@@ -79,11 +79,11 @@ ".md", "/",
 )
 
 func (cc *Collection) GetPost(filename string) (*Post, error) {
-	fp := filepath.Join(cc.config.Root, cc.config.PostDir, filename)
-	url := path.Join("/", cc.config.PostDir, postURLReplacer.Replace(filename)) + "/"
+	fp := filepath.Join(cc.config.Root, filename)
+	url := path.Join("/", postURLReplacer.Replace(filename)) + "/"
 	post := &Post{
 		Input:      fp,
-		Output:     path.Join(cc.config.PostDir, postOutputReplacer.Replace(filename)),
+		Output:     postOutputReplacer.Replace(filename),
 		Basename:   filepath.Base(url),
 		URL:        url,
 		PostMatter: &PostMatter{},
@@ -158,32 +158,39 @@
 	return buf.String(), nil
 }
 
-func (cc *Collection) readPosts() error {
-	cc.log.Debug("reading posts", "root", cc.config.Root, "input_dir", cc.config.PostDir)
-	subdir := filepath.Join(cc.config.Root, cc.config.PostDir)
-	files, err := os.ReadDir(subdir)
-	if err != nil {
-		return errors.WithMessagef(err, "could not read post directory %s", subdir)
-	}
-	for _, f := range files {
-		fn := f.Name()
-		if !f.IsDir() && path.Ext(fn) == ".md" {
-			cc.log.Debug("reading post", "post", fn)
-			post, err := cc.GetPost(fn)
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
+func (cc *Collection) HandleFile(filename string, d fs.DirEntry) error {
+	switch {
+	case strings.HasPrefix(filename, ".") &&
+		filename != "." &&
+		!strings.HasPrefix(filename, ".well-known"):
 
-			for _, tag := range post.PostMatter.Taxonomies.Tags {
-				cc.Tags.Add(strings.ToLower(tag))
-			}
+		cc.log.Debug("skipping", "filename", filename, "is_dir", d.Type().IsDir())
+		if d.Type().IsDir() {
+			return fs.SkipDir
+		}
+	case !d.Type().IsDir():
+		if filepath.Ext(filename) == ".md" {
+			if strings.HasPrefix(filename, cc.config.PostDir) {
+				post, err := cc.GetPost(filename)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
 
-			cc.Posts = append(cc.Posts, *post)
+				for _, tag := range post.PostMatter.Taxonomies.Tags {
+					cc.Tags.Add(strings.ToLower(tag))
+				}
+				cc.Posts = append(cc.Posts, *post)
+			} else {
+				page, err := cc.GetPage(filename)
+				if err != nil {
+					return err
+				}
+				cc.Pages = append(cc.Pages, *page)
+			}
+		} else {
+			cc.StaticFiles = append(cc.StaticFiles, filename)
 		}
 	}
-	slices.SortFunc(cc.Posts, func(a, b Post) int {
-		return b.Date.Compare(a.Date)
-	})
 
 	return nil
 }
@@ -208,37 +215,14 @@ return err
 		}
 
 		log.Debug("walking", "filename", filename)
-		switch {
-		case filename == config.PostDir:
-			err = cc.readPosts()
-			if err != nil {
-				return err
-			}
 
-			return fs.SkipDir
-		case strings.HasPrefix(filename, ".") &&
-			filename != "." &&
-			!strings.HasPrefix(filename, ".well-known"):
+		return cc.HandleFile(filename, d)
+	})
 
-			log.Debug("skipping", "filename", filename, "is_dir", d.Type().IsDir())
-			if d.Type().IsDir() {
-				return fs.SkipDir
-			}
-		case !d.Type().IsDir():
-			switch filepath.Ext(filename) {
-			case ".md":
-				page, err := cc.GetPage(filename)
-				if err != nil {
-					return err
-				}
-				cc.Pages = append(cc.Pages, *page)
-			default:
-				cc.StaticFiles = append(cc.StaticFiles, filename)
-			}
-		}
+	slices.SortFunc(cc.Posts, func(a, b Post) int {
+		return b.Date.Compare(a.Date)
+	})
 
-		return nil
-	})
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, errors.WithMessage(err, "could not walk directory")
 	}