This is the codebase that powers my personal website. Key goals of this rewrite were improved configurability and extensibility over the previous React/NodeJS/Express stack. We accomplish this through a few key improvements:
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Copy is not coupled to code. Markdown files stored in /static/pages are parsed by the server on each request to construct route contents. With the magic of SvelteKit, either a prerendered initial HTML file is sent or the difference to apply to the document is provided over XHR. These files can be updated on the host without requiring a new code deployment.
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Content is mostly not coupled to code. While this could be improved with dynamic routing, the solution is fine as-is for now. A file,
/static/content.json, provides a significant amount of context to the site.
These features are great for the use case of this site — a low-traffic,
quickly-modifiable website. The concept could be improved through addition of
caching and a database-backed posting model for repeated entries in
content.json (such as ProjectEntry).