Colophon

10 Sep 2025

Last updated: 10 Nov 2025

This site is built and published with a small, readable stack and a bias for flexibility and performance.

Stack#

Static site generator: Eleventy (11ty) v3
Language & tooling: Node.js (Yarn scripts), Nunjucks templates, Markdown via Markdown‑It with markdown-it-anchor
Styles: Sass compiled to a single CSS file; custom utility classes; normalize; type set with the Recursive font
- Previously used the EMBL Visual Framework (VF) and Gulp; the migration to a simpler Eleventy v3 stack is documented here.
Search: Static index generated at build time; client‑side search with Lunr.js. Source: search page template, client‑side script, index builder
Hosting: Vercel (auto‑deploys from GitHub, automatic HTTPS, CDN)
Domain: Cloudflare (DNS, security, performance)
Fonts: Recursive

Source code: github.com/khawkins98/allaboutken-11ty
Images: Eleventy Image plugin (Sharp under the hood) configured to generate deterministic, token‑based filenames
Social sharing images: Auto‑generated OpenGraph/Twitter cards using Eleventy's Screenshot Service — dynamically captures styled HTML pages as 1200×630px images
Build command: yarn build → compiles Sass, runs Eleventy, processes images, builds search index

Analytics: GoatCounter (cookie‑free, aggregate counts only). See their rationale on GDPR consent and legitimate interest: GDPR consent notices.
No trackers: No ad tech, no cross‑site profiling.