Welcome to my new digital garden! After spending quite some time designing, architecting, and writing the code for this space, I'm thrilled to finally hit publish.
Instead of reaching for a headless CMS platform or a generic template, I decided to build this blog completely from scratch. I wanted a space that not only showcases my projects but also serves as a permanent playground for testing out modern web technologies.
If you are curious about what is running under the hood, here is the core stack powering this site:
One of the features I am most proud of is the custom comment system at the bottom of these posts. Instead of dropping in a heavy, third-party iframe widget, I built a native integration using Discord OAuth.
By handling the authentication callbacks and token management manually, the site stays incredibly fast while still allowing for rich interactions and nested replies directly written to the Postgres database.
To make sure my markdown renderer is parsing code blocks correctly, here is a tiny example of how clean server-side fetching looks in the App Router:
export async function getPosts() {
const posts = await prisma.post.findMany({
where: { published: true },
orderBy: { createdAt: 'desc' },
});
return posts;
}I plan to use this space to share deep dives into full-stack development, UI design thoughts, and lessons learned from various projects. Building things from scratch always uncovers interesting edge cases, and I hope to document those solutions here.
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