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# Technical Details for Nerds

This page contains a smattering of technical information that I think some people might find interesting, but not enough people for it to be included on the main page.

## Website Theme

I had a lot of fun with the [previous 70s-inspired design](https://static.garrettmills.dev/assets/70s.png). I think visual design can do a lot to communicate a _vibe_.

The current vibe feels like less. Less visual complexity, less scope, less techno-optimism, and perhaps a _bit_ less pretentiousness.

This design is my attempt to return to a [simpler](https://motherfuckingwebsite.com/) [design](http://bettermotherfuckingwebsite.com/) [language](https://thebestmotherfucking.website/) that better conveys my current mood, with really (_really_) good fonts on a solid background.

Some icons (particularly those in the photo metadata sidebar) are used from [Lucide](https://lucide.dev/) under the terms of the ISC License.

### Fonts

For the new logo, I'm using the [Obsidian Roman](https://www.typography.com/fonts/obsidian/overview) display font by Hoefler & Co. I don't love to support Monotype, but Obsidian is just _so good_.

The body font is comprised of a few variants of [Reckless](https://displaay.net/typeface/reckless-collection/reckless/) by Displaay.

For code/monospace text, I'm using my go-to font for code, [JetBrains Mono](https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/). It's probably the single font I spend the most time looking at.


## Source Code & Licensing

![](/assets/img/cc-by-nc-sa.png)

This website, its source code, and its contents are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Learn more [here](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).

The source code for this site is available openly under the terms of the aforementioned license. You can view it [here](https://code.garrettmills.dev/garrettmills/www-ssg).

**NO AI TRAINING:** Without in any way limiting the author's exclusive rights under copyright, any use of this publication to "train" generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies to generate text is expressly prohibited. The author reserves all rights to license uses of this work for generative AI training and development of machine learning language models.

## Tech

This site is built using the Eleventy (11ty) static site generator. I have found it to be quite excellent, especially w/ its ability to mix templating engines.
