anothergrind.github.io

Personal portfolio and academic website for Kamsi Ozorji

About

This is a personal portfolio website showcasing my academic work, projects, publications, talks, teaching experience, and blog. Built with Jekyll and hosted on GitHub Pages.

Website: https://anothergrind.github.io
About Me: CS Student at University of Texas at Dallas | Incoming SWE Intern @ Atlassian

Site Contents

• Blog: Thoughts and reflections on computer science and tech
• Projects: Showcase of personal and academic projects
• CV: Interactive CV and academic profile
• Contact: Ways to reach out and connect

Quick Start

Installation & Requirements

System Dependencies

Required:

• Ruby 3.0 or higher
• Bundler
• Node.js
• Git

Optional: Docker and Docker Compose (for containerized development)

Development Setup

Option 1: Local Development

Prerequisites

On Linux (Ubuntu/Debian):

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
sudo apt install build-essential gcc make ruby-dev ruby-bundler nodejs

On macOS:

brew install ruby node
gem install bundler

On Windows:

• Install Ruby+Devkit (includes bundler)
• Install Node.js
• Install Git for Windows

Setup Steps

1. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/anothergrind/anothergrind.github.io.git
cd anothergrind.github.io

2. Install Ruby dependencies:

bundle install

If you encounter permission errors, install gems locally:

bundle config set --local path 'vendor/bundle'
bundle install

3. Start the development server:

bundle exec jekyll serve -l -H localhost

The site will be available at http://localhost:4000 and will automatically rebuild on file changes.

Option 2: Docker Development

Requires Docker and Docker Compose to be installed.

docker compose up

The site will be available at http://localhost:4000.

Option 3: VS Code Dev Container

If using Visual Studio Code:

1. Install the Dev Containers extension
2. Press F1 and run Dev Containers: Reopen in Container
3. VS Code will restart in the container and automatically build the site
4. Access it at http://localhost:4000

Project Structure

├── _data/              # Site configuration data (authors, navigation)
├── _drafts/            # Unpublished blog posts
├── _includes/          # Reusable HTML components
├── _layouts/           # Page templates
├── _pages/             # Static pages (About, CV, Contact, etc.)
├── _portfolio/         # Portfolio project entries
├── _posts/             # Blog posts
├── _publications/      # Academic publications
├── _sass/              # Stylesheets
├── _talks/             # Talks and presentations
├── _teaching/          # Teaching experience entries
├── assets/             # Images, CSS, JS
├── files/              # Downloadable files (PDFs, etc.)
├── images/             # Site images
├── markdown_generator/ # Python tools for bulk content generation
├── _config.yml         # Jekyll configuration
└── Gemfile             # Ruby dependencies

Content Management

Adding Blog Posts

Create a new markdown file in _posts/ with the filename format: YYYY-MM-DD-title.md

---
title: "My Post Title"
date: 2026-05-04
categories: [blog]
tags: [tag1, tag2]
---

Your content here...

Adding Publications

Create entries in _publications/ following the existing format, or use the Python script in markdown_generator/ to bulk-generate from a TSV file.

Adding Portfolio Items

Add markdown or HTML files to _portfolio/ directory with front matter metadata.

Generating Content from TSV

Use the Jupyter notebooks in markdown_generator/ to generate publication and talk entries in bulk from TSV files.

Technologies Used

• Jekyll - Static site generator
• Ruby - Jekyll runtime
• Minimal Mistakes Theme - Base theme (customized)
• GitHub Pages - Hosting
• Liquid - Templating language
• YAML - Data format
• Markdown - Content format
• SCSS - Styling
• Python - Content generation tools
• Docker - Containerization

License

This repository uses the MIT License. See LICENSE for details.

The website theme is based on Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme by Michael Rose.

Attribution

This site is built using the Academic Pages template, which is based on the Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme by Michael Rose (© 2016, released under MIT License).