Overview
Járnsæt is a home for my family's gaming adventures, built to archive our match updates, statistics, demo files, and recaps.
The name Járnsæt fuses the Old Norse words for Iron and Sweet. "Iron" nods to my handle, steelexodus, while "Sweet" is for my partner, MarshmallowQi.
Why?
I miss the '90s web — an era when tight-knit gaming communities maintained vibrant sites packed with blogs, player stats, and downloadable demos. I wanted to bring that exact community vibe back home and build a lasting digital archive for our household.
How?
The project sits at the intersection of modern web development, custom Linux tooling, dedicated game servers, and a love for tinkering.
Technical
The site is built with 11ty, a flexible, unopinionated JavaScript static site generator. Having used Hugo previously, I find 11ty significantly easier to extend beyond a basic blog. Using it here also aligns with the stack I use for graphsling, eliminating unnecessary context switching.
The source code is hosted on sr.ht (browse the repository). Automated builds are handled by builds.sr.ht, which compiles and deploys the site to Cloudflare Pages. Cloudflare handles host duties seamlessly, offering preview branches for development and zero hosting costs at our traffic volume.
At the end of the day, the website is just the frontend layer — the real fun is in how the game data flows into it behind the scenes.