Redesigning My Personal Site

I've been meaning to redo my portfolio for a while. The old one worked fine, but it never really felt like mine. Too many borrowed patterns, too much visual noise, not enough intention behind the choices.

So I stripped it back. Dark background, zinc tones, no cards unless they earn their place. Every section gets a single accent marker and a gradient divider line — enough structure to scan, not enough to distract.

The stack is what I reach for daily: Next.js, Tailwind, motion for the few animations I actually wanted. The content lives in MDX files because I like writing in markdown and keeping everything in the repo.

The biggest lesson? Removing things is harder than adding them. Every hover effect, every gradient, every animated dot — they all had to justify staying. Most didn't make the cut.

This is version one. It'll evolve.