adrianrob1.github.io

Personal academic website for Adrian Robert Minut, CS PhD student at Sapienza University of Rome.

Live site: https://adrianrob1.github.io

Stack

Layer	Technology
Static site generator	Eleventy v3
Styling	Pico.css v2 (CDN, jade theme)
Math	KaTeX — compiled at build time, zero client-side JS
Templating	Nunjucks (.njk) + Markdown
Hosting	GitHub Pages via GitHub Actions

Project Structure

src/
├── _includes/
│   ├── base.njk          # Master layout — Pico.css, sidebar, nav
│   └── nav.njk           # Top navigation bar
├── index.md              # Homepage / bio
├── publications.md       # Publications list
├── posts/
│   ├── posts.json        # Auto-applies layout + "post" tag to all posts
│   ├── index.njk         # Blog listing page
│   └── *.md              # Individual posts
└── public/
    ├── profile.jpg       # Sidebar headshot
    └── llms.txt          # Plain-text manifest for AI crawlers
eleventy.config.js        # Build config: markdown-it + KaTeX pipeline

Local Development

npm install
npm start       # dev server at http://localhost:8080 with live reload
npm run build   # production build → _site/

Requires Node.js 20+.

Writing Posts

Add a Markdown file to src/posts/. The posts.json directory data file automatically applies the layout and tags — no frontmatter required beyond the title:

---
title: "My New Post"
date: 2026-03-01
---

Inline math: $E = mc^2$

Block math:

$$\theta_{\text{merged}} = (1 - \lambda)\,\theta_A + \lambda\,\theta_B$$

Deployment

Pushing to main triggers the GitHub Actions workflow in .github/workflows/deploy.yml, which builds the site and deploys _site/ to GitHub Pages.

To enable for the first time: Settings → Pages → Source → GitHub Actions.