diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
--- a/flake.nix
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -98,6 +98,7 @@
           inherit htmx-src htmx-ws-src lucide-src inter-fonts-src ibm-plex-mono-src actor-typeahead-src mermaid-src;
         };
         appview = self.callPackage ./nix/pkgs/appview.nix {};
+        blog = self.callPackage ./nix/pkgs/blog.nix {};
         docs = self.callPackage ./nix/pkgs/docs.nix {
           inherit inter-fonts-src ibm-plex-mono-src lucide-src;
           inherit (pkgs) pagefind;
@@ -124,6 +125,7 @@
         (packages)
         appview
         appview-static-files
+        blog
         lexgen
         goat
         spindle
diff --git a/.tangled/workflows/deploy-blog.yml b/.tangled/workflows/deploy-blog.yml
--- a/.tangled/workflows/deploy-blog.yml
+++ b/.tangled/workflows/deploy-blog.yml
@@ -13,8 +13,17 @@
 steps:
   - name: patch static dir
     command: |
-      mkdir -p appview/pages/static
-      touch appview/pages/static/x
+      mkdir -p appview/pages/static/logos
+
+  - name: build dolly
+    command: |
+      go build -o dolly.out ./cmd/dolly
+
+  - name: generate favicons
+    command: |
+      ./dolly.out -template appview/pages/templates/fragments/dolly/logo.html -output appview/pages/static/logos/dolly.png -size 180x180
+      ./dolly.out -template appview/pages/templates/fragments/dolly/logo.html -output appview/pages/static/logos/dolly.ico -size 48x48
+      ./dolly.out -template appview/pages/templates/fragments/dolly/logo.html -output appview/pages/static/logos/dolly.svg -color currentColor
 
   - name: generate css
     command: |
diff --git a/nix/pkgs/blog.nix b/nix/pkgs/blog.nix
new file mode 100644
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nix/pkgs/blog.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{
+  buildGoApplication,
+  runCommandLocal,
+  modules,
+  appview-static-files,
+  sqlite-lib,
+  src,
+}: let
+  blog-bin = buildGoApplication {
+    pname = "blog";
+    version = "0.1.0";
+    inherit src modules;
+
+    postUnpack = ''
+      pushd source
+      mkdir -p appview/pages/static
+      cp -frv ${appview-static-files}/* appview/pages/static
+      popd
+    '';
+
+    doCheck = false;
+    subPackages = ["cmd/blog"];
+
+    tags = ["libsqlite3"];
+    env.CGO_CFLAGS = "-I ${sqlite-lib}/include ";
+    env.CGO_LDFLAGS = "-L ${sqlite-lib}/lib";
+    CGO_ENABLED = 1;
+  };
+in
+  runCommandLocal "blog" {} ''
+    mkdir -p working
+    cp -r --no-preserve=mode ${src}/blog working/
+    cp -r --no-preserve=mode ${src}/appview working/
+
+    mkdir -p working/appview/pages/static
+    cp -fr --no-preserve=mode ${appview-static-files}/* working/appview/pages/static/
+
+    cd working
+    ${blog-bin}/bin/blog build
+
+    mkdir -p $out
+    cp -r build/* $out/
+  ''