Hello World — Why I Built This Blog

For a long time my portfolio was just a static resume. Capabilities, experience, stack — all the right checkboxes, but no voice behind any of it.

A portfolio tells you what someone has done. A blog lets you see how they think.

What to Expect

I'll be writing about things I'm actively working through:

• Architecture decisions — trade-offs I've made in real projects and why
• AI-augmented development — practical workflows, not hype
• Systems thinking — how complexity compounds and how to manage it
• Field notes — small things I learn that don't fit anywhere else

Posts will be short and opinionated. If you disagree with something, that's the point — it means there's a real idea worth examining.

The Technical Side

This blog is intentionally simple. Posts are plain Markdown files with YAML frontmatter. Drop a file in a directory; it appears on the blog. No CMS, no database, no pipeline.

src/content/blog/
  hello-world.md
  your-next-post.md

The frontmatter schema covers everything needed to organise posts:

title: "Post Title"
author: "Cor Cronje"
date: "2026-06-04"
category: "Technology"
tags: ["nextjs", "typescript"]
description: "Short excerpt for the post list."
heroImage: "/blog/images/hero.jpg"
draft: false

Set draft: true and the post won't appear publicly until you're ready.

On to the Work

Enough meta-commentary. The next post will be about something concrete. Stay tuned.