My own website is starting to "revert" to this concept. A few years ago, it was primarily an about page and a resume. Now it has a blog, a links page, and a "knowledge base" that's mostly just notes for myself.
I'm too burnt out on web "best practices" to care about that for my personal sites anymore.
Indeed! It's so much more interesting to learn about what people are interested in, beyond just their professional competencies. I really like that you have your guiding philosophies, hobbies, languages and even Hogwarts house on your about me page.
Kinda makes me want to make a more detailed about me page. If I enjoy these kinds of details, surely some other people will too. Might do it this weekend.
I really really like this approach. Something like this has been sitting in the back of my mind but I've been so burnt out on, well, everything, to do anything about it, constantly worrying about it not being perfect or not adhering to whatever is _the_ standard of the hour blah blah blah. It's reassuring to see that I'm being a fool and that I should just do it, "best" practices be damned.
I'm too burnt out on web "best practices" to care about that for my personal sites anymore.
If you're curious: https://benovermyer.com