diff --git a/components/notes/List.tsx b/components/notes/List.tsx
index cd54cf73..394da005 100644
--- a/components/notes/List.tsx
+++ b/components/notes/List.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 import Link from "next/link";
-import { format, parseISO } from "date-fns";
-import groupBy from "lodash.groupby";
+import { format } from "date-fns";
 
 import styles from "./List.module.scss";
 
@@ -10,18 +9,17 @@ type NoteProps = {
   slug: string;
 };
 
-const List = ({ notes }) => {
-  const notesByYear = groupBy(notes, "year");
+const List = ({ notesByYear }) => {
   const sections = [];
 
-  Object.entries(notesByYear).forEach(([year, yearNotes]: [string, NoteProps[]]) => {
+  Object.entries(notesByYear).forEach(([year, notes]: [string, NoteProps[]]) => {
     sections.push(
       <section key={year} className={styles.section}>
         <h2 className={styles.year}>{year}</h2>
         <ul className={styles.list}>
-          {yearNotes.map((note) => (
+          {notes.map((note) => (
             <li key={note.slug} className={styles.row}>
-              <span className={styles.date}>{format(parseISO(note.date), "MMM d")}</span>
+              <span className={styles.date}>{format(new Date(note.date), "MMM d")}</span>
               <span>
                 <Link href={`/notes/${note.slug}/`} prefetch={false}>
                   <a>{note.title}</a>
diff --git a/components/notes/Meta.tsx b/components/notes/Meta.tsx
index fe168594..869f2f40 100644
--- a/components/notes/Meta.tsx
+++ b/components/notes/Meta.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import Link from "next/link";
-import { format, parseISO } from "date-fns";
+import { format } from "date-fns";
 import Hits from "../hits/Hits";
 import { DateIcon, TagIcon, EditIcon, ViewsIcon } from "../icons";
 import * as config from "../../lib/config";
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ const Meta = ({ title, date, slug, tags = [] }: Props) => (
         <span>
           <DateIcon className={`icon ${styles.icon}`} />
         </span>
-        <span title={format(parseISO(date), "PPppp")}>
-          <Link href={`/notes/${slug}/`}>{format(parseISO(date), "MMMM d, yyyy")}</Link>
+        <span title={format(new Date(date), "PPppp")}>
+          <Link href={`/notes/${slug}/`}>{format(new Date(date), "MMMM d, yyyy")}</Link>
         </span>
       </div>
       {tags.length > 0 && (
diff --git a/components/projects/RepoCard.tsx b/components/projects/RepoCard.tsx
index d01271fd..8e3da613 100644
--- a/components/projects/RepoCard.tsx
+++ b/components/projects/RepoCard.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import { intlFormat, formatDistanceToNowStrict, parseISO } from "date-fns";
+import { intlFormat, formatDistanceToNowStrict } from "date-fns";
 import { StarOcticon, ForkOcticon } from "../icons/octicons";
 
 import styles from "./RepoCard.module.scss";
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ const RepoCard = ({ name, url, description, language, stars, forks, updatedAt }:
       <div
         className={styles.meta_item}
         title={intlFormat(
-          parseISO(updatedAt),
+          new Date(updatedAt),
           {
             year: "numeric",
             month: "short",
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ const RepoCard = ({ name, url, description, language, stars, forks, updatedAt }:
           }
         )}
       >
-        <span>Updated {formatDistanceToNowStrict(parseISO(updatedAt), { addSuffix: true })}</span>
+        <span>Updated {formatDistanceToNowStrict(new Date(updatedAt), { addSuffix: true })}</span>
       </div>
     </div>
   </div>
diff --git a/lib/parse-notes.ts b/lib/parse-notes.ts
index 2c6f5247..b7ffcb36 100644
--- a/lib/parse-notes.ts
+++ b/lib/parse-notes.ts
@@ -1,30 +1,33 @@
 import fs from "fs";
 import path from "path";
 import matter from "gray-matter";
-import { format, parseISO } from "date-fns";
-import * as config from "./config";
+import { NOTES_DIR, baseUrl } from "./config";
 
-export const getNoteData = (file: string) => {
-  const slug = file.replace(/\.mdx$/, "");
-  const fullPath = path.join(process.cwd(), config.NOTES_DIR, `${slug}.mdx`);
-  const contents = fs.readFileSync(fullPath, "utf8");
-  const { data } = matter(contents);
+export const getNoteData = (slug: string) => {
+  const fullPath = path.join(process.cwd(), NOTES_DIR, `${slug}.mdx`);
+  const rawContent = fs.readFileSync(fullPath, "utf8");
+  const { data, content } = matter(rawContent);
 
   return {
-    ...data,
-    slug,
-    permalink: `${config.baseUrl}/notes/${slug}/`,
-    date: parseISO(data.date).toISOString(), // validate/normalize the date string provided from front matter
-    year: parseInt(format(parseISO(data.date), "yyyy")), // parse years here so it's easier to group them on list page
+    frontMatter: {
+      ...data,
+      slug,
+      permalink: `${baseUrl}/notes/${slug}/`,
+      date: new Date(data.date).toISOString(), // validate/normalize the date string provided from front matter
+    },
+    content,
   };
 };
 
