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Switch to archive viewI wanted to try a simple pipeline: take overlapping phone photos, stitch them into one large image, and make the result browsable on the web without asking the browser to load the full file at once.
The photos were taken in Ordu, Turkiye, in July 2024 with a Samsung S24 Ultra. I used 50 MP mode and, if I remember correctly, the 10x optical zoom. I did not use a tripod, so every small hand movement became part of the stitching problem.
For a while, my personal website relied on the absolute basics: static HTML files, standard CSS, and a bit of JavaScript for behavior. While this manual approach offers complete control, it scales poorly when you want to write and organize regular updates.
Recently, I decided to overhaul the site’s underlying technology to make publishing smoother. I transitioned to Hugo, a static site generator built around Markdown. It strips away the friction of writing raw HTML, letting me focus entirely on the content while the engine handles the templating and directory structure.