How I learned to stop caring and love my

Rube Goldberg Tumblr theme development environment

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Tools• 3 Tumblr blogs

(data, acceptance, production)

• TumblrThemr

•Middleman

•Guard

• Python SimpleHTTPServer

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Awesome parts

• Faster feedback loop during development

• Edit in your editor, not the browser

• Break up page/style into logical chunks

• Asset pipeline is powerful and comfy

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Sucky parts• TumblrThemr is hacky

• TumblrThemr source in theme repo

• TumblrThemr requires net connection

• It’s awfully complex

• Still have to copy/paste the finished theme

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