Why I redesigned this site (again)
A short note on starting over with Astro.
I had a Next.js site. It was fine. It had pastel skill cards and a works page that said “Coming Soon” for the better part of two years, which is its own kind of statement.
The honest reason for redesigning: I wanted somewhere quiet to write, and the old site felt like it was waiting for someone to hire me, which I’m not asking anyone to do. I just wanted a plain place to keep the work, the stuff that shipped and the stuff that didn’t.
This time the rules are smaller:
- One column for reading.
- One bento for the home.
- One accent color, doing one job.
- No “Hi, I’m Joshua.”
If you’re reading this on launch day, thanks for being early. If you’re reading it on day 400 and the lab page still has the same two experiments, that tracks.