Hello, World

Starting from scratch

Every site has a first post. This is mine.

I've had social media accounts scattered across the internet for years — Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, the works — but I never had a single place that was mine. Something I controlled. Something without an algorithm deciding what's worth showing or who gets to see it.

So I built this.

What this is

Peery is my personal hub. It's where I'll:

• Write long-form posts (this is one of them) when I have something worth saying
• Drop short thoughts when I don't — the kind of thing that used to live in tweets
• Share discoveries, opinions, and the occasional deep dive into whatever's caught my attention

No ads. No tracking beyond basic analytics. No algorithm. Just writing.

The tech, briefly

Since people always ask — the site is built on:

• Next.js 15 with the App Router
• React 19
• TailwindCSS 4 for styling (design tokens make theming trivially easy)
• Markdown files for content — version-controlled, portable, readable anywhere
• A simple admin panel I built for writing without touching code

Everything else is rendered at build time or cached at the edge. Fast by default.

What's next

I have a backlog of things I want to write about. Some are technical, some aren't. I'll be writing at whatever pace feels natural — no editorial calendar, no pressure.

If something here resonates with you, say hi or find me on any of the socials. I genuinely enjoy hearing from people.

— Peery