This is the first blog post published on my new personal website, which recently went live and replaced the previous site in place since 2018. After eight years, I made the move to a new website foundation while retaining much of the essential design.
I built up the majority of my old site from the ground up, coding by hand. That was deliberate, with the intention of creating new learning opportunities. The notable exception was the blog, which was designed on WordPress.
All the learning and experimentation efforts certainly paid off, as I was able to acquire a lot of good and lasting knowledge for use in subsequent projects. In the process, I got into the habit of keeping up regularly with the latest web-related developments, something I maintain to this day.
My new website is 100% built and running on WordPress. I decided long ago that with really good, no-code site building platforms out there (WordPress, Wix, Squarespace, and Webflow), manual coding doesn’t make sense anymore unless there’s a specific reason for it.
The one thing I’m really excited about the new site is the fact that maintenance, site updates, and design tweaks will all be a breeze ⎻ that is, low effort, zero (or near-zero) code, highly intuitive, and very easy to expedite. Much faster and simpler than the previous website!