This Site

Problem

I needed a portfolio that credibly shows what I build — not a single static landing page whose links go nowhere, but real Projects, each with a clean, shareable URL. The site itself should also stand as a piece of engineering.

Approach

The site is a server-rendered Next.js app (App Router). Each Project is one MDX file: the frontmatter is the Card, the body is the optional Walkthrough. A typed schema validates that frontmatter at build time, so broken content never ships. The pages are thin consumers of a single content-access module — the one unit-tested seam.

Images are co-located too: a Project's thumbnail and screenshots live next to its MDX and are served through next/image, so they're resized, lazy-loaded, and delivered as AVIF/WebP without leaving the content directory.

Result

Adding work is a commit, not a CMS chore. The structure is token-driven, so the visual design can evolve independently via Claude Design without touching routing or content — which is exactly how this page is styled.