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Building2026 · 061 min read

Built this site, by hand

Why I built it from scratch.

I wanted a portfolio that looked like me. So I built it from scratch.

01The look first

A system readout. Dark, monospace, numbers that report on themselves.

02No template, by hand

No template, no page builder. Every detail a decision, not a default.

Every detail on the page is a decision instead of a default.

03Live, not finished

Up, not done. Shipping rough beats a perfect version that never ships.

— built over a weekend in Huntingdon.
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