Getting ready for some new things. First step: a new site.

I’m in the process of starting some new things, and as part of that, I wanted to remake my website. Some sections on my old website seem less relevant as my career path has shifted over the last several years, and I also wanted to add new features, such as a blog for announcements and ideas. The old version of my website was made with Jekyll using the Academic Pages template. My version was a moderately modified fork from several years ago, and I never bothered to try and merge changes from the original theme. I also found the process of setting up all the tools to develop it on my computer to be annoying. That may be less true today, but I’ve decided to switch to using the Hugo static site generator for developing static sites.

So now, this site is built using Hugo. Initially, I tried some pre-existing themes, but ultimately, I opted to create everything from scratch with minimal dependencies. It ended up being simple to recreate my old theme, and it’ll be easier to maintain than my old site. I think all the big pieces are in place, and now I just need to continue refining the layout and style. And if there’s interest, I might turn what I created here into a dedicated theme that others can use.