diff --git a/blog/2017-08-02-hello-world.markdown b/blog/2017-08-02-hello-world.markdown
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+---
+layout: post
+title: "hello world"
+date: 2017-08-02
+comments: true
+categories:
+  - script
+---
+
+well, lets see how you compule
diff --git a/new_post.py b/new_post.py
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import datetime
+import yaml
+
+blog_title = input('title for the entry: ')
+title_date = input('date for the entry (format:yyyy-mm-dd|defaults to today): ')
+
+if not title_date:
+   title_date = datetime.datetime.strftime(datetime.datetime.now(),
+                                           '%Y-%m-%d')
+
+tags = input('tags (space seperated): ')
+
+filename = "{}-{}.markdown".format(
+   title_date,
+   '-'.join(blog_title.lower().split()))
+
+'''
+layout: post
+title: "go: `:=` operator causes accidental shadowing"
+date: 2016-01-14 21:13
+comments: true
+categories:
+  - go
+'''
+metadata_fmt = """---
+layout: post
+title: "{}"
+date: {}
+comments: true
+categories:
+{}
+---
+"""
+catblock = "  - {}"
+cats = map(catblock.format, tags.split())
+
+
+metadata_fmt = metadata_fmt.format(
+   blog_title,
+   title_date,
+   '\n'.join(cats)
+)
+
+with open('blog/{}'.format(filename), 'w') as f:
+   f.write(metadata_fmt)
+
+print("New entry {} is ready at {} for editing".format(
+   blog_title, filename,
+))