About Me

I like a minimalist style; black and white are the clearest way to keep attention on what matters.

Why This Blog Does Not Use Traditional Card Streams

Many blog templates break content into rows of cards by default. For long-term writing, that can feel more like a retail shelf for information than a space where judgment can accumulate.

What I want instead is an interface with a sense of order:

• The home page should feel like a poster, communicating atmosphere and direction first.
• The article list should feel like a set of quiet signal panels, not a collection of marketing components.
• The reading page should remain highly legible, allowing the writing to stand on its own.

How Content and Interface Should Divide the Work

Content provides the ideas, structure, and rhythm. The interface should:

1. Make the entry points clear.
2. Make reading comfortable.
3. Make the archive easy to maintain.

If the UI is impressive but adding one article requires editing three different files, it is not a genuinely good blogging system.

Why Astro

Astro’s content collections fit this need very well:

• Markdown is a first-class citizen.
• Frontmatter can be type-checked.
• The static output is clean.
• Pages and content can be decoupled naturally.

That means I can focus on writing instead of being pulled into the complexity of an admin system and a runtime.