luax: stuff

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diff --git a/luax/blog/cache.lua b/luax/blog/cache.lua
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+local md = require "libs.markdown"
+
+local blog_cache = {}
+
+local function get_blog_post_content(post)
+  local slug = post.slug
+  if blog_cache[slug] then
+    return blog_cache[slug]
+  end
+  -- pull markdown content from file
+  local content = io.open("blog/" .. slug .. ".md", "r"):read("*a")
+
+  if content then
+    -- convert markdown to html
+    content = md(content)
+  end
+
+  blog_cache[slug] = content
+
+  return content
+end
+
+return get_blog_post_content