The brief was to give an author a home on the web that he could run himself: somewhere to showcase his published books and post new content, without the bloat of a traditional CMS.
The site is built with Next.js and TypeScript, backed by Prisma and PostgreSQL. Behind the scenes there is a full content workflow, with drafting, scheduling and analytics, plus authentication with social sign-in, email verification and two-factor security.
Readers can interact with posts, comment and share to third-party platforms, and the whole site is responsive, accessible and SEO optimised. A generative writing assistant, powered by Vertex AI, is on hand to help speed up writing when David wants it.
