This Site
Skills: Jekyll, Ruby
GitHub link: https://github.com/garrrettt/garrrettt.github.io
Why Jekyll?
I chose to modify an existing Jekyll theme because I believed that would be the most efficient and customizable way to make a portfolio website. I could have chosen to make a custom site in React, perhaps with Gatsby or Next, but since I have some Ruby knowledge (I learned Ruby on Rails on Codecademy years ago), I figured that it would be easy enough to download and customize a Jekyll theme and customize it to my liking.
In terms of development philosophy, I think it’s important to ship a product, and the language and framework should be chosen to guarentee that a good product ships. That’s exactly why I chose to use Jekyll because I knew that would be the fastest way to write a personal website.
With all that said, I hope you like it! Feedback is always appreciated via GitHub issues if you notice bugs or have a suggestion.
Credits to https://github.com/sergiokopplin for the base theme.
Garrett Smith
Learning how to improvise better on guitar/bass 🎸 and keyboard/synth 🎹