This website is generated by paxsite, a bespoke SSG in Rust that generates HTML using paxhtml, a JSX-like library. Previously, I was using Zola, but I was led to build my own after struggling to work within its templating and organisation framework.1No fault of the Zola authors; I'm just a particular kind of guy!
Design inspiration was taken from Gwern, Weak Opinions, Strongly Held, Gergely Nagy's former website, Linus Lee, osmarks.net, Nora Codes, and more.
The type is Source Serif 4 for reading, Fraunces for headings, Figtree for everything around them, Alegreya for the wordmark, and Iosevka for code. Phosphor Icons are used for the theme switcher, the copy buttons and the control that hides the notes index.
The plants in the margins of wide windows, with the animals that visit them and the tools at their feet, are grown and drawn by Églantine, by cadaeic, after the French Republican calendar.