diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..89f9ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+out/
diff --git a/make_static.sh b/make_static.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5b5d37b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/make_static.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# TODO: use nix shebang?!
+
+if [ -d out ]
+then
+    echo "ERROR: out already exists"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+mkdir out
+find . -type d '!' -path './.git/*' '!' -name .git '!' -name out '!' -path './out/*' '!' -name '.' -exec mkdir 'out/{}' ';'
+find . -type f -name '*.md' '!' -path './out/*' -exec bash -c 'i="$1"; pandoc -f markdown -s -t html "$i" > $(echo "out/${i%.md}.html")' sh {} ';'
+(cd out && tree -o index.html -H .)