Spencer Greene - Personal Website

This website exists because I wanted to buy my name's domain name. Just hacking around on it.

Tech Stack

• Go: Backend server using Gin.
• Vanilla JS/CSS: Frontend implementation.
• Cloudflare (DNS & CDN): Handles DNS resolution and proxies traffic through its global CDN. Caching ensures fast delivery of static assets and minimizes origin requests.
• Fly.io (Hosting): Deploys the application with "scale to zero" support. The server stays offline (at zero cost) until a request is received, at which point it's often already being served from the Cloudflare cache.

Getting Started

Prerequisites

• Go 1.25+
• Air for live reloading (optional)

Running Locally

go run main.go

Or with Air:

air

The site will be available at http://localhost:8080.

Project Structure

• main.go: Server entry point.
• internal/handlers/: Route handlers.
• static/: Frontend assets (HTML, CSS, JS, data).

Wordle Side Project

The /wordle route serves a custom-built Wordle game.

Key Features

• Daily Word Logic: The game selects a unique word for each day deterministically.
• Vibe-Coded Architecture: Built primarily using AI-driven development tools to explore efficient prototyping.
• On-Screen Keyboard: Fully functional interactive keyboard for browser-based play.
• Date-Based State: Supports playing specific historical Wordle games via query parameters (e.g., ?date=2025-12-25).

Implementation Details

• Frontend: CSS-based grid layout and vanilla JavaScript for game logic in static/wordle.js.
• Backend: The Go server serves the static wordle.html and handles routing for the game assets.
• Data: Word lists and game states are managed client-side.