Art by Fellfallow.

First and foremost I realized I am out of my depth when it comes to web design! I’m using Hugo and a pre-made theme to generate this static site. (Credits in the footer.) Without it, this basic-looking website would be even more basic. (Trust me, my college-era website was a real treat. At least it would load well on dial-up?)

Hugo is a lovely little tool that essentially takes markdown files and HTML/CSS/Javascript templates and smushes them together to make a website. Because I’m using a pre-made theme, all the actual web components are bundled together for me, making the markdown files the real focus… if the theme is perfect. I tried one theme that was simply broken, and then I landed on the current one (Beautiful Hugo) for its relative simplicity while maintaining the functionality I required. Then I took out the CSS scalpel and began hacking away, specifically at the colors. They were fine, but I wanted my sona colors, dangit!