diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index b3ddeb5..e843395 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -13,8 +13,6 @@ code. The website is built using the Rust-powered static site generator,
     framework
 -   **[basecoat-css](https://basecoatui.com/)** — a lightweight shadcn/ui 
     components library built with Tailwind CSS
--   **[just](https://github.com/casey/just)** — a Rust-powered command runner,
-    similar to `make`
 -   **[Quarto](https://quarto.org/)** — currently used to execute code chunks 
     and render to commonmark, though this is likely to change
 -   **[Node.js](https://nodejs.org/en)** — `npm` and `npx` are also used to 
@@ -23,18 +21,13 @@ code. The website is built using the Rust-powered static site generator,
     Tailwind extension for icons (currently limited to fa7-brands, lucide, and 
     mdi icons)
 
-## Pipeline
-
-Running `just build` will do the following:
+The build pipeline:
 
 1.  **Tailwind** compiles `css/*.css` to `static/style.css`.
-2.  **Quarto** executes code in `content/**/*.qmd` and compiles to CommonMark in
+2.  **Quarto** executes code in `content/**/*.qmd` and compiles to commonmark in
     `content/**/*.md`.
 3.  **Zola** compiles commonmark to HTML and builds site in public/.
 
-For development, the same is achieved with `just dev`, which will serve the site
-and open it in the default browser with live reload.
-
 ## Structure
 
 ```
@@ -60,9 +53,13 @@ and open it in the default browser with live reload.
 **Prerequisites**
 
 In addition to the stack software listed above, you will need R installed and 
-the most recent release version of the rextendr package. The 
-[`just`](https://github.com/casey/just) command line runner will also be very 
-beneficial to you.
+the most recent release version of the rextendr package. The `just` command line 
+runner will also be very beneficial to you.
+
+-   **[just](https://github.com/casey/just)** v1.55.0 or higher
+-   **Node.js** v24.15.0 or higher
+-   **Quarto** 
+-   **Zola** v0.22.1 or higher
 
 **Installation**
 
@@ -85,24 +82,21 @@ just dev
 just build
 ```
 
-**Available commands**
-
-Run `just` with no arguments to list all recipes.
-
-| Recipe              | Description                                                                        |
-|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-| `basecoat`          | Move basecoat component js files from node_modules to static/js                    |
-| `build`             | Compile Tailwind css, then build the site with Zola                                |
-| `check`             | Try to build site without rendering (checks links)                                 |
-| `default`           | List all available recipes                                                         |
-| `dev`               | Run Tailwind watch and Zola live serve in parallel                                 |
-| `install`           | Install Node.js dependencies                                                       |
-| `new-page` path     | Create a new documentation page at content/{{path}}                                |
-| `new-post` title    | Create a new blog post at content/blog/{{date}}-{{title}}/index.qmd                |
-| `new-section` path  | Create a new documentation section at content/{{path}}/                            |
-| `render` path       | Render a single qmd file at content/{{path}}                                       |
-| `render-all`        | Render all qmd files in content/ (except those in "blog/")                         |
-| `render-dir` path   | Render all qmd files in content/{{path}}/ non-recursively (fails if path="blog/")  |
-| `render-post` title | Render a blog post at content/blog/{{date}}-{{title}}/index.qmd                    |
-| `reset`             | Clear public directory generated by Zola                                           |
-| `tailwind-build`    | Generate Tailwind static/style.css from css/style.css                              |
+**Available recipes**
+
+Run `just` without arguments to list available recipes.
+
+```
+Available recipes:
+    build             # Compile Tailwind css, then build the site with Zola
+    build-tailwind    # Generate Tailwind static/style.css from css/style.css
+    check             # Try to build site without rendering (checks links)
+    dev               # Run Tailwind watch and Zola live serve in parallel
+    install           # Install Node.js dependencies
+    page path         # Create a new documentation page at content/{{path}}.qmd
+    post title        # Create a new blog post at content/blog/{{title}}/index.qmd
+    render            # Render all pages in content/ recursively (ignores blog/)
+    render-page path  # Render a documentation page at content/{{path}}.qmd
+    render-post title # Render a blog post at content/blog/{{title}}/index.qmd
+    reset             # Clear public directory generated by Zola
+```
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diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index c735fc9..0e2ca00 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -1,194 +1,105 @@
-# List all available recipes
-default:
-    @just --list
+set default-list
 
