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It wasn't too long ago that I did a pretty big website redesign. I guess it was already time for another!
This time I did it because I moved from Bulma to PicoCSS. Since I'm switching out the whole CSS framework, I might as well do a bit of a redesign.
The "theme" for the new design is "being bold" 🧑🎤
I wanted something that would stand out more, be more unique, and have more personality - a theme for my whole life really.
The new version isn't perfect, but I do feel it is a step in the right direction. In the spirit of accepting good enough and getting things done I decided to publish it, even though I've had feedback that some things don't quite fit together 🤷
The redesign allowed me to finally add a dark mode!! 🥳
This is something I tried to build in the past but struggled to get working well (I was on an older version of Bulma that didn't have a native dark mode). PicoCSS made it easy!
This is also a good time to reflect on all of the iterations my website has gone through over the years.
4 years ago! 👇
great hero image
A year ago: 👇
colours suck - make everything black & white
Two months ago: 👇
adding some colour back
Last week: 👇
clean design, refreshed colour palette
Now: 👇
bold fonts, simple colours
I've obviously gone through several iterations 😅
I feel I've always moved forward though, never backwards. I'm happy about that.
That being said, a hero image of some kind will make a comeback! I had completely forgotten about that one 4 years ago - it looks good 👌
See you tomorrow-ish 👋