You might have noticed a few changes around here recently.
It felt like the right time to simplify my online presence and bring things back under a single identity.
The sdj.pw domain has always been my playground for experiments, but over time the blog and documentation hosted there have outgrown that space. They’re no longer throwaway projects - they’re stable, production-ready content.
So it’s time for them to live under the main site, all under one roof.
A bit of background
My personal site originally started as a simple portfolio and central hub for my online presence many moons ago.
Later on, it evolved into something else entirely - an SEO experiment. The goal was to see how far I could push things and whether I could outrank some established players in the local Magento space.
It was a fun game, and I learned a lot.
But now it’s time to refocus the site back to its original purpose. A personal site, clearly tied to my name, experience, and work.
Still pushing my boundaries with SEO, but with a clearer identity and purpose.
The SDJ.pw experiments
Alongside that, I built both a blog and a documentation site under the sdj.pw domain.
These were primarily created as SEO experiments:
- exploring content writing
- testing optimisation strategies
- experimenting with structure and discovery
At the same time, they aimed to provide real value to the Magento community:
- longer-form blog posts covering insights, experiments, and lessons learned
- short, straight-to-the-point documentation with easy-to-copy code snippets and commands
Over time, those projects matured into something more substantial.
Why consolidate?
From a practical perspective, consolidation brings some immediate benefits:
- Less infrastructure (one container, one platform, one pipeline - not three)
- Reduced maintenance overhead
- Clearer ownership and identity for the content
- More time to focus on new, exciting and meaningful experiments
From a strategic perspective, it makes even more sense.
Bringing everything together:
- makes content easier to discover
- better associates articles and documentation with my personal brand
- strengthens the authority of a single domain, rather than spreading it thin
Especially since I recently started to reimplement a portfolio/project section on the main site, for some of my public/open-source projects. (More on that soon!)
As a bonus, this should also help from an SEO standpoint, with all content contributing to one cohesive presence.
What’s next
Going forward, I’ll continue:
- writing blog posts
- creating documentation
- sharing experiments and insights
The difference is that it will now all live on the main site.
The sdj.pw domain isn’t going anywhere though - it will continue to exist as a true playground:
- experiments
- side projects
- things I want to tinker with without worrying about stability or SEO impact
So bear with me, whilst I iron out the last few kinks of the migration. And implement a few new features to make the blog and docs experience even better.
In short: one stable home for production content, and one space to keep breaking things for fun.