Personal Website

A modern personal website built with Astro and deployed on Netlify, featuring writing, projects, and photography.

Technologies: AstroTypeScriptNetlifyMarkdown
Completed: January 15, 2024

Personal Website

This is the very website you’re looking at! Built as a modern, performant personal site to showcase writing, coding projects, and photography.

Features

  • Static Site Generation: Built with Astro for optimal performance
  • Content Management: Markdown-based writing with frontmatter
  • Responsive Design: Works great on all devices
  • Type Safety: Built with TypeScript for better development experience
  • Easy Deployment: Automatic deployments via Netlify

Technical Details

The site uses Astro’s content collections to manage blog posts and project descriptions. All content is written in Markdown, making it easy to add new posts and projects.

Key Technologies

  • Astro: Static site generator with islands architecture
  • TypeScript: Type safety and better developer experience
  • Netlify: Hosting and continuous deployment
  • Git: Version control and content management

Development

The site is designed to be easy to maintain and extend:

# Start development server
npm run dev

# Build for production
npm run build

# Preview production build
npm run preview

Future Enhancements

  • Photography gallery with image optimization
  • Search functionality for writing
  • Newsletter integration
  • Enhanced SEO and analytics