 # Compile Tailwind css, then build the site with Zola
-build: tailwind-build
+build: build-tailwind
     zola build
 
+# Generate Tailwind static/style.css from css/style.css
+build-tailwind:
+    npm run tailwind:build
+
 # Try to build site without rendering (checks links)
 check:
     zola check
 
+# Run Tailwind watch and Zola live serve in parallel
+dev:
+    npm run dev
+
 # Clear public directory generated by Zola
 reset:
     rm -rf public
 
 # Install Node.js dependencies
-install:
+install: npm basecoat
+    echo "Successfully installed dependencies and copied basecoat files to static."
+
+[private]
+npm:
     npm install
 
-# Move basecoat component js files from node_modules to static/js
+[private]
 basecoat:
-    #!/usr/bin/env bash
-    cp node_modules/basecoat-css/dist/js/*.js static/js/
-    echo "Successfully copied basecoat component js to static/js"
-
-# Render a single qmd file at content/{{path}}
-render path:
-	#!/usr/bin/env bash
-	set -euo pipefail
-	src='{{path}}'
-	src="${src#content/}"
-	if [[ "$src" == blog/* ]]; then
-		echo "render: found 'blog/' path, use 'just render-post'" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	# move to content folder so _quarto.yml is invoked
-	cd content
-	# clear .md file to prevent quarto from writing to another file
-	rm -f "${src%.qmd}.md"
-	quarto render "$src" -M engine:knitr
-
-
-# Render all qmd files in content/{{path}}/ non-recursively (fails if path="blog/")
-render-dir path:
-	#!/usr/bin/env bash
-	set -euo pipefail
-	target='{{path}}'
-	target="${target#content/}"
-	target="${target%/}"
-	if [ "$target" = "blog" ]; then
-		echo "render-dir: found 'blog/' path, use 'just render-post' instead" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	cd content
-	shopt -s nullglob
-	files=( "$target"/*.qmd )
-	if [ ${#files[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-		echo "No .qmd files found under content/$target" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	for src in "${files[@]}"; do
-		rm -f "${src%.qmd}.md"
-		base=$(basename "$src")
-		dir=$(dirname "$src")
-		tmp_src="$dir/x${base}"
-		mv "$src" "$tmp_src"
-		trap 'mv "$tmp_src" "$src" 2>/dev/null' EXIT
-		quarto render "$tmp_src" -M engine:knitr
-		mv "${tmp_src%.qmd}.md" "${src%.qmd}.md"
-		mv "$tmp_src" "$src"
-		trap - EXIT
-	done
-
-# Render all qmd files in content/ (except those in "blog/")
-render-all:
-	#!/usr/bin/env bash
-	set -euo pipefail
-	cd content
-	shopt -s globstar nullglob
-	files=()
-	for f in **/*.qmd; do
-		[[ "$f" == blog/* ]] && continue
-		files+=( "$f" )
-	done
-	if [ ${#files[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-		echo "No .qmd files to render" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	for src in "${files[@]}"; do
-		rm -f "${src%.qmd}.md"
-		base=$(basename "$src")
-		dir=$(dirname "$src")
-		tmp_src="$dir/x${base}"
-		mv "$src" "$tmp_src"
-		trap 'mv "$tmp_src" "$src" 2>/dev/null' EXIT
-		quarto render "$tmp_src" -M engine:knitr
-		mv "${tmp_src%.qmd}.md" "${src%.qmd}.md"
-		mv "$tmp_src" "$src"
-		trap - EXIT
-	done
+    cp node_modules/basecoate-css/dist/js/*.js static/js/
 
-# Generate Tailwind static/style.css from css/style.css
-tailwind-build:
-    npm run tailwind:build
+# Create a new documentation page at content/{{path}}.qmd
+page path:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -euo pipefail
+    if [ -f "content/{{ path }}.qmd" ]; then
+    	echo "Error: content/{{ path }}.qmd already exists."
+    	exit 1
+    fi
+    cat > "content/{{ path }}.qmd" <<-EOF
+    ---
+    title:
+    description: ""
+    weight: 0
+    extra:
+      short_title:
+    ---
+    EOF
+    echo "Created content/{{ path }}.qmd"
 
