diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 28d092a..0e5678c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 .bundle
+node_modules
 public/feed.xml
 www
 
diff --git a/.tm_properties b/.tm_properties
index 48a6a61..041aff2 100644
--- a/.tm_properties
+++ b/.tm_properties
@@ -1 +1 @@
-exclude = "{$exclude,www}"
+exclude = "{$exclude,www,node_modules}"
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 04ea19d..9b37679 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 all: compile
 
-compile: rss
+compile:
 	@echo
 	./bin/compile.sh
 
-rss:
-	@echo
-	./bin/rss.rb public
-
 publish: compile
 	@echo
 	./bin/publish.sh www/.htaccess
diff --git a/bin/compile.sh b/bin/compile.sh
index 5698aea..194991f 100755
--- a/bin/compile.sh
+++ b/bin/compile.sh
@@ -3,13 +3,53 @@
 # bail on errors
 set -e
 
-bin/rss.rb public
-harp compile . www
+DIR=$(dirname "$0")
+HARP="$DIR/../node_modules/.bin/harp"
+TARGET="${1:-www}"
 
-for FILENAME in www/*.html www/posts/*.html www/projects/*.html; do
-  [[ "${FILENAME##*/}" = "index.html" ]] && continue
+function main() {
+  echo "* compile rss feed"
+  compile_rss
 
-  DIRNAME="${FILENAME%.html}"
-  mkdir -p "$DIRNAME"
-  mv "$FILENAME" "$DIRNAME/index.html"
-done
+  echo "* harp compile . $TARGET"
+  rm -rf "$TARGET"
+  "$HARP" compile . "$TARGET"
+
+  echo "* mungle html to make it available without the extension"
+  munge_html
+
+  echo "* minify js"
+  minify_js
+
+  echo "* minify css"
+  minify_css
+}
+
+function compile_rss() {
+  $DIR/rss.rb public
+}
+
+function munge_html() {
+  for FILE in "$TARGET"/*.html "$TARGET"/posts/*.html "$TARGET"/projects/*.html; do
+    [[ "${FILE##*/}" = "index.html" ]] && continue
+
+    # make posts available without an .html extension
+    FILE_DIR="${FILE%.html}"
+    mkdir -p "$FILE_DIR"
+    mv "$FILE" "$FILE_DIR/index.html"
+  done
+}
+
+function minify_js() {
+  for FILE in "$TARGET"/js/*.js; do
+    $DIR/minify-js.sh "$FILE" > /tmp/minified.js && mv /tmp/minified.js "$FILE" || echo "* failed to minify $FILE"
+  done
+}
+
+function minify_css() {
+  for FILE in "$TARGET"/css/*.css; do
+    $DIR/minify-css.sh "$FILE" > /tmp/minified.css && mv /tmp/minified.css "$FILE" || echo "* failed to minify $FILE"
+  done
+}
+
+main
diff --git a/bin/minify-css.sh b/bin/minify-css.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..df644f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/minify-css.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DIR=$(dirname "$0")
+JAR_FILENAME="$DIR/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar"
+
+function minify() {
+  INPUT="$1"
+  java -jar "$JAR_FILENAME" "$INPUT"
+}
+
+if [[ "$1" != "" ]]; then
+  minify "$1"
+else
+  echo "usage: $0 [input file]"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/bin/minify-js.sh b/bin/minify-js.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..496a086
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/minify-js.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+DIR=$(dirname "$0")
+UGLIFY="$DIR/../node_modules/.bin/uglifyjs"
+
+function minify() {
+  INPUT="$1"
+  "$UGLIFY" --compress --screw-ie8 "$INPUT"
+}
+
+if [[ "$1" != "" ]]; then
+  minify "$1"
+else
+  echo "usage: $0 [input file]"
+  exit 1
+fi
diff --git a/bin/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar b/bin/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1cf0a0
Binary files /dev/null and b/bin/yuicompressor-2.4.8.jar differ
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2751064
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+{ "name": "samhuri.net",
+  "description": "samhuri.net",
+  "version": "0.0.1",
+  "dependencies": {
+    "harp": "0.11.x",
+    "uglify-js": "2.4.x"
+  }
+}