Front Matter Template Library

A reusable reference for DataInsideData™ posts and project pages.

Use these templates as starting points and adjust titles, excerpts, categories, tags, and TOC settings as needed.

1. Analytics Post Template

Use for:

  • portfolio analysis
  • business intelligence writeups
  • market / economic analysis
  • exploratory data analysis posts
---
title: ""
excerpt: ""
categories: ["analytics"]
tags: ["data-analysis", "systems-thinking"]
toc: true
toc_label: "Analysis Flow"
toc_icon: "chart-line"
classes: "wide"
author_profile: true
---

Suggested category additions

  • "financial-intelligence-lab"
  • "business-intelligence"
  • "economic-analysis"
  • "decision-systems"

Suggested tag additions

  • "portfolio-analysis"
  • "financial-markets"
  • "exploratory-data-analysis"
  • "visualization"
  • "learning-in-public"

2. Applied Machine Learning Post Template

Use for:

  • fraud detection
  • recommender systems
  • classification projects
  • model evaluation writeups
  • notebook-to-system ML posts
---
title: ""
excerpt: ""
categories: ["applied-data-science-&-machine-learning"]
tags: ["ai", "machine-learning", "classification", "model-evaluation"]
toc: true
toc_label: "Technical Breakdown"
toc_icon: "brain"
classes: "wide"
author_profile: true
---

Suggested tag additions

  • "fraud-detection"
  • "imbalanced-data"
  • "feature-engineering"
  • "scikit-learn"
  • "precision-recall"
  • "ml-pipeline"

3. Cloud / DevOps / Infrastructure Post Template

Use for:

  • deployment workflows
  • CI/CD writeups
  • infrastructure notes
  • architecture implementation posts
  • GitHub Pages / AWS / platform engineering posts
---
title: ""
excerpt: ""
categories: ["cloud-engineering-devops-&-technical-infrastructure"]
tags: ["cloud", "devops", "infrastructure", "platform-engineering"]
toc: true
toc_label: "System Overview"
toc_icon: "cogs"
classes: "wide"
author_profile: true
---

Suggested tag additions

  • "ci-cd"
  • "github-actions"
  • "aws"
  • "jekyll"
  • "minimal-mistakes"
  • "deployment"
  • "systems-architecture"

4. Financial Intelligence Lab Post Template

Use for:

  • lab updates
  • investing lessons
  • market observations
  • daily / weekly structured reflections
  • portfolio system writeups
---
title: ""
excerpt: ""
categories: ["financial-intelligence-lab", "analytics", "systems-thinking"]
tags: ["investing", "portfolio-analysis", "financial-markets", "decision-systems"]
toc: true
toc_label: "Lab Breakdown"
toc_icon: "chart-line"
classes: "wide"
author_profile: true
---

Suggested tag additions

  • "learning-in-public"
  • "portfolio-tracking"
  • "macro-signals"
  • "sector-analysis"
  • "capital-deployment"
  • "market-behavior"

5. Educational / How-To Post Template

Use for:

  • setup guides
  • tooling guides
  • troubleshooting walkthroughs
  • environment notes
  • repeatable implementation posts
---
title: ""
excerpt: ""
categories: ["how-tos"]
tags: ["tutorial", "workflow", "tooling"]
toc: true
toc_label: "Build Steps"
toc_icon: "lightbulb"
classes: "wide"
author_profile: true
---

Suggested tag additions

  • "windows"
  • "github"
  • "powershell"
  • "python"
  • "setup"
  • "troubleshooting"

6. Fixes / Troubleshooting Post Template

Use for:

  • environment bugs
  • rendering issues
  • dependency conflicts
  • deployment fixes
  • path / config problems
---
title: ""
excerpt: ""
categories: ["fixes"]
tags: ["debugging", "troubleshooting", "workflow"]
toc: true
toc_label: "Fix Outline"
toc_icon: "tools"
classes: "wide"
author_profile: true
---

Suggested tag additions

  • "jekyll"
  • "minimal-mistakes"
  • "ruby"
  • "github-pages"
  • "windows"
  • "environment"

7. Project Page Template

Use for:

  • project collection pages
  • README-rendered pages
  • architecture-heavy project pages
  • portfolio collection entries
---
title: ""
excerpt: ""
permalink: ""
classes: "wide"
author_profile: true
---

Optional project-page additions

header:
  teaser: ""
toc: true
toc_label: "Project Overview"
toc_icon: "project-diagram"

8. Architecture / System Design Post Template

Use for:

  • diagrams
  • system breakdowns
  • repo design notes
  • layered architecture writeups
---
title: ""
excerpt: ""
categories: ["systems-thinking", "architecture"]
tags: ["architecture", "systems-design", "documentation"]
toc: true
toc_label: "Architecture Overview"
toc_icon: "project-diagram"
classes: "wide"
author_profile: true
---

Suggested tag additions

  • "mermaid"
  • "draw-io"
  • "platform-design"
  • "repo-structure"
  • "documentation-systems"

9. Short Reflection / Update Template

Use for:

  • quick project reflections
  • milestone notes
  • short learning updates
  • in-progress observations
---
title: ""
excerpt: ""
categories: ["notes"]
tags: ["learning-in-public", "reflection"]
toc: false
classes: "wide"
author_profile: true
---

10. Default Minimal Template

Use when you want to start simple and customize later.

---
title: ""
excerpt: ""
categories: [""]
tags: [""]
toc: true
toc_label: "Post Outline"
toc_icon: "chart-line"
classes: "wide"
author_profile: true
---

Recommended Defaults by Content Type

Analytics

toc: true
toc_label: "Analysis Flow"
toc_icon: "chart-line"

ML / AI

toc: true
toc_label: "Technical Breakdown"
toc_icon: "brain"

Infrastructure

toc: true
toc_label: "System Overview"
toc_icon: "cogs"

Financial Intelligence Lab

toc: true
toc_label: "Lab Breakdown"
toc_icon: "chart-line"

How-To

toc: true
toc_label: "Build Steps"
toc_icon: "lightbulb"

Fixes

toc: true
toc_label: "Fix Outline"
toc_icon: "tools"

Suggested Working Process

  1. Pick the template that matches the post type.
  2. Fill in the title and excerpt first.
  3. Choose 1 - 3 categories maximum.
  4. Choose 4 - 8 tags maximum.
  5. Keep TOC on for long-form posts and off for short updates.
  6. Reuse consistent labels and icons by section so the site feels designed, not random.

Final Note

This library is meant to make your writing workflow faster and more consistent.

Over time, we’ll expand it into:

  • collection-specific templates
  • post checklists
  • SEO title / excerpt patterns
  • standardized callout blocks
  • reusable project-page shells