-# Create a new documentation page at content/{{path}}
-new-page path:
-	#!/usr/bin/env bash
-	set -euo pipefail
-	rel='{{path}}'
-	rel="${rel#content/}"
-	if [[ "$rel" == blog/* ]]; then
-		echo "new-page: found 'blog/' path, use 'just new-post' instead" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	file="content/$rel"
-	parent=$(dirname "$file")
-	if [ ! -d "$parent" ]; then
-		echo "new-page: section $parent does not exist, use 'just new-section' first" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	if [ -e "$file" ]; then
-		echo "File exists: $file" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	cat > "$file" <<-EOF
-	---
-	title:
-	description: ""
-	weight: 0
-	extra:
-	  short_title:
-	---
-	EOF
-	echo "Created $file"
+# Create a new blog post at content/blog/{{title}}/index.qmd
+post title:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -euo pipefail
+    date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
+    dir="content/blog/${date}-{{ title }}"
+    mkdir -p "$dir"
+    cat > "$dir/index.qmd" <<-EOF
+    ---
+    title: {{ title }}
+    date: "$date"
+    authors: []
+    taxonomies:
+      tags: []
+    ---
+    EOF
+    echo "Created $dir/index.qmd"
 
-# Create a new documentation section at content/{{path}}/
-new-section path:
-	#!/usr/bin/env bash
-	set -euo pipefail
-	dir="content/{{path}}"
-	dir="${dir%/}"
-	file="$dir/_index.qmd"
-	if [ -e "$file" ]; then
-		echo "File exists: $file" >&2
-		exit 1
-	fi
-	mkdir -p "$dir"
-	cat > "$file" <<-EOF
-	---
-	title:
-	description: ""
-	weight: 0
-	extra:
-	  section_title:
-	---
-	EOF
-	echo "Created $file"
+# Render a documentation page at content/{{path}}.qmd
+render-page path: (render-one path)
 
-# Create a new blog post at content/blog/{{date}}-{{title}}/index.qmd
-new-post title:
-	#!/usr/bin/env bash
-	set -euo pipefail
-	date=$(date +%Y-%m-%d)
-	dir="content/posts/${date}-{{title}}"
-	mkdir -p "$dir"
-	cat > "$dir/index.qmd" <<-EOF
-	---
-	title: {{title}}
-	date: "$date"
-	authors: []
-	taxonomies:
-	  tags: []
-	---
-	EOF
-	echo "Created $dir/index.qmd"
+# Render a blog post at content/blog/{{title}}/index.qmd
+render-post title: (render-one ("blog" / title / "index"))
 
-# Render a blog post at content/blog/{{date}}-{{title}}/index.qmd
-render-post title:
+[private]
+render-one path:
     #!/usr/bin/env bash
     set -euo pipefail
-    shopt -s nullglob
-    matches=( content/blog/[0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-[0-9][0-9]-{{title}} )
-    if [ ${#matches[@]} -eq 0 ]; then
-        echo "No post found matching *-{{title}}" >&2; exit 1
-    elif [ ${#matches[@]} -gt 1 ]; then
-        echo "Ambiguous title, matched: ${matches[*]}" >&2; exit 1
+    cd content
+    if [ -f "{{ path }}.qmd" ]; then
+    	rm -f "{{ path }}.md"
+    	quarto render "{{ path }}.qmd" {{ quarto_out + " " + quarto_flags }}
+    else
+    	echo "Error: Could not find content/{{ path }}.qmd."
+    	exit 1
     fi
-    quarto render "${matches[0]}/index.qmd" -M engine:knitr
 
-# Run Tailwind watch and Zola live serve in parallel
-dev: 
-	npm run dev
+# Render all pages in content/ recursively (ignores blog/)
+render:
+    #!/usr/bin/env bash
+    set -euo pipefail
+    shopt -s globstar nullglob
+    cd content
+    for page in **/*.qmd; do
+    	[[ "$page" == blog/* ]] && continue
+    	rm -f "${page%.qmd}.md"
+    	quarto render "$page" {{ quarto_out + " " + quarto_flags }}
+    done
+    echo "Successfully rendered all documentation pages."
+
+quarto_out := "--to commonmark+yaml_metadata_block"
+quarto_flags := "-M engine:knitr -M wrap:preserve -M from:markdown-smart"
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