So, why Kew? Why OpenBSD? Couldn’t I have made the site run on Linux with a more popular framework that everyone uses?

Technically speaking, yes. But why? Recently (I’d say from around a year ago), I started to really value simple things,things that are not filled to the brim with far too many pieces and stuff you’ll never be able to fully grasp. I mean, sure, I can use more complex things, but do I always fully comprehend them? No! And neither does the vast majority of the population. Kew was the perfect choice for the site: a more modern werc that is an extremely minimal static site generator. I grew incredibly tired of the average site on the internet. I find them boring, filled with unnecessary visual stimuli that only distract you from what you’re actually looking for. Many people feel the same way and use Hugo, but even then, why use Hugo when something more minimal exists and can fill the gap I was looking for? After Kew came OpenBSD. I gotta say, I’m kind of a novice to the whole BSD world, but OBSD always captured my attention with its dumb mascot and its reputation as an “extremely simple and secure” operating system. So I decided to take the plunge and dive headfirst into this world by installing OBSD both on my laptop (all the drivers seem to work) and on a few VMs like this one. Originally, the site was hosted on Alpine Linux, which to this day is still my favorite distro and the one I use for the vast majority of things I do, but I felt like the super simple and clean setup for the site had not been fully achieved. Alpine will still remain in my setup, considering I use Docker and it also runs my K8s cluster, but I feel like learning something new and different can only benefit me in the long run, and I suggest anyone reading this do the same: try using something that can do that task really well and doesn’t do much more. Technology is evolving towards unnecessary complexity, software that does too much stuff despite never being used—and I don’t want to partake in that.