# About

This is a personal blog for long-form writing. Essays, notes, and whatever else seems worth putting into words.

## The Design

You might notice the markdown syntax visible throughout the site — the ` ## ` before headings, the ` ** ` around bold text. This is intentional. The posts are written in Markdown, and the site shows you the source alongside the rendered result. It's a small reminder that what you're reading was written as plain text in an editor.

The typography uses Source Serif 4 for body text and IBM Plex Mono for code and syntax markers. The aesthetic is inspired by gwern.net — monochrome, minimal, and focused on the reading experience.

## The Stack

The site is built with Astro and MDX. Posts are plain ` .mdx ` files on disk — no database, no CMS. Content management is just a text editor and git.

It runs on a Raspberry Pi in my apartment, served through a Cloudflare Tunnel. The hardware cost less than a year of typical cloud hosting, and I like knowing exactly where my site lives.

## Contact

If you want to reach me, the easiest way is probably email. I don't have a comments section — if something I wrote makes you want to respond, write your own post. That's how the web is supposed to work.