New Vercel Blog

Welcome to my new personal blog!

My background is mobile app development, though my recent roles have been in engineering management, but I decided to build this site using Next.js instead of Jekyll/Astro/Hugo/Gatsby to expand my horizons and learn more about modern web development.

Why Next.js?

I wanted a framework that was fast, easy to deploy (bye Netlify; hello, Vercel), and allowed me to keep my content in simple, portable Markdown files. By decoupling my content from a database, I ensure that my writing remains easily accessible and migrating to another platform in the future will be a breeze.

Code Example

Here is a quick look at a simple Swift struct, just to test out our upcoming syntax highlighter:

struct BlogPost {
    let title: String
    let date: Date
    let description: String
    let content: String
}
 
let firstPost = BlogPost(
    title: "Hello World",
    date: Date(),
    description: "My very first post.",
    content: "Welcome to the blog!"
)

Stay tuned for more posts about software, mobile development, and everything else I'm learning along the way.