Julia Solórzano

4/17/26

An experiment in replacing traditional portfolio navigation with a guided chatbot — pre-scripted, static, bilingual, and accessible.

3/25/26

Testing the Foundation: What 'Working' Actually Means

Adding a lightweight test suite to a static Hugo site — translation parity, accessibility checks, component rendering, and dark mode — because the things that matter most are the easiest to break.

3/19/26

Adding Text-to-Speech (TTS) to my writings

How I added a text-to-speech player to my static Hugo site using the Web Speech API — built for accessibility, tested for screen readers, low vision, and color blindness, and handy for listening on walks and drives.

3/17/26

Turn and Face the Strange

A complete rebuild of my personal website — new framework, new design, bilingual content, mobile-native layout, accessibility-first architecture, and answer engine optimization.

3/16/26

Answer Engine Optimization

Why optimizing for answer engines like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Google AI Overviews matters — and the practical changes I made to my site to prepare for the shift from traditional SEO.

3/15/26

Accessibility is the Foundation

How accessibility shaped every decision in this site rebuild — focus indicators, skip navigation, semantic HTML, ARIA patterns, reduced motion, and dark mode.

3/14/26

Part 5: Starman

Deploying the rebuilt site with GitHub Actions, sub-second Hugo builds, Lighthouse-tested performance, and a pipeline that disappears.

3/13/26

Part 4: Space Oddity

Building a mobile experience with a bottom tab bar, 44pt touch targets, system fonts, and device-aware detection — not just responsive breakpoints.

3/12/26

Part 3: "Heroes"

Translating every page and all 54 blog posts into Spanish using Hugo's multilingual framework, i18n files, and hreflang tags.

3/11/26

Part 2: Modern Love

Redesigning the site with a fixed sidebar, earth-tone palette, Lora and Inter typography, dark mode, and a mobile-native layout.