HACKER Q&A
📣 Waterluvian

How do I get a personal page design that doesn’t suck?


I just want to focus on content. I want a minimal, fast, legible page that is built from Markdown.

I’ve tried four or five times now. Dozens of hours wasted learning frameworks and testing out themes and designs.

I don’t have thousands of dollars for a designer to come save me. So I’m feeling frustrated and lost at how to get something that’s serviceable so I can move on to the content.

Every blog I see linked on this website seems so nice in comparison!

For reference, my current attempt. I hate it. https://todays.pointless.click/

  👤 terminal_d Accepted Answer ✓
The
at the end of the page needs some padding at the top, otherwise I don't think there's anything wrong with your website. It's a little too minimalist for my taste.

There's also the classic "Tufte" solutions, here's one: https://jamstackthemes.dev/theme/tufte/

👤 cratermoon
Have you seen https://gist.github.com/JoeyBurzynski/617fb6201335779f8424ad...
👤 akerl_
Most of the blogs I’ve seen on this site are using open source themes for common blogging frameworks.

Why not just… use one that you see and like?

👤 quickthrower2
Wordpress + built in 2020 theme, done!

Add a markdown plugin if you really need it.

👤 equilibrium
really this is all you need http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/
👤 32gbsd
Html is the way to go. Markdown will only cause you pain.
👤 greggarious
Take a design course :-)