# Small site changes and new design

> Source: <https://fzakaria.com/2026/07/26/small-site-changes-and-new-design>
> Published: 2026-07-26 20:59:00+00:00

I have been wanting to refresh my site for a while now.
I have even posted a few times on [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/) and [X](http://x.com/) offering to pay if somoene was interested in taking a stab at it.

I am sure this will put people off from reading my blog just stating this, but I decided to take a stab at some design changes with AI and some minor site improvements that I have always wanted to do.

If you think the site looks much worse, [please let me know](mailto:farid.m.zakaria@gmail.com).

Some small improvements and quality-of-life enhacements:

- A small
`/nix/store`

entry in the footer to showcase the site is built with Nix. - A
[Jekyll plugin](https://github.com/fzakaria/fzakaria.com/blob/9d5dc190358f42466d99ce990cda77448f8713d8/_plugins/images.rb)that automatically creates source-sets for the images I use in my blog posts. - A
[Jekyll plugin](https://github.com/fzakaria/fzakaria.com/blob/9d5dc190358f42466d99ce990cda77448f8713d8/_plugins/asset_version.rb)to create a short content hash for the stylesheets to avoid the browsers caching stale CSS. - A
[Jekyll plugin](https://github.com/fzakaria/fzakaria.com/blob/779849a9a37e2a8c381acc751eacac5dd4b1aa3f/_plugins/signal.rb)that generates a little curved line for the masthead that is the`sha256`

of the page. - Redesigned the layout to allow side-bar content.

Look at me! I’m sidebar content I will undoubtedly abuse.

I continued to try and give it my personal *flair* to avoid it looking like *AI-slop* but 🤷