Setting Up Initial Page

Sources:

https://jose-barrera.com/

I started with the adding the basic HTML skeleton and added in a header and a few sections.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0"/>

        <title>Jose Barrera</title>

        <meta name="author" content="Jose Barrera"/>
        <meta name="description" content="I'm an early-career software developer sharing my projects, experiments, and self-hosting journey. Always learning, always building."/>

        <link rel="stylesheet" href="styles.css"/>
    </head>
    <body>
        <header>
            <h1>Hi, I'm Jose 👋</h1>
            <p>Software Developer • Explorer of Tech • Self-Hoster in Progress</p>
        </header>
        <nav></nav>
        <main>
            <section>
                <h2>Projects</h2>
                <p>Coming soon...</p>
            </section>
            <section>
                <h2>Contact</h2>
                <p>Email: hello@jose-barrera.com (soon!)</p>
            </section>
        </main>
        <footer>
            <p>&copy <time datetime="2025">2025</time> Jose Barrera</p>
        </footer>
        <script></script>
    </body>
</html>

I then added some simple styling

body {
    font-family: sans-serif;
    line-height: 1.0;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    background: #f4f4f4;
    color: #333;
}

header, main, footer {
    padding: 2rem;
    max-width: 800px;
    margin: auto;
}

header {
    background: #fff;
    border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;
}

footer {
    text-align: center;
    font-size: 0.9rem;
    color: #777;
}

Here is what the page looked like when you go to jose-barrera.com:

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