I’ve had a website on and off since high school, starting with a single handwritten homepage styled with my best attempts at the time to make something “real” feeling. Without any knowledge about VPS or networking, I hosted it on a Raspberry Pi tucked behind my parents router.
In College I wanted to clean it up and start posting more regularly. A friend introduced me to static site generators which are great for writing out blog posts in simple markdown. After playing with a couple I settled on hugo and a theme to go along with it. I finally got it hosted on a VPS vultr with a proper certificate for HTTPS and a reverse proxy for other self hosted projects. The blog consistency didn’t last unfortunately.
Now I’ve picked a more personal and portfolio oriented domain name to go with a professional email. Its hosted in the same way on a VPS but now built and deployed using gitlab CI/CD. I’d like for this to serve as a link hub and professional landing page with the occasional thought or project write up. Reach me at seth@sblank.dev!