← ~/projects
$ cat ~/projects/daraitis-portfolio.mdx

daraitis.com

This site. Self-hosted portfolio with photos in Swift and projects as MDX in the repo.

Next.jsTypeScriptTailwindOpenStack SwiftCaddy
live

why

Most portfolio platforms either lock you in (Squarespace, Cargo) or want you to manage a CMS for the sake of it. I wanted something simple: a static-ish Next.js site that compiles MDX from the repo and serves photos from object storage I already run.

stack

  • Next.js 15 App Router + RSC for fast photo pages
  • MDX for project writeups (frontmatter + portable content)
  • Tailwind for the dark, monospace-leaning aesthetic
  • OpenStack Swift for photos — container daraitis.com, public-read via tempurl/ACL
  • sharp generates webp variants at upload time
  • Caddy fronts the app, handles daraitis.com → www.daraitis.com redirect + auto-TLS

upload flow

``bash pnpm upload-photo ./trip.jpg --collection iceland ``

CLI presigns a Swift PUT, uploads the original, runs sharp for thumb + display variants, and updates content/photos/collections.json. Same flow available via /admin/upload (basic auth) for one-offs.

photos

Photos live in Swift, not in the repo. collections.json holds metadata; Swift holds bytes. next/image remote-loads from Swift and serves through its optimizer.