Well I eventually got around to it. I’ve been delaying this, and there’s still some hitches that you’ll encounter because I’ve been working on this locally for a while. But hey, I finally got a proper CI/CD pipeline setup and can get this out and live.

There’s not much you’ll find on here as of writing. Certain things are setup in a certain way, partially ambitious on my part in regards to my future creativity, such as…

• The “Categories” dropdown in the header having hard-configured values used, though not all of them are available just yet as no posts under them exist.
• Limited content overall - this being the first and only post initially. That will of course change over time.
• Possible compliance or otherwise related pages being available. Albeit, no cookies or tracking are deployed here (no JS actually, Hugo static site that’s heavily tweaked from the Bear Cub theme). Just haven’t done an effective audit of that yet.

What’s currently in place?

The structure overall is - as far as I am aware - functionally sound. There’s also some neat little things I find important or cool to include. You’ll notice them about, but primarily there’s two areas.

First area is the Resources page I’ve got setup. Contains a bunch compendium essentially, with technical documentation, files or other information such as SEO related details, that are optimally setup (in my opinion) for both human reading while retaining optimization as a machine-readable page too.

Technical, boring? Yeah. But I mean that’s kind of my thing so that checks out I would say.

Second is more broad and general, which is the overall design of the site itself as a feature. If you compare this visual aesthetic to the original Bear Cub theme, you’ll see exactly how it’s a significant change overall.

This isn’t to say there won’t be further changes down the line of course. I am absolutely someone who lives off of the mantra “If it ain’t broke, take it apart and fix it anyway” like most engineer-type individuals.

And what’s next?

Realistically, this is it for now. I’d be very surprised if you are reading this, since it is a much more “personal” kind of blog, but hey I’m not going to complain if you are.

I have a list of some goals, some more likely to be obvious than others. Some of those being…

• Future content that I myself publish for my own sake. Anything from rambling to technical stuff, project details, etc.
• Further SEO optimization. It’s definitely poor at the moment, and that’s because I can’t stand spending hours doing it. I should, but I don’t, and that’s on me.
• Possible work into better mobile view, as this is 100% a desktop first design and experience. I’ve barely tested on mobile in fairness.

There’s also a point where I do plan on delving further into being a furry degenerate, and possibly uploading and storing my photos I’ve taken during that time in some way also. A kind of gallery on here for people to view if they wanted to for any reason, but primarily for my own sake since I have the goal of keeping that stored off my own devices in some capacity also.

Regardless, thanks for checking this out since you’re here, and hi! I promise I’ll be good and post here occassionally, and the goal is always to stay personal - nothing monetized or commercialized.