Website Rebirth
A calm, static, Markdown-first rebuild of clemensbaumann.at, plus a sister site for the writing — built to make publishing feel light again.
- Year
- 2026
- Role
- Writing, Web publishing, Personal infrastructure
This site is being rebuilt as a small, static, Markdown-first home for my work. Its sibling, clembaum.com, does the same for my writing — same tools, same workflow, its own address.
The goal is intentionally modest: a personal website that is fast, quiet, easy to maintain, and free from the heavy machinery that often makes publishing feel like a chore. Instead of another overgrown CMS, the site is structured around plain text, simple pages, and a workflow that lets me add essays, project notes, and field reports without fighting the tool.
Phase one is about getting the structure right:
- a clear home page
- a work section for research, film, and teaching projects
- a now page for current focus
- a contact page and the necessary legal pages
- a separate home for essays and notes at clembaum.com
The design principle is the same as the technical one: content first. The site should feel like a calm room for public thinking — not a funnel, not a personal brand machine, and definitely not another thing that needs constant maintenance.