Process for generating a data science blog post

• Make a new branch: git checkout -b new-post
• Create post in a notebook (.ipynb file) and save to the _posts_drafts directory. Prefix the file name with the date in the form YYYY-MM-DD.
• Add yaml matter in the first cell. Here’s an example:

  ---
  title: "Generating a predictive distribution for the number of people attending your party"
  mathjax: true
  toc: true
  toc_sticky: true
  categories: [data science, statistics]
  ---
  

• Run the nb2md_script.sh script with the .ipynb file as an argument. This will create a markdown file in _posts and any figures saved to assets.
• Open the markdown file and add back three dashes --- to the first line.
• Run bundle exec jekyll serve and verify the page looks good locally.
• Merge the branch into main and push: git checkout main && git merge new-post && git push