I have received numerous questions about how this website and blog was built. So, in response to those, here are the basic building blocks-
- The site is hosted on github-pages.
- Images and other media are in the github repo.
- The basic layouts and color schemes were coded directly in HTML.
- Pages and blog posts are generated statically via jekyll.
I did not want a bloated CMS to maintain blog posts and I especially wanted to avoid comments and “Likes” or other social media activity. I wanted a light-weight, bare bones solution which also allows me to use git-fu to control what’s live on the site etc. The natural choice was to use a static generator and I ended using Jekyll. All the posts are written in just a simple .md file that jekyll parses and creates simple HTML pages.
You are welcome to clone my repo and copy this design provided you link back to this website from your website. :)