Michael Placzek Portfolio

Personal portfolio website for heymaikol.github.io, built as a lightweight static site and deployed with GitHub Pages.

Live Site

• https://heymaikol.github.io/

Overview

This repository contains a single-page portfolio focused on clear presentation of background, experience, selected projects, and contact information. The site is intentionally simple to maintain: semantic HTML, custom CSS, and a small vanilla JavaScript theme module with no build step.

Current Features

• Single-page layout with sections for Home, About, Experience, Projects, and Contact
• Four selectable color themes (tokyo-night, aurora-fog, ember-forge, deep-forest) with saved preference in localStorage
• Self-hosted fonts and SVG icons to reduce third-party dependencies
• Responsive design for desktop, tablet, and mobile breakpoints
• In-page navigation anchors account for sticky header height so section titles remain visible
• Security-minded metadata in index.html (CSP, permissions policy, and strict referrer policy)
• Downloadable resume and direct links to LinkedIn, GitHub, and email

Tech Stack

• HTML5
• CSS3 (custom properties, layout grids, media queries)
• Vanilla JavaScript (theme persistence and UI synchronization)
• Self-hosted WOFF2 assets
• GitHub Actions (quality checks)
• GitHub Pages (deployment)

Repository Structure

.
|- .github/
|  `- workflows/
|     `- quality-checks.yml
|- assets/
|  |- fonts/
|  |  |- ibm-plex-mono-400-latin.woff2
|  |  |- ibm-plex-sans-400-700-latin.woff2
|  |  `- syne-700-latin.woff2
|  |- icons/
|  |  |- cplusplus.svg
|  |  |- go.svg
|  |  |- java.svg
|  |  |- location-pin.svg
|  |  |- python.svg
|  |  |- rust.svg
|  |  |- typescript.svg
|  |  `- vuejs.svg
|  `- resume/
|     `- MichaelPlaczek_Resume.pdf
|- index.html
|- robots.txt
|- sitemap.xml
|- style.css
|- theme-switcher.js
`- README.md

Run Locally

No install or build process is required.

1. Clone the repository.
2. Open index.html directly in your browser.

Optional local server:

python3 -m http.server 8000

Then visit http://localhost:8000.

Customization Guide

• Content: Update portfolio copy, project cards, and contact information in index.html.
• Styling: Update layout, spacing, typography, and component styling in style.css.
• Anchor offset: style.css defines --anchor-offset and applies it via scroll-margin-top on main > section[id] to prevent section headers from being hidden by the sticky nav.
• Themes:
  • Update theme variables in :root and each [data-theme="..."] block in style.css.
  • Update the shared theme catalog in <script id="theme-meta" type="application/json"> in index.html.
  • Keep each catalog key aligned with its matching [data-theme="..."] block in style.css; theme options are generated automatically by theme-switcher.js.
• Assets: Replace files in assets/resume/, assets/icons/, or assets/fonts/ as needed, then update references in index.html/style.css.
• Rust logo attribution: assets/icons/rust.svg is the Rust programming language logo by the Rust Foundation, sourced from Wikimedia Commons and licensed under CC BY 4.0. The Rust logo is a trademark of the Rust Foundation.

Automated Quality Checks

• A GitHub Actions workflow runs on pushes to main and all pull requests.
• html-validate verifies index.html.
• Lychee validates links and anchors in index.html and README.md (including external links) with retries for transient network failures.

Deployment Notes

This repo is intended for GitHub Pages hosting as a user site (<username>.github.io). Changes are published when pushed to the branch configured for Pages in repository settings.

Contact

• Email: mplaczek99@gmail.com