I’m stuck at a crossroads between what to do with my own. Not sure if I want to make it more of a documentation/wiki style site for everything I’m interested in or if I want to treat it more like a blog. I’ve got it hooked up to ActivityPub now and I’m intrigued by the possibilities that brings to the table, but I don’t think I’d want it to replace my Mastodon account, which puts it in a weird sort of limbo.

So I want to know, what do you use your own website for?

  • fubarx@lemmy.ml
    9·
    4 months ago

    A friend gave me the best career advice years ago: make a personal portfolio site.

    He said nobody really reads through resumes anymore. A portfolio with lots of screenshots or photos, and a very short paragraph works best. Also tack on a resume for those who ask for it.

    Organized by category, date, or whatever makes sense. You can use a blogging engine like Wordpress, or a static hosting platform like Jeckyll or Hugo. Assign it a simple domain (like .work or .portfolio). Keep it updated with latest clippings.

    Then whenver someone asks, just point them at the site. Print it on a biz card, make custom stickers, etc.

    If you want free hosting, check out Github Pages.

  • Mothra@mander.xyz
    7·
    4 months ago

    I guess this depends largely on what you do for a living. I use mine as a personal portfolio. It allows me to create galleries of work that can’t be made public. I can also create a new gallery with specific curated content if I need to for a specific job application. I also host my CV and some basic info in my About page. I could blog on it too but I’m not a blog type of person.

  • Ephera@lemmy.ml
    2·
    4 months ago

    I actually just got started yesterday. And by “started” I mean, I’m currently creating a graphic to help explain our students at work a specific concept and if that’s online, I’m done with it for the moment. If I find more concepts that could use a graphic, I’ll obviously add more, though.

    I plan to just throw it up on Codeberg Pages or Neocities or something.

  • sylver_dragon@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    4 months ago

    I use my domain for two purposes:

    1. I host my own NextCloud instance, so that I don’t have to put my data on someone else’s computer.
    2. I have a blog (WordPress) with less that a dozen posts. Just random stuff that interested me and I got myself to actually write up.
  • ohlaph@lemmy.world
    1·
    4 months ago

    I host the privacy policies for my mobile apps, a consulting site for mobile related consulting work, and a personal start page full of links I use daily.

  • FrostyCaveman@lemm.ee
    1·
    4 months ago

    It’s a basic about me type thing with links to all my stuff and a contact form (which invokes my self hosted and homemade email sending API). It also has Prometheus metrics which I consume on my “global overview” dashboard (everything happening with all my stuff at once) so I know if somebody has visited. Pretty cosy.

  • Lemuria@lemmy.mlEnglish
    21·
    4 months ago

    Just basic information about myself and maybe a thing or two I’ve done on the Internet.

    Someday if I get the time or the server resources, I’d add subdomains to it to host other stuff, for example “lemmy.example.com”, while “example.com” would just be the basic information, and probably a directory to all the other subdomain stuff.

  • Midnight Wolf@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    4 months ago

    I have a few; my main site gives details about me, has a page dedicated to hating shitty companies and practices, and links to my clan’s website. Has a bunch of subdomains but it’s essentially “tell me about yourself” in webpage form.