I Built and Launched My Portfolio Site in a Day

Today I built and deployed my personal portfolio site using SvelteKit — a framework I'd only tried briefly before today.

What I built

The site includes a hero section, a work portfolio, an education section, and a contact section. It's live at christiandali.dev and deployed via Cloudflare Pages.

What I learned

SvelteKit's file-based routing is one of the cleanest things I've worked with. The idea that your folder structure is your navigation — no router config, no extra setup — just makes sense.

The +layout.svelte file was a new concept for me. It wraps every page in your app, which is perfect for a nav bar that needs to appear everywhere.

Why I built it

I'm building my name in the Central Valley tech and ag-tech space. Having a real home on the internet — something I own and control — felt like a necessary first step.

More writing coming soon.