Getting Started: Building My Corner of the Web

Why I decided to build a personal site from scratch and what I hope to create here.

There's something satisfying about building your own space on the internet. Not a profile on someone else's platform, not a page shaped by an algorithm, but a place that's entirely yours — from the code to the content to the design decisions.

Why Build From Scratch?

I've had profiles on every major platform over the years. Each one started with promise and eventually felt like I was performing for an algorithm rather than connecting with people. The content I was proudest of got lost in feeds designed to maximize engagement, not meaning.

Building from scratch means every choice is intentional. The typography, the colors, the way content is organized — it all reflects how I actually think about my work, not how a platform thinks I should present it.

What You'll Find Here

This site is home to two main things:

• Portfolio — The work I've done across design, development, and creative projects. Not just the polished final products, but the thinking behind them.
• Blog — Writing about process, tools, and ideas. Technical posts alongside personal reflections.

The Stack

For the technically curious: this site runs on Eleventy, a static site generator that gives me full control without the overhead of a framework. The CSS is vanilla with PostCSS for modern features. It's self-hosted on a VPS because owning the infrastructure matters to me.

More details on the technical setup will come in future posts. For now, I'm just glad this space exists.