I’ve finally sat down to write my first post.
To be honest, I’ve been planning this personal site for a long time — links, projects, things I wanted to showcase — but it always stayed at “I’ll do it when I have time.” That changed when I came across Mizuki, an Astro-based site framework that made the whole thing feel actually doable.
Why this kind of framework
What I wanted wasn’t just a blog template that works out of the box. I wanted:
- A solid theme and page structure so I don’t have to design everything from scratch
- Enough flexibility to customize layouts, components, and styling
- The freedom to edit the code directly when needed, instead of being locked into a platform
Mizuki sits right in that sweet spot. Anime tracking, diary, albums, projects, skills, timeline — many of the pages a personal site needs are already there. At the same time, it’s still your own codebase. Want a new feature or a small tweak? Open the editor and change it. For me, that beats both bare-bones templates and heavy CMS setups.
So the site I’d been putting off for ages finally has a version you can actually visit.
What’s on the site for now
For now, I’ve added some basics to get things standing:
- About — a short intro
- Projects / Skills / Timeline — filled in with what I could recall from GitHub and my background
Projects and tech stacks are hard to list completely in one sitting. A lot of entries will be revised later. A rough draft still beats a blank page.
What’s coming next
I plan to add more over time:
- Anime — watchlist and tracking
- Diary — casual notes and moments
- Albums — photos and galleries
Other pages and content will follow as needed. No rush to get everything perfect on day one.
A note from later: this launch post captures the site’s original direction. Since then, the focus has shifted toward documenting projects, research, skills, and the tools behind my daily workflow. New sections will appear when I have something worth putting in them—not simply because the template supports them.
Closing thoughts
This site will probably change many times — content, layout, maybe a few features only I find fun. But at least it’s moved from “I want to build this” to “it’s live.”
If you’ve been procrastinating on a personal site too, maybe try this: ship a 60% version first, then polish it toward 90%.
I’ll keep writing here as things evolve.
Ciallo (∠·ω )⌒★
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