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Just in case you were wondering how this site came to be, and who wouldn't?
Technology
Building
Like most honest websites, mine doesn't have any dynamic content in it, so I build it with Eleventy, a static site generator. No frameworks. No nothing.
The savvier among you might wonder why I didn't use Hugo or the like, and the simple answer would be that I like writing with Asciidoc, a markup language that sucks a lot less than the alternatives (cough, Markdown, cough). And if Hugo is gonna make me install Asciidoctor anyway, I might as well just use a site generator that's also made with Ruby or JavaScript.
And no, I don't wanna use Jekyll.
On top of that, I also use Tailwind CSS and PostCSS for ease of prototyping, but I plan to replace Tailwind with more bespoke CSS at some point, when I have the opportunity to take my time coming up with something that'll satisfy the neat freak in me, cause I don't exactly appreciate Tailwind's class vomit all over my markup.
Hosting
The site's hosting is provided by Cloudflare Pages, which hasn't given me any problems so far, though some might be queasy about letting Cloudflare engulf more and more of the web. If only Pages wasn't such a convenient offer. Unlimited bandwidth? Sign me the hell up. Please don't ban me, Matt.
On the other hand, the domain is registered on the excellent Porkbun, a service that has thoroughly satisfied my impulse to cheap out as much as possible. Seriously. They must be scraping literally cents out of each domain. And having good support, and a light and easy dashboard also helps.
Design
Most (and by most, I mean all) of the art and design of my site is a product of the sick, twisted mind of yours truly, with a few exceptions, cause I have my limits… for now.
The font is Archivo, by Omnibus Type. And nothing else. Really. It's a pretty versatile font, on virtue of its variable properties, so I use it for the body text, the titles, and even the big chunky text right on the middle of my home page (which is the actual reason I chose it). Purdy cool.
Additionally, I use Tabler's icons, mostly for the fact it was the only icon set I saw that included a brand icon for DeviantArt. Which feels like a pretty petty reason reading back on it, but it's as good a motive as any if you ask me. Everything to avoid using FontAwesome. Tsk!
And well, if you didn't know, now you know.