I wanted a personal webpage. Not a social media profile, not a template from a drag-and-drop builder — something that actually felt like mine. So I sat down with Claude and started from a blank folder.
// why build it at all
// the stack
The whole site is plain HTML and CSS — no frameworks, no build tools, no
dependencies to break six months from now. A index.html, a
style.css, and a folder of articles. That's it.
- Hosting: Cloudflare Pages — free, fast, and SSL is automatic
- Version control: GitHub, connected to Cloudflare for auto-deploy on push
- Domain: archwyllt.ca, already managed through Cloudflare DNS
- Deployment: SSH keys set up so Claude can push directly
// the design
The brief was "modernized 8-bit." That meant pixel fonts (Press Start 2P for headings), offset box shadows that give cards a tactile pressed feel, a dark background with cyan and pink accents, and scanlines overlay for the full retro effect. Clean enough to read, weird enough to be memorable.
// working with Claude
// what's next
The site is a living project. The blog will fill up as I write about the things I build and tinker with. The design will evolve. The goal was never to launch a finished product — it was to have a place that's mine on the internet.
You're reading it. That's enough for now.