2024-08-13
dear witness,
this is the first post on my new website, which i'm creating using the zola static site generator
the old site used jekyll, which i like a lot, and i've used it for over 5 years
i always found the ruby development environment to be a massive pain in the ass to set up, which is why zola was pretty appealing
i also never use ruby for damn near anything, so i never keep it installed
i've also just been meaning to change things up a little in general
the whole early web 2.0 aesthetic is a lot of fun, but i've been feeling a bit more drawn towards minimalism lately
besides, i was barely even sentient when that aesthetic was big
i might port over the old posts
might not
some of that stuff was pretty cool
you can always check out the internet archive to see that stuff if you want: http://web.archive.org/web/20240226014714/https://exvacuum.dev/notes
idk why i decided to write like this but it's kind of funny
a bit rambly
it's actually really annoying trying to intentionally write poorly
i do want to start writing more of these things because god i feel like i learn so much and don't have anywhere to share it
like i have my youtube channel, which is great when i can muster up the willpower to throw something together, but i don't feel like my skills are developed enough to output videos at a rate or quality which would satisfy me
i would be spending more time on videos about my projects than the projects themselves
i'm actually putting off my big personal project right now to do this lol
but it's important (i think)
my site's on my resume and i'm looking for jobs right now
if you're a potential employer reading this, first of all: i'm surprised you read this far!
but also please hire me or something
not for frontend web development obviously
thanks for reading this,
- silas