Minutes to Midnight personal website
About the website
Handcrafted by Simone Silvestroni using Jekyll 4.3.2, the Liquid template language, and markdown extended. Maintained and updated using Sublime Text, Typora, Alfred macros, and Shortcuts automation.
Valid HTML tagged with microformats2. Valid CSS level 3, using a custom theme based on Simple CSS. Part of IndieWeb, the site sends and receives webmentions.
Logos and icons in SVG. "Dirt background" image by Michael Rose. Typefaces in use: IBM Plex Sans, Iowan Old Style for quotes and footnotes. The code repository is on GitHub, deployed to Netlify. Latest deploy: {{ site.time | date: "%-d %B %Y, at %H:%M" }}.
A case study explores [how I built the site]({{ site.url }}/blog/website-minutes-to-midnight/).
Accessibility and sustainability
Compliant with the Web Content Accessibility AAA Guidelines, the current WAVE accessibility rank: #7,280 of 1,000,000.
The homepage loads in less than a second and weighs 63.9KB (86.2KB uncompressed). The entire source is 13.8MB excluding videos. 0.01g of CO2 is produced when someone visits the homepage. Scores 100 on Ecograder, featured on Lowwwcarbon. Hosting running on sustainable energy. Pagespeed ranking: mobile and desktop.
Privacy
I don't collect personal data, there is no analytics software, no ads, no affiliate links, no tracking scripts, no pop-ups, no modal windows. A content security policy is in place.
Copyright & trademark
A notice about copyright and creative commons is present in the footer down below. Photography © Silvia Maggi.
Minutes to Midnight™ is a registered trademark in the UK and worldwide. The logo, in all its variants, is use trademark for the trading name of Simone Silvestroni.