 // all .mdx files in NOTES_DIR
-export const getNoteFiles = () =>
-  fs.readdirSync(path.join(process.cwd(), config.NOTES_DIR)).filter((notePath) => /\.mdx$/.test(notePath));
+export const getNoteSlugs = () =>
+  fs
+    .readdirSync(path.join(process.cwd(), NOTES_DIR))
+    .filter((file) => /\.mdx$/.test(file))
+    .map((noteFile) => noteFile.replace(/\.mdx$/, ""));
 
 export const getAllNotes = () =>
-  getNoteFiles()
-    .map((file) => getNoteData(file))
+  getNoteSlugs()
+    .map((slug) => getNoteData(slug).frontMatter)
     // sort notes by date in descending order
     .sort((note1: any, note2: any) => (note1.date > note2.date ? -1 : 1));
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 88d8aff8..220bab41 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -43,7 +43,6 @@
     "hex-rgb": "^5.0.0",
     "highlight.js": "^11.3.1",
     "is-absolute-url": "^4.0.1",
-    "lodash.groupby": "^4.6.0",
     "modern-normalize": "github:sindresorhus/modern-normalize#1fc6b5a86676b7ac8abc62d04d6080f92debc70f",
     "next": "v12.0.8-canary.14",
     "next-mdx-remote": "^3.0.8",
diff --git a/pages/index.tsx b/pages/index.tsx
index 18ec89ce..c4c7a57b 100644
--- a/pages/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/index.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ type ColorLinkProps = {
   external?: boolean;
 };
 
-const ColorLink = ({ children, href, lightColor, darkColor, title, external = false }: ColorLinkProps) => {
+const ColorLink = ({ href, title, lightColor, darkColor, external = false, children }: ColorLinkProps) => {
   external = external || isAbsoluteUrl(href);
 
   // spits out an alpha color in rgb() that's compatible with linear-gradient()
diff --git a/pages/notes/[slug].tsx b/pages/notes/[slug].tsx
index 0cd8ce23..98f340e0 100644
--- a/pages/notes/[slug].tsx
+++ b/pages/notes/[slug].tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,3 @@
-import fs from "fs";
-import path from "path";
-import matter from "gray-matter";
-import { parseISO } from "date-fns";
 import { MDXRemote } from "next-mdx-remote";
 import { serialize } from "next-mdx-remote/serialize";
 import { NextSeo, ArticleJsonLd } from "next-seo";
@@ -10,7 +6,7 @@ import Container from "../../components/Container";
 import Content from "../../components/Content";
 import Meta from "../../components/notes/Meta";
 import mdxComponents from "../../components/mdxComponents";
-import { getNoteFiles } from "../../lib/parse-notes";
+import { getNoteData, getNoteSlugs } from "../../lib/parse-notes";
 import * as config from "../../lib/config";
 import type { GetStaticProps, GetStaticPaths } from "next";
 
@@ -72,12 +68,9 @@ const Note = ({ frontMatter, source }) => (
 );
 
 export const getStaticProps: GetStaticProps = async ({ params }) => {
-  const filePath = path.join(process.cwd(), config.NOTES_DIR, `${params.slug}.mdx`);
-  const rawSource = fs.readFileSync(filePath);
-  const { data, content } = matter(rawSource);
+  const { frontMatter, content } = getNoteData(params.slug as string);
 
-  const mdxSource = await serialize(content, {
-    scope: data,
+  const source = await serialize(content, {
     mdxOptions: {
       // remarkPlugins: [],
       rehypePlugins: [
@@ -94,23 +87,14 @@ export const getStaticProps: GetStaticProps = async ({ params }) => {
 
   return {
     props: {
-      frontMatter: {
-        ...data,
-        slug: params.slug,
-        permalink: `${config.baseUrl}/notes/${params.slug}/`,
-        date: parseISO(data.date).toISOString(), // validate/normalize the date string provided from front matter
-      },
-      source: mdxSource,
+      frontMatter,
+      source,
     },
   };
 };
 
 export const getStaticPaths: GetStaticPaths = async () => {
-  const paths = getNoteFiles()
-    // Remove file extensions for page paths
-    .map((notePath) => notePath.replace(/\.mdx?$/, ""))
-    // Map the path into the static paths object required by Next.js
-    .map((slug) => ({ params: { slug } }));
+  const paths = getNoteSlugs().map((slug) => ({ params: { slug } }));
 
   return {
     paths,
diff --git a/pages/notes/index.tsx b/pages/notes/index.tsx
index c1eab146..f1b55b56 100644
--- a/pages/notes/index.tsx
+++ b/pages/notes/index.tsx
@@ -1,23 +1,29 @@
+import { format } from "date-fns";
 import Layout from "../../components/Layout";
 import Container from "../../components/Container";
 import List from "../../components/notes/List";
 import { getAllNotes } from "../../lib/parse-notes";
 import type { GetStaticProps } from "next";
 
