Mar 2023 - July 2023
Developed core 11ty structure and initial deployment of website. made to have a flexible content pipeline so I could deploy without needing to type paragraphs and long term markdown context in a HTML format.
Purpose
Finally, a website that is data driven for my specific needs.
A major reason for this site is for personal reference as well as giving a good way to post more detailed, better formatted breakdowns of my projects and roles. I also wanted something agnostic from a service, with a very easy way to update it over time and keep the data and style separated, allowing me to extend/update content while not worrying about stylistic errors.
It also just gave me a way to properly document and show off my projects for my own history. Great to have a link ready when the time arises. Making a system like this allows me to keep expansion easy so I actually do it!
Update July 2026: At this point, the website has been decently optimized for AI SEO and searchability as well.
Tech Breakdown
Eleventy is a JavaScript-based SSG (Static Site Generator) that allowed me to take a more data-driven approach while giving plenty of room for infusing custom interfaces and features for particular content. In this case, all of these pages are written in Markdown/frontmatter YAML data and all the pages/links are generated on saving for easy deployment without requiring control of the net hosting environment, which was needed as I use Hostinger.
History
My first website I made in college was made in Bootstrap Studio. This was super useful relative to regular web development, but made it a hassle to make changes and standardize stylistic changes over time.
On and off I had been looking into dynamic and static site generation, and found a great solution to my needs... Eleventy.
The site design was created by myself. I am using no style standards, no templates, so all styling is also coded and designed by myself.
Has supported over three major expansions to entries with ease. Supported an inline restyling without changes to core data documents.