Case study
Personal Website Revival
A recovered and rebuilt static site for writing, project notes, music, records, and long-running experiments.
What it is
Personal Website Revival is the current version of this site: a static Astro site for professional context, project notes, music, records, and experiments that do not fit neatly into a resume.
Why I built it
I wanted the site to feel less like a generic portfolio and more like a practical catalog. The record-store and workbench direction gives the site a structure that matches how I actually think about the material: selected work up front, experiments nearby, and writing filed where it can grow over time.
What it does
The site collects selected projects, a resume, music and record collection context, recovered posts, and a small workbench of active or archived builds. It also keeps public content separate from private inventory, recovery files, and local working notes.
Technical shape
The site is built with Astro and deployed as a static Cloudflare Pages site. Content lives in typed data files and content collections so pages stay easy to edit in a code editor or CMS. The build keeps the public surface simple: static routes, accessible navigation, lightweight components, and no server dependency.
What I learned
The most useful personal site structure is one I will actually maintain. A small number of durable content types, clear routing, and plain copy matter more than a complicated design system.
What’s next
The next pass is mostly content maturity: better case studies, a few real posts, and small navigation improvements where the catalog metaphor helps people find their way.