From Private Notes to Open Library: Building Curiosity Vault with Astro

Romel Ante Guanochanga — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:34:16 +0000

I recently open-sourced a project called Curiosity Vault — a small static site built with Astro that turns personal notes into a public, structured library of guides and curated collections (books, movies).

Why

I had scattered notes on things like studying methods, building an MVP, job-hunting, and public speaking. Instead of keeping them private, I decided to edit them for clarity, add sourcing where it mattered, and publish them as an open library anyone can read — or contribute to.

How it's built
Astro for the static site
Content lives as Markdown files in a contenido/ folder
Deployed to GitHub Pages
Licensed CC BY 4.0
Looking for contributors

I just set up CONTRIBUTING.md, issue templates, and a PR template so the repo is ready for outside contributions:

New guides
Translations (the current guides are in Spanish)
Typo/error corrections
Improvements to the site's code or design

Repo: https://github.com/RomelAnte/curiosity-vault Site: https://romelante.github.io/curiosity-vault/

If you're into Astro, content-driven sites, or just like tinkering with open knowledge projects, I'd love a look — issues and PRs are open.

DEV Community: Romel Ante Guanochanga

From Private Notes to Open Library: Building Curiosity Vault with Astro