Personal Portfolio Website (Version 2)

A radically simplified, experimental portfolio project. This version is a clean slate: minimal, fast, and focused on custom code—no templates, no bloat, just a direct showcase of my front-end skills and creative coding.

chepaldin.com

🚀 What is Version 2?

• Fully rebuilt from scratch
• No frameworks except Vite + React
• No UI libraries, no CSS frameworks
• All visuals and effects are custom-coded
• Minimal dependencies

✨ Features

• Particle background animation (see src/ParticleBackground.jsx)
• Responsive layout with custom CSS
• Simple, fast-loading, and easy to extend

🛠️ Tech Stack

• React (with Vite)
• Custom CSS (no frameworks)
• Vanilla JavaScript for effects

🏁 Getting Started

1. Install dependencies:

   npm install
   # or
   yarn install

2. Start the dev server:

   npm run dev
   # or
   yarn dev

3. Open http://localhost:5173 in your browser

🖌️ Customization

• Particle background: src/ParticleBackground.jsx
• Main styles: src/App.css
• Main layout: src/App.jsx

📱 Responsive Design

• Mobile-first, adapts to all screen sizes
• Edit breakpoints in src/App.css

🔧 Development Commands

• npm run dev — Start dev server
• npm run build — Build for production

📄 License

MIT License. See LICENSE file.

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Version 2 is intentionally simple. For the original, more complex version, see previous project