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This page contains information about how the site works, design references, legal information, and other "meta" things that don't fit anywhere else.

Privacy "Policy"

In short: I minimize the data collected Data collected on this site falls into one of three categories:
  1. Information voluntarily and explicitly collected via forms, such as a contact form or comment field.
    Data collected here is used only to respond to your request, if applicable.
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  2. Aggregate tracking information collected using Plausible. This information is aggregated for statistical purposes only. At no time can I identify any visitor based on this data. This information is also not sold to third parties, or used for any reason beyond understanding traffic trends.
    To opt-out of this tracking, set "Do Not Track" on your browser or use the button below.
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  3. Account information associated with your Webflow sub-account, if one is created for use on restricted pages. This consists of only the minimum required info: Name, email, and access groups. Documentation on this can be found here.
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Design References

Site Insipirations

Design Choices

Font: Work Sans

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Making Your Own Personal Website

  1. Get a domain: I recommend cloudflare.com as their prices aren't marked up, but Squarespace and Namecheap are also reputable. Most .com domains should cost between $8 - $15 per year, although you might have to get creative with the name or go to a different ending like .info or .bio.
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  2. Determine your purpose: Is your goal just to have information about you on the internet (which nowadays also means accessible to AI), to create and upload content (blog, photos, writing, etc), or just improve your SEO? This site is a mix of everything but knowing what you do and don't want to do is important before building.
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  3. Choose a host and make tradeoffs: If your budget for hosting is free, you basically have two routes to keep a custom domain - write the code yourself or with AI and host somewhere (Github Pages and Cloudflare Workers are great for this, called "static content") or use Google Sites. Both of these options will take care of the HTTPS security, and you make a tradeoff between freedom to customize and time spent getting to publish.
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    1. If the goal is just to get something up ASAP, use Google Sites. You
      can always move things later!
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    2. If the goal is to build something where you control exactly how it looks, you're going to look at options that allow you to edit the raw HTML and CSS code. Cloudflare and Github let you upload the code and handle free hosting for the first X visitors - X being a number a personal hobby site shouldn't hit!
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  4. If you do have a budget, I recommend these drag and drop builders as happy mediums where you have a lot of control over functionality while still being easy to modify or upload content to, aka a content management system or CMS:
    • Webflow - free for students, and what this site is hosted on.
    • Squarespace - has a lot of templates that are easy to modify for a quick start.
    • Canva - good if you already use canva a lot.
    • Framer - similar to webflow, focusd more on design than CMS.
    • Wordpress - most feature rich and used a lot by enterprise, but has a steeper learning curve than the others.