Rebuilding This Portfolio

I rebuilt this site to actually reflect how I work: backend-heavy, detail-oriented, and comfortable moving up the stack when a project needs it. The old version did its job, but it didn't have anywhere to show off actual projects or a real writing outlet, so this pass focused on adding both.

The theme system now runs on Catppuccin — four base palettes (Latte, Frappé, Macchiato, Mocha) each paired with any of fourteen accent colors, all stored in localStorage so it remembers your pick. There is also a toggleable background effect for anyone who wants the extra motion, and a "dashboard" section that pulls recent commits and a language breakdown live from the GitHub API.

The stack is unchanged: Next.js 15 with the App Router, Tailwind v4, and a small custom i18n layer for English/German. Everything else — the contact form, the experience timeline, the dev-tool tooltips — is the same code that was already doing a good job, just reorganized around more content.

Next up: filling in the Pics page with more than one photo, and writing more of these as I ship things worth writing about.