Hey everyone! I'm curious about what tools or technologies you all are using to build and manage your websites or portfolios. What works best for you?
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I've gone the hand-coding route too, with Apache serving my HTML/CSS. After some experience at a web hosting company, I've decided to stay away from WordPress altogether.
I have a simple static site built with HTML and CSS, and it's hosted on a Hetzner VPS. It's straightforward and gets the job done!
I use WordPress for my site. It’s user-friendly and has a lot of themes available!
For my setup, I like to keep it low-maintenance. On the front end, I use React with Vite for quicker builds and Tailwind for styling. The backend runs on Node.js with Express, and I manage the infrastructure on a VPS with Ubuntu and Nginx as my reverse proxy. It's lightweight and avoids too many dependencies, especially for my portfolio. Just keep it fast and efficient! Are you leaning towards static or a full backend-driven site?
Honestly, I kept mine quite basic. Just a static site created with Hugo or plain HTML/CSS. I host it on GitHub Pages or a cheap VPS, which works perfectly for me.
My site is built with Jekyll and hosted on GitHub. I've set up an automation workflow that updates it to Azure whenever new markdown files are added. It’s been a couple of years since I last modified it, but the static nature means it runs fine without constant updates.
Static sites are the way to go!