Why this site?

Honestly, the idea on making my very own website has been brewing for quite a long time...possibly since 2019 or so, actually.

Initially, i had only thought that making one was futile and most likely made sense if i had a career as a "freelance artist" only:
but as time went on, i've got more serious on brewing an idea about it.

At first, when i've went real serious about the whole thing, i thought it's purpose was to only be either an "artist portfolio" or "free visit card" to contact me out (but even that was an idea i had really scrapped too).

But, between planning and letting go of the idea (due to my inexperience in HTML & CSS and thought i was only destined to use "website builders"), these were the handful of reasons why i've never made a website of my own in the first place:

Since i needed programs that only worked on a PC (like Joomla, WordPress, Jekyll, Carrd, and, yes, even LibreOffice), i had always took my distances from my laptop back in the day. It used to have Win10 installed and i had just a terrible experience with it- even though, since the 1st of Jaunary 2023, i had fully switched to Debian (after learning how Linux worked by keeping Linux Mint installed for a couple of months);
Accounts. Yes. They always (and still do) feel like a chore doing one in the first place- especially how, in the very past, i've used to make many (around 50+ accs) immaturely and, when 2021 has came, had to account all of my responsibilities and wanted to wipe every footprint i had left online the previous ages;
I was very insecure of the UNIX terminal back in the day (before 2022 came by) and thought i was going to cause a terrible mess if i didn't have a GUI in front of my eyes (Windows used to make me really scared of terminal programs);
I didn't wanted to learn the complexity of running a server for an indefinite time, but also deploying it and looking after it's security holes. I also am very short on money (and still do nowadays) to keep a domain and self-host it myself;

After those roadblocks, i quite stood several years without wanting to learn a new thing in my life-

until life has given me, between 2022 and 2023 (may count even for 2024 onwards, too), a sleuth of wonderful surprises. They were so many that i've got back the motivation to learn new things as a whole, and by extension learn what i've always wanted to look upon since my childhood aswell.

Since August 2023, i had started learning HTML & CSS alone- and, surprisingly, it took me about a week to get an hang of just the basics (aside the new stuff i was learning along the way, too).
After learned such, it has given not only one...but multiple reasons why i wanted to realize my own website, such as:

Make it a centralized space for my own socials, this by ditching all of the strings it had attached to a freelance career;
Share all of the knowledge i've taught with everyone- don't worry though, i will in the next article lol;
And well, as a last thing, unleash my very own creativity: all under the form of a webpage. Really, since i had started learning CSS and such, i had started growing a real spite towards website builders (along the fact that they would make it, also, lesser extensible to edit and work with to your heart's desire. I'll avoid explaining how frustrating they are on paper, despite such programs/products get advertised as "time-savers" as it's selling point);

Why you should make one!

Before venturing on the meat of this section, i'd suggest giving a good 'ol look towards the "pros & cons" of using a webpage builder vs making one from scratch (yep, i'm waaay too lazy to make a table that demonstrates the whole thing in a more engaging way lmao).
Though, if you may have already given a look upon it before this suggestion, you prolly could have seen a builder has more advantages than making one "from scratch"- yet, if you're like me, don't give a mere crap about it and love building something from square one, then i'm glad to announce why it's an incredible choice to do so!

Aside the whole blather, these are my personal reasons on why you should make a website on your own!:

Make it a centralized spot for your socials/contacts (should help a lot on reducing your digital footprint, too!);
Unleash your creativity without limits. No strange stuff to pay, no memberships to subscribe, and no accounts to make somewhere else just to build your own website (with the exclusion of having 1 just for hosting it);
Lesser security risks (compared to websites built with WordPress);
If you formerly used to pay people exhorbitant prices to build websites for you: this is exactly your chance to make a website however you want it, without shelling a single cent from your wallet (and potentially avoid scams). It may come with the downside of spending your free time building one from scratch, but i feel that's worth it;
Full control to your website. Edit it when you feel like it (both offline & online) and update it until you're satisfied with the results;
No need to learn complex languages like JavaScript, really. If you're purely focused on your webpage's graphical design, then you should pick HTML & CSS without doubting too much about it lmao;
IDEs. Who needs that heavy and bloated stuff when you can use your favorite text editor and web browser? To add a plus, it saves lots on storage, RAM, but also won't gatekeep you to a specific set of program/s & platform;

Though, after all of this, i hope i had convinced you why making a website on your own has it's own advantages- if i didn't, well, i had tried lol
(but still glad you've used your time to read atleast 1 article from myself).

Moving on, if you want to read the next article:
feel free to hover on the navbar (placed on the top-right corner of my page) and give it a spin!