Adding monk & robot page

src/html/books.rs

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+use axum::{
+    response::IntoResponse,
+    routing::{get, Router},
+};
+
+use super::templates::{
+    BooksTemplate, HtmlTemplate, MonkAndRobotTemplate,
+};
+
+pub fn get_router() -> Router {
+    Router::new()
+        .route("/", get(books))
+        .route("/monk&robot", get(monk_robot))
+}
+
+async fn books() -> impl IntoResponse {
+    let books_page = BooksTemplate {};
+    HtmlTemplate(books_page)
+}
+
+async fn monk_robot() -> impl IntoResponse {
+    let monk_robot = MonkAndRobotTemplate {};
+    HtmlTemplate(monk_robot)
+}

src/html/mod.rs

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ use serde::Deserialize;
 pub mod admin;
 pub mod posts;
 pub mod projects;
+pub mod books;
 pub mod root;
 pub mod templates;
 

src/html/root.rs

@@ -22,12 +22,9 @@ use crate::{
 };
 
 use super::{
-    admin,
-    posts::{self, get_articles_date_sorted},
-    projects,
-    templates::{
-        AboutTemplate, AiTemplate, BlogrollTemplate, BooksTemplate, ContactTemplate, CookingTemplate, CreationTemplate, GiftsTemplate, HomeTemplate, HtmlTemplate, InterestsTemplate, LinksPageTemplate, LoginTemplate, MoneyTemplate, NowTemplate, ResumeTemplate, SignupTemplate, TechnologyTemplate, TimeTemplate, UsesTemplate, WorkTemplate
-    },
+    admin, books, posts::{self, get_articles_date_sorted}, projects, templates::{
+        AboutTemplate, AiTemplate, BlogrollTemplate, ContactTemplate, CookingTemplate, CreationTemplate, GiftsTemplate, HomeTemplate, HtmlTemplate, InterestsTemplate, LinksPageTemplate, LoginTemplate, MoneyTemplate, NowTemplate, ResumeTemplate, SignupTemplate, TechnologyTemplate, TimeTemplate, UsesTemplate, WorkTemplate
+    }
 };
 
 pub fn get_router(pool: PgPool) -> Router {
@@ -39,6 +36,7 @@ pub fn get_router(pool: PgPool) -> Router {
     Router::new()
         .nest("/posts", posts::get_router())
         .nest("/projects", projects::get_router())
+        .nest("/books", books::get_router())
         .nest("/admin", admin::get_router())
         .nest_service(
             "/assets",
@@ -56,7 +54,6 @@ pub fn get_router(pool: PgPool) -> Router {
         .route("/resume", get(resume))
         .route("/gifts", get(gifts))
         .route("/hire", get(work))
-        .route("/books", get(books))
         .route("/time", get(time))
         .route("/cooking", get(cooking))
         .route("/creation", get(creation))
@@ -173,11 +170,6 @@ pub async fn get_signup() -> impl IntoResponse {
     HtmlTemplate(SignupTemplate {})
 }
 
-async fn books() -> impl IntoResponse {
-    let books_page = BooksTemplate {};
-    HtmlTemplate(books_page)
-}
-
 async fn time() -> impl IntoResponse {
     let time_page = TimeTemplate {};
     HtmlTemplate(time_page)

src/html/templates.rs

@@ -162,3 +162,7 @@ pub struct AdminTemplate {}
 #[derive(Template)]
 #[template(path = "money.html")]
 pub struct MoneyTemplate {}
+
+#[derive(Template)]
+#[template(path = "monk&robot.html")]
+pub struct MonkAndRobotTemplate {}

templates/books.html

@@ -14,11 +14,15 @@
 
 <h4>Currently Reading</h4>
 <p>
-    A Prayer for the Crown Shy - Becky Chambers
+    Capitalism Vs Freedom - Rob Larson
+</p>
+<p>
+    Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Douglas Adams
 </p>
 
 <h4>Read so far in 2025</h4>
 <ul class="no-bul">
+    <li>A Prayer for the Crown Shy - Becky Chambers</li>
     <li>Look to Windward - Ian M Banks</li>
     <li>Blood in the Machine - Brian Merchant</li>
     <li>A Psalm for the Wild Built - Becky Chambers</li>
@@ -53,6 +57,7 @@
 
 <h4>Reflections from Books I have read</h4>
 <ul class="no-bul">
+    <li><a href="/books/monk&robot">Monk & Robot series</a></li>
     <li><a href="/posts/deepwork">Deep Work</a></li>
     <li><a href="/posts/mfn">A Mind for Numbers</a></li>
 </ul>

templates/monk&robot.html

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+<!-- prettier-ignore -->
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<h2>Monk & Robot</h2>
+<p>
+    I have recently finished reading the Monk & Robot books by Becky Chambers.
+    They were absolutly fantastic and I would advise anyone to read them.
+</p>
+<p>
+    The first book is <a href="https://www.otherscribbles.com/a-psalm-for-the-wild-built/"> A Psalm for the Wild Built</a>
+    and the second is <a href="https://www.otherscribbles.com/a-prayer-for-the-crown-shy/"> A Prayer for the Crown Shy</a>.
+</p>
+<p>
+    These are some of the happiest, most peaceful science fiction books that I have read in a long time.
+    Not that there is not challenge and conflict within them, but none that is unneccesary.
+    The books explore the idea of what we may need when all of our needs are taken care of.
+    All that could be provided for by society at least.
+    Everyone has food, shelter, community.
+    They are able to engage with what catches their interest, travel, explore, communicate to the level that they would like.
+    The world is idyllic in so many ways, but the larger questions of purpose and meaning are still present, which is the main focus.
+</p>
+<p>
+    I find myself drawn to Solarpunk as the world (our world) seems to be filled with more and more negativity and sadness.
+    The escapism is not for adventure, glory, wars or battles.
+    But for a world where people care.
+    About eachother, about the world around them, about the objects that they use every day.
+</p>
+<p>
+    Just like being more financially secure in my life has allowed me to zoom out a bit, think in a larger scope and on longer terms,
+    having physical needs met allows the characters of the book to think more deeply about life.
+    When the worry is always survival there is no point in wasting time or energy worrying about deeper needs.
+</p>
+<p>
+    The world that Becky Chambers envisions here is bright, beautiful and caring.
+    As so many science fiction books explore possible future technologies, she explores a society and the internal landscape of its inhabitants.
+    It is a hopeful goal, something that I think we could aspire to create in our own world.
+    The technology does not seem massively advanced compared to what we have here, just that the mindset is fundamentally different.
+</p>
+<p>
+    This mindset is what is attracting me to Solarpunk as a genre.
+    I have read the anthology "The Sunvault" in the past, and probably should again.
+    Not sure if it was the right time for me to resonate with those ideas.
+    I think it points the way for how we should try to progress as a society.
+    Use based production, living in harmony with the world and eachother.
+    The richness that we can produce used to heal the world and take care of eachother.
+    Valuing relationships, experiences, quality.
+</p>
+<p>
+    It is a world that I would like to see come to pass, and they are some of my favourite books because they are so different.
+    I suspect that I will be reading them many times over, whenever I need a peaceful break from the world, or to envision a more hopeful future.
+</p>
+{% endblock %}