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 # helixnebula.space
 
-this bespoke static site generator creates https://helixnebula.space/
+This bespoke code creates [my photography site](https://helixnebula.space/).
+
+My site is statically generated, which means I run `generate.py` to create a
+bunch of html and gmi files and the [nginx](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nginx)
+and [molly-brown](https://github.com/LukeEmmet/molly-brown) servers simply serve
+the files. As such, there is no server code here.
+
+This site tries to be as simple as possible. There's some css that makes it look
+better, and some dependancy-free javascript that manages the image browsing
+experience once an album is opened. The whole thing has been written by me from
+scratch, mostly for my own learning purposes. While it may be a little too fancy
+to truly adhere to [smolweb principles](https://smolweb.org/), I deeply admire
+that movement and similar ethos carried by communities like
+[tilde.town](https://tilde.town).
+
+I created this website as a loveletter to the American west and the immense time
+I spent exploring it. It is made to share beauty as I have experienced it, and
+will never include advertising or be influenced by a desire for monetary gains.
+The site does not use cookies in any way.
+
+I hope that you enjoy this site, and if you are developer of similar such sites,
+I hope this can be an inspiration for you.
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