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Era 5 · 2026–present

The Forest Era

The current incarnation. Astro v5, Rivian Green dark theme, hedgehog animations, treehouse project page. Nature-anchored and still growing.

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Astro v5Rivian Greenhedgehog animations

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Era 4 · 2024–2026

The Digital Garden

Migrated from Gatsby to Astro v4. Clean light theme, Atkinson Hyperlegible font, blue accents. Hosted on Cloudflare Pages. A fresh start.

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Astro v4Cloudflare PagesAtkinson

Wayback

Era 3 · 2021–2023

Dark Mode Gatsby

Complete rewrite to Gatsby v3 with a dark theme. CSS Modules, VSCode-based syntax highlighting, Times serif font. Cut dependencies from 28 to 16.

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Gatsby v3CSS Modulesgatsby-remark-vscode

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Era 2 · 2019–2021

The Purple Gatsby Era

First Gatsby site. Purple header with an astronaut SVG, Montserrat font, Prism syntax highlighting. Built during the Flatiron bootcamp era.

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Gatsby v2NetlifyPrism

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Era 1 · 2019–2019

React + Rails

Full-stack rebuild with a React frontend and Rails API. Had its own login system and a live-preview article editor. Deployed across Netlify and Heroku.

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ReactRailsNetlifyHeroku

Frontend Backend

Era 0 · 2018–present

The FTP Era

Where it all started. Hand-written HTML and CSS, uploaded to Bluehost via FTP. Zilla Slab font, red links, and a lamp banner header. Ed's Bootcamp Blog.

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HTMLCSSBluehostFTP

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