts(3)
+    <a href="@:target(_.cursor.currentDocument.sourcePath)"
+      class="bulma-column bulma-is-one-third bulma-is-flex bulma-is-flex-direction-column">
+      <p class="bulma-is-6 bulma-has-text-grey">@:date(_.date, "MMMM d, yyyy")</p>
+      <h3 class="bulma-title bulma-is-5">${_.cursor.currentDocument.title}</h3>
+        <p class="blog-post-byline bulma-subtitle bulma-is-6 bulma-has-text-grey bulma-is-flex-grow-1">
+          @:for(_.author)
+          ${_.name}<span class="delimiter">,</span><span class="last-delimiter"> &</span>
+          @:@
+          @:for(_.event-date)
+          ${_.event-date} at ${_.event-location}
+          @:@
+        </p>
+        <p>
+          @:for(_.tags)
+          <span class="bulma-tag bulma-is-dark">${_}</span>
+          @:@
+        </p>
+    </a>
+    @:@
+  </div>
+</section>
 <div class="bulma-section">
   <div class="bulma-columns bulma-is-vcentered bulma-is-flex-wrap-wrap bulma-is-justify-content-space-evenly">
     @:for(sponsors)

From af7c17e1146f606345e5df078431f639f7e2f326 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Justin Reardon <justin.reardon@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2026 22:25:11 -0400
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] fix formatting

---
 build.scala | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/build.scala b/build.scala
index 8f254c84..6124ce22 100644
--- a/build.scala
+++ b/build.scala
@@ -253,9 +253,8 @@ object LaikaCustomizations {
       TemplateDirectives.eval("forBlogPosts") {
         import TemplateDirectives.dsl.*
 
-          val count = attribute(0).as[Int].optional
-
-          (count, cursor, parsedBody, source).mapN { (count, c, b, s) =>
+        (attribute(0).as[Int].optional, cursor, parsedBody, source)
+          .mapN { (count, c, b, s) =>
             def contentScope(value: ConfigValue) =
               TemplateScope(TemplateSpanSequence(b), value, s)