The site is what's left over after trying a few different options, most notably Ghost and later Zola.
Most of the current layout mimics what can be created within Ghost's editor. I then migrated to Zola which shares the bulk of the layout. Currently most of my images are coming from Zola's "/processed_images" directory. You can view the Zola codebase here[1] if you like.
The layouts I'm currently working on (not yet published) are heavily influenced by Andrew Clarke's work [2] and his book "Art Direction for the Web" [3] which I highly recommend if you want to explore less generic layouts online. I hope that on day my site can be example that web design can be as varied and interesting as print!
1: https://github.com/jamiedumont/zola_jamiedumont.com
2: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/author/andy-clarke/
3: https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2019/03/art-direction-relea...
