This website (alexanderchiu.net)

A fast, no-framework personal site and engineering portfolio, built with Eleventy and deployed automatically to GitHub Pages.

shipped · June 20, 2026 · Eleventy, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Git, GitHub Actions

Problem

I needed a place to show who I am and the engineering work I'm starting to do — something faster and more professional than a social profile, that I fully control and can grow over time.

Approach

I chose a static site so it loads instantly and ships zero unnecessary JavaScript. I used Eleventy to turn Markdown into HTML with reusable layouts, so adding a new project or note is just writing one file. The whole thing is version-controlled with Git.

Build

• Designed a clean "light technical" look — navy text, a blue accent, and a monospace font for the technical details.
• Set up reusable layouts and collections so projects and blog posts generate themselves.
• Added SEO basics (meta tags, Open Graph, a sitemap, and structured data) so the site is easy to find.
• Wired up GitHub Actions so every push to main rebuilds and deploys the site automatically.

Result

A live site at alexanderchiu.net that I can extend in minutes. Building it taught me HTML/CSS layout, templating, and a real continuous-deployment workflow — the same kind of tooling used in industry.

Next: add project photos and link the source repository.

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