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How this site is made and the tools, type, and decisions behind it.

Technologies

This site runs on Kirby, a flat-file CMS written in PHP without any database. Every page is a plain text file in a folder. The templates are written PHP, the styles are written modern CSS processed with PostCSS, and the JavaScript is bundled with esbuild. The beautiful page transitions are handled by Swup.

Writing & editing

Content lives in flat text files. Notes are written in Obsidian and flow to the site via a custom importer. Everything else is edited in the Kirby Panel. Code snippets are highlighted server-side with Phiki.

Typography

Four typefaces, all self-hosted:

• Plus Jakarta Sans for headings
• Fraunces for decorative accents
• Instrument Sans for body text
• JetBrains Mono for code

Icons are from Iconoir (MIT).

Hosting

The site lives on a server managed with Ploi, which deploys automatically on every push to the main branch onto a German server hosted by Hetzner.

Privacy

No analytics, no tracking, no cookies. Your visit stays between you and this server.