This website exists as a personal space on the internet for myself. It's a primary hub for my online identity where I can share things that I find interesting. I quit social media a few years ago, so this site is more or less a sane replacement for the likes of Facebook, LinkedIn, Instagram, etc. Although I believe that some organizations benefit from existing on social media only in so far as there are people there to market to, my view is that these social websites have had a net-negative impact to both society as a whole, and to people individually. It has become a major timesuck in our day-to-day lives.
Specifically, this is where I share images, ideas, tutorials, technical notes, complaints about technology that I find annoying, essays on variety of topics, and also carries the responsibility of a personal wiki of sorts. I think that sharing these things publicly forces me to better think through, flush out, and fully articulate ideas. I think everyone should have a personal website. That said, sometimes posts don't age well and the drawbacks are that friends, family, and colleagues may eventually stumble across my low quality, half baked ideas and judge me accordingly - this is why I'll often go back and update a post or outright delete it. I'd like to think that I'm sometimes a rational person, I reserve the right to change my views and opinions.
Though I'm not a developer, this site also serves as a means to learn more about web dev fundamentals.
This website was assembled by hand using purely HTML and CSS after transitioning away from Wordpress. Everything is done manually. I do this primarily for more control, to learn more about basic web development, and to keep things simple.
This website is designed with simplicity and accessibility in mind. The look and feel is intentionally minimalist in both design and how it was and is created. The "design" was heavily inspired by motherfuckingwebsite.com, bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com, and bestmotherfucking.website. Plain-text is beautiful and the majority of modern websites focus too much on design and not enough on actual content. I also love working out of a terminal which is how the site is primarily managed.
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