live personal site Apr 2026

This portfolio

Rebuilt from scratch as an honest counter to the generic AI-styled developer site.

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Honest copy what I'd say in person

Editorial type Geist + JetBrains Mono

Neutral palette zinc + red accent

Astro + tokens CSS vars, two fonts, one accent

Static HTML no runtime framework

JS islands theme + cmd+K + reveals

Flicker-free dark inline pre-render

Tokens-based system, static output, no gradients.

voice: Cut every word that sounded like a template. Wrote what I'd say in person.
system: Tokens-based CSS, two fonts (serif + mono), one accent. No gradients.
perf: Astro static output, JS only where needed, sub-2KB hoisted bundle.
theme: Inline pre-render script sets dark mode before first paint.

claude

Critiqued my previous version, drafted variants, and refused to let me inflate my own positioning.

Made the editorial calls — what to cut, what a junior should and shouldn't claim, what ships.