less resource-intensive methods of parsing URLs

lib/config/index.js

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ module.exports = {
   siteLocale: "en-US",
   timeZone: "America/New_York", // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones#List
   baseUrl:
+    // NOTE: no trailing slashes!
     process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_VERCEL_ENV === "production"
       ? "https://jarv.is"
       : process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_VERCEL_URL

lib/config/seo.ts

@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-import urlJoin from "url-join";
 import type { StaticImageData } from "next/image";
 import type { DefaultSeoProps, SocialProfileJsonLdProps, ArticleJsonLdProps } from "next-seo";
 
@@ -28,7 +27,7 @@ export const defaultSeo: DefaultSeoProps = {
     type: "website",
     images: [
       {
-        url: urlJoin(config.baseUrl, meJpg.src),
+        url: `${config.baseUrl}${meJpg.src}`,
         alt: `${config.siteName} – ${config.shortDescription}`,
       },
     ],
@@ -113,9 +112,9 @@ export const defaultSeo: DefaultSeoProps = {
 export const socialProfileJsonLd: SocialProfileJsonLdProps = {
   type: "Person",
   name: config.authorName,
-  url: urlJoin(config.baseUrl, "/"),
+  url: `${config.baseUrl}/`,
   sameAs: [
-    urlJoin(config.baseUrl, "/"),
+    `${config.baseUrl}/`,
     `https://github.com/${config.authorSocial?.github}`,
     `https://keybase.io/${config.authorSocial?.keybase}`,
     `https://twitter.com/${config.authorSocial?.twitter}`,
@@ -131,7 +130,7 @@ export const socialProfileJsonLd: SocialProfileJsonLdProps = {
 export const articleJsonLd: Pick<ArticleJsonLdProps, "authorName" | "publisherName" | "publisherLogo"> = {
   authorName: [config.authorName],
   publisherName: config.siteName,
-  publisherLogo: urlJoin(config.baseUrl, meJpg.src),
+  publisherLogo: `${config.baseUrl}${meJpg.src}`,
 };
 
 // Re-export icons to use their static image data elsewhere

lib/helpers/build-feed.ts

@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import { Feed } from "feed";
-import urlJoin from "url-join";
 import { getAllNotes } from "./parse-notes";
 import * as config from "../config";
 import { RELEASE_DATE } from "../config/constants";
@@ -22,20 +21,20 @@ export const buildFeed = async (
 
   // https://github.com/jpmonette/feed#example
   const feed = new Feed({
-    id: urlJoin(config.baseUrl, "/"),
-    link: urlJoin(config.baseUrl, "/"),
+    id: `${config.baseUrl}/`,
+    link: `${config.baseUrl}/`,
     title: config.siteName,
     description: config.longDescription,
     copyright: "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
     updated: new Date(RELEASE_DATE),
-    image: urlJoin(config.baseUrl, favicons.meJpg.src),
+    image: `${config.baseUrl}${favicons.meJpg.src}`,
     feedLinks: {
-      rss: urlJoin(config.baseUrl, "feed.xml"),
-      atom: urlJoin(config.baseUrl, "feed.atom"),
+      rss: `${config.baseUrl}/feed.xml`,
+      atom: `${config.baseUrl}/feed.atom`,
     },
     author: {
       name: config.authorName,
-      link: urlJoin(config.baseUrl, "/"),
+      link: `${config.baseUrl}/`,
       email: config.authorEmail,
     },
   });
@@ -48,11 +47,11 @@ export const buildFeed = async (
       link: note.permalink,
       title: note.title,
       description: note.description,
-      image: note.image ? urlJoin(config.baseUrl, note.image) : "",
+      image: note.image ? `${config.baseUrl}${note.image}` : "",
       author: [
         {
           name: config.authorName,
-          link: urlJoin(config.baseUrl, "/"),
+          link: `${config.baseUrl}/`,
         },
       ],
       date: new Date(note.date),

lib/helpers/parse-notes.ts

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import { serialize } from "next-mdx-remote/serialize";
 import glob from "fast-glob";
 import pMap from "p-map";
 import matter from "gray-matter";
-import urlJoin from "url-join";
 import { minify } from "uglify-js";
 import { compiler } from "markdown-to-jsx";
 import removeMarkdown from "remove-markdown";
@@ -66,7 +65,7 @@ export const getNoteData = async (
       // parsed markdown title:
       htmlTitle,
       slug,
-      permalink: urlJoin(baseUrl, "notes", slug, "/"),
+      permalink: `${baseUrl}/notes/${slug}/`,
       date: formatDateISO(data.date), // validate/normalize the date string provided from front matter
     },
     content,