Apeiron

Apeiron is an Astro template designed for developer portfolios and technical blogs. It was built with a focus on developer experience and simple content management. The core challenge was creating a template that avoided the headaches of traditional CMS systems, was performant, and had strong typographic aesthetics. I used Astro’s Content Collections API to create file-based content management system that allows developers to write in Markdown while automatically generating TypeScript types for complete type safety. Performance wise, the template has a 100% Lighthouse score across all metrics.

One challenge was creating a reusable TypeScript component library to ensure type safety, maintainability, and enhanced developer experience. The components needed to be flexible for a variety of purposes on a personal site. For instance, I opted for creating several variations of card components in order to be accommodate the detail and functionality that a developer or designer might need for the site. I also needed to ensure that the Content Collection API and components were configured as cleanly as possible to simplify customization. I was striving for as much of an “out-of-the-box” developer experience as possible while still leaving plenty room for developers to fit the template to their needs.