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Liquid is a template language made by Shopify, and I use it for the HTML templates that create this website.

• TIL: Collapsing whitespace in a Liquid template

  Output an empty string with stripped whitespace, that is {{- "" -}}.

• TIL: How to shuffle an array in a Jekyll template

  If you want an array in random order, you can use the sample filter to get a random sample of the same size as the original array.

• TIL: Use the {% raw %} tag to describe Liquid in Liquid

  If you’re trying to write about using Liquid tags in a Liquid-based site, wrapping your tags in the {% raw %} tag will prevent them being rendered.

• TIL: Use the {% capture %} tag to assign complex strings to variables

  If you want to get a string that’s semi-complicated to construct, you can put a “mini-template” in the {% capture %} tag to build it over multiple lines.