Many years ago, I set this site up using the OddMuse wiki software as a sort of low-overhead CMS and markdown-to-HTML engine, giving me a sort of “Web 2.0” interface for managing pages. Over time, I came to want a better way of managing the content, and the long-overdue arrival of static site generators finally gave me the kind of interface and control I had always wanted, without any of the security concerns of rendering pages by running code in response to HTTP requests. I replaced the site with static HTML scraped from the OddMuse-powered site, and began working on adapting the site to the Hugo SSG. That took a long time for various reasons, but that process is now complete, and this site is a solidly “Web 1.0” experience.

The styling of the site is based to some extent on the “minima” theme from the Jekyll SSG, which I experimented with for a while as I was exploring static site generators. I switched to Hugo because I find it easier to manage dependencies and stay up-to-date with a program written in Go.

I like the concept of Brutalist Web Design and adhere to some of its principles to keep this site simple and usable.