This Website

The Idea

Every developer needs a website. Not because anyone’s checking, but because it’s good practice to have somewhere to point people when they ask what you do.

I wanted something that felt personal without being over the top. Clean design, fast loading, easy to update. The cloud theme emerged because, well, Ireland. We see a lot of sky here.

Technical Decisions

Why Astro?

Astro lets me write components in a way that feels natural while shipping minimal JavaScript to the browser. For a mostly-static site like this, that’s exactly what I want. Plus it plays nicely with content collections, which makes managing blog posts and projects straightforward.

Content Management

The site uses Pages CMS for content management. It’s a Git-based CMS that creates a nice editing interface without requiring a database or external service. Content lives in markdown files, which means everything stays version-controlled and portable.

Hosting

Deployed on Cloudflare Workers via their Astro adapter. Fast, globally distributed, and the free tier is more than generous for a personal site.

Design Notes

The “cloud in the sky” aesthetic was a happy accident. I started with a blue gradient header and things evolved from there. The floating cloud animations add a bit of life without being distracting.

Dark mode was non-negotiable. Light mode before 10am is a form of torture.

Open Source

The code is on GitHub if you’re curious. Feel free to have a look, though I make no promises about code quality at 2am.