-const Notes = ({ notes }) => (
+const Notes = ({ notesByYear }) => (
   <Layout>
     <Container title="Notes" description="Recent posts by Jake Jarvis.">
-      <List notes={notes} />
+      <List notesByYear={notesByYear} />
     </Container>
   </Layout>
 );
 
 export const getStaticProps: GetStaticProps = async () => {
-  const notes = getAllNotes();
+  // parse the year of each note and group them together
+  const notesByYear = {};
+  getAllNotes().map((note) => {
+    const year = parseInt(format(new Date(note.date), "yyyy"));
+    (notesByYear[year] || (notesByYear[year] = [])).push(note);
+  });
 
   return {
     props: {
-      notes,
+      notesByYear,
     },
   };
 };
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index ad344ca1..ef2391cc 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -3807,11 +3807,6 @@ lodash.debounce@^4.0.8:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.debounce/-/lodash.debounce-4.0.8.tgz#82d79bff30a67c4005ffd5e2515300ad9ca4d7af"
   integrity sha1-gteb/zCmfEAF/9XiUVMArZyk168=
 
-lodash.groupby@^4.6.0:
-  version "4.6.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.groupby/-/lodash.groupby-4.6.0.tgz#0b08a1dcf68397c397855c3239783832df7403d1"
-  integrity sha1-Cwih3PaDl8OXhVwyOXg4Mt90A9E=
-
 lodash.merge@^4.6.2:
   version "4.6.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/lodash.merge/-/lodash.merge-4.6.2.tgz#558aa53b43b661e1925a0afdfa36a9a1085fe57a"
@@ -4419,7 +4414,7 @@ path-key@^3.0.0, path-key@^3.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-key/-/path-key-3.1.1.tgz#581f6ade658cbba65a0d3380de7753295054f375"
   integrity sha512-ojmeN0qd+y0jszEtoY48r0Peq5dwMEkIlCOu6Q5f41lfkswXuKtYrhgoTpLnyIcHm24Uhqx+5Tqm2InSwLhE6Q==
 
-path-parse@^1.0.6:
+path-parse@^1.0.6, path-parse@^1.0.7:
   version "1.0.7"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-parse/-/path-parse-1.0.7.tgz#fbc114b60ca42b30d9daf5858e4bd68bbedb6735"
   integrity sha512-LDJzPVEEEPR+y48z93A0Ed0yXb8pAByGWo/k5YYdYgpY2/2EsOsksJrq7lOHxryrVOn1ejG6oAp8ahvOIQD8sw==
@@ -4871,12 +4866,13 @@ resolve-from@^5.0.0:
   integrity sha512-qYg9KP24dD5qka9J47d0aVky0N+b4fTU89LN9iDnjB5waksiC49rvMB0PrUJQGoTmH50XPiqOvAjDfaijGxYZw==
 
 resolve@^1.10.0, resolve@^1.14.2, resolve@^1.20.0, resolve@^1.3.2:
-  version "1.20.0"
-  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.20.0.tgz#629a013fb3f70755d6f0b7935cc1c2c5378b1975"
-  integrity sha512-wENBPt4ySzg4ybFQW2TT1zMQucPK95HSh/nq2CFTZVOGut2+pQvSsgtda4d26YrYcr067wjbmzOG8byDPBX63A==
+  version "1.21.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve/-/resolve-1.21.0.tgz#b51adc97f3472e6a5cf4444d34bc9d6b9037591f"
+  integrity sha512-3wCbTpk5WJlyE4mSOtDLhqQmGFi0/TD9VPwmiolnk8U0wRgMEktqCXd3vy5buTO3tljvalNvKrjHEfrd2WpEKA==
   dependencies:
-    is-core-module "^2.2.0"
-    path-parse "^1.0.6"
+    is-core-module "^2.8.0"
+    path-parse "^1.0.7"
+    supports-preserve-symlinks-flag "^1.0.0"
 
 resolve@^2.0.0-next.3:
   version "2.0.0-next.3"
@@ -5462,6 +5458,11 @@ supports-color@^9.2.1:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-color/-/supports-color-9.2.1.tgz#599dc9d45acf74c6176e0d880bab1d7d718fe891"
   integrity sha512-Obv7ycoCTG51N7y175StI9BlAXrmgZrFhZOb0/PyjHBher/NmsdBgbbQ1Inhq+gIhz6+7Gb+jWF2Vqi7Mf1xnQ==
 
+supports-preserve-symlinks-flag@^1.0.0:
+  version "1.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/supports-preserve-symlinks-flag/-/supports-preserve-symlinks-flag-1.0.0.tgz#6eda4bd344a3c94aea376d4cc31bc77311039e09"
+  integrity sha512-ot0WnXS9fgdkgIcePe6RHNk1WA8+muPa6cSjeR3V8K27q9BB1rTE3R1p7Hv0z1ZyAc8s6Vvv8DIyWf681MAt0w==
+
 svg-parser@^2.0.2:
   version "2.0.4"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/svg-parser/-/svg-parser-2.0.4.tgz#fdc2e29e13951736140b76cb122c8ee6630eb6b5"