johnedmondson.dev v2 — This Website

Why a rebuild?

Version one did its job, but I wanted three things it couldn't offer: a real home for longer writing, proper German/English support, and a component library organized the way I think about interfaces.

Architecture

• Next.js App Router with locale-segmented routes (/en, /de) and a cookie-aware middleware redirect
• Atomic design — atoms, molecules, organisms, and templates, each with co-located SCSS modules
• File-based CMS — posts are JSON documents edited through a local /admin interface; publishing is a git commit, so the production site stays fully static with zero database
• A dependency-free Markdown renderer for post bodies

Two kinds of posts

Portfolio pieces get an image-forward template with a sticky project fact sheet — client, role, year, stack, links. Writings get a focused editorial column tuned for reading. Same content model, two presentations.