A New Look for the Website

For a long time, my old website served to represent me on the internet, but now a new era is dawning.

Why the New Design?

I’ve been thinking for a long time that I would like to have my own blog, where I can document the few tutorials and devlogs I’ve created so far.
Although it wasn’t obvious, my old website also had a blog built in, but aside from two “Hello World” posts with 30 lines of Lorem Ipsum, it didn’t have much content.

This was because when I transitioned from a simple website without any frameworks to Jekyll, I encountered many issues with my old design.
On one hand, it was a fun gimmick that everything was in small windows that could be moved via drag-and-drop, but it was also an absolute nightmare to use.
Not to mention that everything fell apart as soon as the website was opened on a mobile device.

Although I fixed some issues back then, the more problems I solved, the more other problems emerged.

So eventually, the decision was made that I needed to start from scratch and create a new site with a new design.

What Did You Use to Build Your Site?

After experimenting with various other software and facing repeated setbacks, I was almost ready to give up and continue posting my limited content on Medium. However, after a long break, I decided to tackle it again and started recreating my website completely using Hugo.

But Why Hugo?

I had tried Hugo before with a pre-made theme, of which there are many available. Unfortunately, it didn’t click with me at the time, and I initially abandoned the idea. I found it a pity because it’s written in Go, which is probably my favorite programming language.

But what I noticed back then is that Hugo is fast.
I mean really fast, so I gave it another shot, and this time it worked.
I believe the most important aspect was that I created my own theme this time, so I didn’t have to fight against the expectations of a theme creator.
Additionally, I learned a lot more about the dos and don’ts in Hugo, making everything much simpler.

The Design Looks Familiar!

That might be the case.
The current design of my website is inspired by the interface from the video game NieR:Automata.
Some style snippets are from metakirby5.

Currently, my theme is still too messy for me to feel comfortable publishing it, but once I have everything sorted out, I will provide a link to the repo.