Site Redesign Complete

I've completed the redesign on my website. I'm sure I'll continue to fiddle with things, but the major parts are done and published. Here are some of the big things that changed:

Design #

I'm always drawn to minimalist designs and I'd describe what I've done as a hybrid of Systems Minimalist, Brutalist Minimalist, and Editorial Minimalist. I have no idea if those are real design styles but that's just the vibe I'm trying for. It's an understated, text focused, accessible style that just wants to focus on the stuff I publish.

Feeds #

I moved my RSS feed from /feed/feed.xml to /feed.xml. I hated doing that, but I felt it best. I did set up a 301 redirect on my server so hopefully, people who follow it will be automagically redirected and no one will even notice. I also added a brand new JSON feed at /feed.json if you're into such things.

Open Graph #

Previously, I ripped out all the open graph information from my site but I've reversed course on that. I thought it best to at least attempt to control how the information is being displayed on sites so I've configured my open graph previews to be the small summary with a little goofy text icon. I'm not sure I'm entirely happy with it but it's fine for now.

Favicons #

I took this opportunity to refresh my favicons. I put the call out on Mastodon and someone DM'd me. I paid them a few bucks, provided my svg and boom they provided a nice set of images!

Conclusion #

If you're bumping into any 404's after this rebuild, I'd really appreciate if you dropped me a note. I'd also really appreciate compliments at how nice and simple my design is. :)