coreystew.art
March 2026 - This site. A playground for building tech, sharing perspectives, and just generally trying to be helpful.
Why Build a Website
It’s a build. And a brochure.
A space to house thoughts on tech, talent, and whatever else comes into my head. It contains projects, writings, and at the time of publishing, one book.
The Design
The current design is intentionally minimal. Inter font, light background, no navigation chrome. Modeled after personal sites that prioritize reading over presentation (personal tech blogs).
The previous version was a dark-themed design with a glitchy graph background, animated hero section, and fixed navigation. It looked interesting. It also got in the way. Simple won.
The Logic
In People Ops, we talk a lot about “technical literacy.” I prefer fluency.
Strategy is as good as the execution behind it. I’ve spent a career focused on the big picture and execution, but I like staying close to the tech because it’s usually the shortest path from idea to done.
layer ai on that, and now we have superpowers
The Infrastructure
- LLMs. Claude Code, Gemini, Codex. I use them all. Each has different strengths that become obvious once you spend real time with them.
- IDE. Neovim. I’m already using the AI CLIs so it makes sense to stay in the terminal.
- Astro 5. Static site generator. I learned it a couple years ago — it’s a good fit for content-heavy personal sites.
- Tailwind v4. The DX improvement over v3 is real.
- Content Collections. Writings and projects stored as markdown files. Token-efficient and easy to work with in an AI-assisted workflow.
- Self-Hosted. Running on a personal Vultr cloud server. Started as a Linux curiosity a few years ago. Now it’s just infrastructure.