Luke Trusheim's Personal Website

Static site built with Eleventy and deployed to GitHub Pages at https://luketrusheim.com.

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20+ and npm (matches the GitHub Actions workflow)

Setup

npm install

Local development

npm run dev

• Serves and watches the site locally (default: http://localhost:8080).
• Source files live in src/; Eleventy outputs the built site to _site/.

Build

npm run build          # production build for the custom domain

• _site/ is generated output and should not be committed.

Deployment

• Pushes to main trigger .github/workflows/deploy.yml, which runs the build and deploys _site/ to GitHub Pages.
• The CNAME file keeps the custom domain configuration intact.

Project structure

• src/ contains pages (*.njk), data (_data/projects.json), includes (_includes/), and assets/images copied through to the build.

projects.json reference (project cards + project pages)

• File: src/_data/projects.json
• Each object in the array represents one project used by:
  • src/portfolio.njk (portfolio cards)
  • src/projects/project-page.njk (generated project pages)

Common project fields

• slug (string): used for project page routes (/projects/<slug>/)
• title (string): project title shown on cards and project page
• image (string): default image path (used on portfolio cards and as fallback on project page)
• alt (string): image alt text
• description (string): short summary used in portfolio + project page header
• tags (array of strings): badge tags
• currentlyBuilding (boolean, optional): if true, project appears in the “Currently building” section
• links (array, optional): CTA buttons shown on portfolio/project page
  • label (string)
  • url (string)
  • newTab (boolean, optional; portfolio respects this)

Date field (single source of truth)

• date (object): used for sorting and display formatting (Mon. Year, Mon. Year - Mon. Year, Mon. Year - Present)
• Keep dates (string) if you want a human-readable reference while editing, but the site now uses date

Supported date shapes:

Single month:

"date": {
  "start": { "month": 1, "year": 2025 }
}

Range:

"date": {
  "start": { "month": 5, "year": 2025 },
  "end": { "month": 6, "year": 2025 }
}

Ongoing:

"date": {
  "start": { "month": 9, "year": 2025 },
  "present": true
}

Year-only (supported):

"date": {
  "start": { "year": 2023 }
}

projectPage object

• projectPage.enabled (boolean): controls whether the “Project Page” button appears and whether the page renders full content vs “not available yet”
• projectPage.url (string, optional/legacy): may still exist in data, but generated pages use slug
• projectPage.images (array, optional): top-of-page image gallery shown before the project details/sections
• projectPage.videos (array, optional): top-of-page video embeds/files shown before the project details/sections
• projectPage.sections (array, optional): content blocks rendered in order on the project page

projectPage.images item format (top-level gallery)

• Each item can be either:
  • a string image path, or
  • an object with:
    • src (string) (also accepts url or image)
    • alt (string, optional)
    • caption (string, optional)

Example:

"images": [
  { "src": "/images/project-1.jpg", "alt": "Front view", "caption": "Prototype front view" },
  { "src": "/images/project-2.jpg", "caption": "Bench test setup" }
]

projectPage.videos item format (top-level videos)

• Each item should usually be an object.
• Supported formats:
  • Embedded video (YouTube/Vimeo/etc.) via embed (or iframeSrc)
  • Native hosted video via src (or video / url)

Fields:

• embed or iframeSrc (string, optional): iframe URL
• src / video / url (string, optional): video file URL/path
• type (string, optional): MIME type for native video (example: video/mp4)
• poster (string, optional): poster image for native video
• title (string, optional): iframe title
• caption (string, optional)

Example (embed + file):

"videos": [
  {
    "embed": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID",
    "title": "Demo video",
    "caption": "System demo"
  },
  {
    "src": "/videos/bench-test.mp4",
    "type": "video/mp4",
    "poster": "/images/bench-test-poster.jpg",
    "caption": "Bench test recording"
  }
]

Allowed projectPage.sections types

• text
• bullets
• keyValue
• gallery
• video

All section types may include:

• title (string, optional): rendered as a section heading

text section

{
  "type": "text",
  "title": "Project Overview",
  "body": "Short paragraph..."
}

Fields:

• body (string)

bullets section

{
  "type": "bullets",
  "title": "What I Did",
  "items": ["Item one", "Item two"]
}

Fields:

• items (array of strings)

keyValue section

{
  "type": "keyValue",
  "title": "System Architecture",
  "items": [
    { "label": "MCU", "value": "STM32" },
    { "label": "Bus", "value": "SPI" }
  ]
}

Fields:

• items (array of objects)
  • label (string)
  • value (string)

gallery section

{
  "type": "gallery",
  "title": "Build Photos",
  "images": [
    { "src": "/images/photo1.jpg", "caption": "Rev A board" },
    { "src": "/images/photo2.jpg", "caption": "Testing setup" }
  ]
}

Fields:

• images (array)
  • same item format as projectPage.images (string path or object with src/alt/caption)

video section

Supports either a single video directly on the section or a list via videos.

Single video (embed):

{
  "type": "video",
  "title": "Demo",
  "embed": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID",
  "caption": "End-to-end demo"
}

Multiple videos:

{
  "type": "video",
  "title": "Test Videos",
  "videos": [
    { "embed": "https://www.youtube.com/embed/VIDEO_ID_1", "caption": "Outdoor test" },
    { "src": "/videos/test-2.mp4", "type": "video/mp4", "caption": "Lab test" }
  ]
}

Fields:

• Single video mode:
  • embed or iframeSrc (string), or src / video / url (string)
  • mimeType or fileType (string, optional) for native video
  • poster (string, optional)
  • caption (string, optional)
• Multi-video mode:
  • videos (array): same item format as projectPage.videos

Notes / behavior

• Project pages are generated for every project via src/projects/project-page.njk, but if projectPage.enabled is false the page shows a “not available yet” message.
• Portfolio ordering is reverse chronological based on date.start.
• Portfolio cards use a responsive grid (3 columns desktop, then 2, then 1) and keep automatic card height sizing.