About the site

Being an early-career researcher means being on the move. This is reflected of course in physical location, but also in online representation: While universities generally provide information about employees and an email address, these are as temporary as the employment contracts.

A common approach is to supplement university websites with profiles in social media, offering a more lasting form of online identity. Considering the state of major social media platforms I find this to be an uncomfortable solution on a good day, and an unacceptable one on a bad one. This website is my response to the challenge of finding a more constant online hub for myself, that I am in charge of and that cannot be taken over by some billionaire.

I built the website myself drawing on a very limited knowledge of web technologies and design. As a result the site might not be the most beautiful thing in the world, but at least it's something original. I am inspired by the small web movement, as I believe reducing the (often unnecessary) footprint of digital services should be a priority for reasons of both environmentalism and privacy. This site might not be a thing of beauty, but it will never ask you to accept cookies or share them with third parties.

Some long-form content on the website is written in Markdown and converted to web-friendly HTML using Parsedown. Whenever it's relevant, code snippets are highlighted in these posts with the help of Prism. The site is written mostly in HTML, CSS and PHP. You might stumble upon some JavaScript, but I try my best to avoid it.