package.json

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "name": "@ayco/personal-website",
   "type": "module",
-  "version": "1.3.27",
+  "version": "1.3.20",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
     "astro": "astro",

src/components/Head.astro

@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ export interface Props {
 const defaultDescription =
   'Professional software engineer specializing in web development with a decade of experience building web applications for both private businesses and government-funded high-impact projects utilizing web technologies, IoT, data viz/insights, remote sensing, and GIS'
 
-const defaultTitle = 'Ayo Ayco - Tech Leader, Software Engineer, Web Developer'
+const defaultTitle =
+  'Ayo Ayco - Web Dev, Software Engineer, Social Web Enthusiast'
 const defaultOgImage = 'ayo.png'
 
 let {

src/constants/links.ts

@@ -50,9 +50,14 @@ export const footerLinks: Link[] = [
     url: 'https://sr.ht/~ayoayco',
     icon: 'sourcehut',
   },
+  {
+    text: 'GitHub',
+    url: 'https://ayco.io/gh',
+    icon: 'github',
+  },
   {
     text: 'Mastodon',
-    url: 'https://main.elk.zone/social.ayco.io/@ayo',
+    url: 'https://social.ayco.io/@ayo',
     icon: 'mastodon',
   },
   {
@@ -65,21 +70,11 @@ export const footerLinks: Link[] = [
     url: 'http://bsky.app/profile/ayo.ayco.io',
     icon: 'bluesky',
   },
-  {
-    text: 'Instagram',
-    url: 'https://www.instagram.com/ayoayco/',
-    icon: 'instagram',
-  },
   {
     text: 'LinkedIn',
     url: 'https://www.linkedin.com/in/ayoayco/',
     icon: 'linkedin',
   },
-  {
-    text: 'GitHub',
-    url: 'https://ayco.io/gh',
-    icon: 'github',
-  },
 ]
 
 export const socialLinks: Link[] = [

src/pages/about.astro

@@ -8,33 +8,51 @@ import Footer from '../components/Footer.astro'
     <h1>Ayo Ayco</h1>
     <p>ᜈᜄ᜔ᜋᜓᜎ ᜐ ᜉᜒᜇ̢̟ᜎᜐ᜔ ᜅ᜔ ᜐᜒᜎᜅᜈᜈ᜔</p>
     <p>
-      Technical engineering leader experienced in web development, software
-      architecture, and community building. Passionate about the indieweb,
-      digital sovereignty, and kindness.
+      Frontend guy who likes server adventures, coding, and linux. Passionate
+      about the indieweb, digital sovereignty, and kindness.
     </p>
+    <details>
+      <summary>
+        Hey there! I interrupt this page for a message from this website's
+        sponsor...
+      </summary>
       <p>
-      I am an engineering manager at <a href="https://ing.com">ING</a> and a certified
-      software architecture professional (CPSA‑F®) by <a
-        href="https://isaqb.org"
-        target="_blank">iSAQB</a
-      >.
+        <strong>Myself!</strong> Thank you for wanting to read a bit more about me.
+        <!--Some people shy away from writing things about themselves, and thus looks negatively at others who do. But that shouldn't be the case!-->
+        I find it helpful to have a single canonical <code class="inline-code"
+          >/about</code
+        > page with these significant information. It is always a work in progress
+        (like me), and to be honest, I do this mostly as a reminder as the world
+        continue to impose identity onto us. Cheers to celebrating differences!
       </p>
+      <small> Now back to the rest of the web page... </small>
+    </details>
     <p>
-      In my spare time, I find it fun building <a href="/showcase">projects</a>,
-      running self-hosted services at <a href="https://ayo.run">ayo.run</a>, and
-      volunteering to <a href="https://ayos.blog/why-fediverse/" target="_blank"
-        >Fediverse</a
+      I am a newbie engineering manager at a large global bank headquartered in
+      Amsterdam. I'm also a certified software architecture professional
+      (CPSA‑F®) by <a href="https://isaqb.org" target="_blank">isaqb.org</a>.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+      In my spare time, when I have energy, I find it fun building <a
+        href="/showcase">hobby projects</a
+      >, running self-hosted services at <a href="https://ayo.run">ayo.run</a>,
+      and volunteering to <a
+        href="https://ayos.blog/why-fediverse/"
+        target="_blank">Fediverse</a
       > projects like <a href="https://elk.zone">elk.zone</a>,
       <a href="https://m.webtoo.ls/public/local">webtoo.ls</a>, and <a
         href="https://m.webtoo.ls/@vitest">vitest's fedi presence</a
       >.
     </p>
+
     <p>
-      I've volunteered much of my early years into leadership trainings,
-      teaching & leading groups of students, planting a church, and facilitating
-      focus group discussions with entrepreneurial founders, where I learned the
-      power of multi-generational & multi-cultural communities.
+      In a previous life, I've volunteered much of my weekends into teaching
+      kids, leading groups of students, planting a church, and facilitating
+      focus group discussions with entrepreneurial founders, where I learned a
+      lot about the power of multi-generational & multi-cultural communities.
     </p>
+
     <h2 id="contact">Contact info</h2>
     <ul>
       <li>✉️ Email: <a href="mailto:ayo@ayco.io">ayo@ayco.io</a></li>