This Website!

Quarto
Web Development
GitHub Pages
An overview of the tools used to build this portfolio site from scratch, including Quarto for content generation and GitHub Actions for automated deployment.
Author

Christopher Hynes

Published

July 24, 2025

GitHub Repository

Project Overview

This project is the personal website you are currently viewing. The goal was to build a clean, professional, and easily maintainable site to showcase my data science portfolio.

Instead of using a traditional website builder, I chose to code the site from the ground up using Quarto, an open-source scientific and technical publishing system. This approach allows for tight integration with data science workflows, enabling direct rendering of Jupyter Notebooks and R Markdown files into polished web pages.

Key Features

  • Automated Deployment: The site is automatically built and deployed from its source code using GitHub Actions. Any git push to the main branch triggers a fresh build and publishes the changes live.
  • Dynamic Project Listing: The “Projects” page is a dynamic listing that automatically populates and creates filterable categories from the projects I add to the repository.
  • Clean & Responsive Design: The site uses a modern Quarto theme (Flatly) with custom CSS tweaks to ensure it is readable and looks great on any device, from mobile phones to desktops.
  • Integrated Code & Content: The entire site, including all text, code, and project pages, is managed as plain text files (.qmd, .ipynb), making it version-controlled and easy to update.

Tech Stack