Hello World — Building This Site

This is the inaugural post on my personal site. I built it to have a home for long-form writing about software, physics, and the other things I care about.

The Stack

• Next.js 15 with the App Router and React Server Components
• Tailwind CSS v4 using the new @theme block for design tokens
• MDX via next-mdx-remote for rich blog content
• Framer Motion for the role-cycling animation on the home page
• Vercel for hosting

Why a blog?

I wanted a place to write about technical topics in depth — the kind of posts I wish existed when I was learning. Expect posts about web development, physics, math, and maybe some dog training.

Code Example

Here's a simple React component:

export function Greeting({ name }: { name: string }) {
  return <h1>Hello, {name}!</h1>;
}

What's Next

More posts coming soon on TypeScript patterns, physics simulations, and building production Next.js apps.