From cce98fac4514ddd6fd8b20389fd349d1f09550f1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Alex Pearwin <alex@pearwin.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2024 22:23:36 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] More concise home page text.

---
 src/pages/index.astro | 35 +++++++++--------------------------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index a576fff..71e199b 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -14,27 +14,17 @@ import { SITE_TITLE, SITE_DESCRIPTION } from "../consts";
     <main>
       <p>Hi!</p>
       <p>
-        I like to spend time writing computer programs that try to solve
-        interesting problems, including statistical analysis, web APIs,
-        optimisation, and developer happiness.
+        I write software.
+        I care about what I build, why I'm building it, and how it's built.
       </p>
       <p>
-        I enjoy working in small teams building products from conception to production.
-        After spending most of my career in Python and C++ I'm currently learning and loving Elixir.
-        I'm also a big Nix proponent, using it to manage my development environments, and would enjoy using it more often!
+        My <a href="/blog/">blog</a> hosts some things fellow nerds might find useful. 
       </p>
       <p>
-        <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex--pearwin/">Currently</a> I’m an
-        engineer at <a href="https://www.multiverse.io/en-GB">Multiverse</a>, providing apprenticeships
-        as an alternative to university.
-        Before that I was VP of Software at <a href="https://www.mystic.ai">Mystic AI</a>, a
-        serverless GPU platform for machine learning workloads.
-      </p>
-      <p>
-        Previously I was a high-energy particle physics research scientist at
+        Before becoming an engineer, I was a particle physics research scientist at
         <a href="https://home.cern">CERN</a>. As a member of the <a
-          href="https://lhcb.cern.ch">LHCb</a
-        > collaboration I focused on
+          href="https://lhcb.cern.ch">LHCb collaboration</a
+        > I focused on
         <a
           href="https://lhcbproject.web.cern.ch/Publications/LHCbProjectPublic/LHCb-PAPER-2015-041.html"
           >charm</a
@@ -48,19 +38,12 @@ import { SITE_TITLE, SITE_DESCRIPTION } from "../consts";
         >
         measurements as well as the experiment’s <a
           href="https://lhcbproject.web.cern.ch/Publications/LHCbProjectPublic/LHCb-DP-2019-002.html"
-          >real-time data processing systems</a
+          > data processing systems</a
         >.
       </p>
       <p>
-        When I make something neat I put it on <a
-          href="https://github.com/alexpearce">GitHub</a
-        >, and when I solve a problem that others might have I write about it
-        here on my <a href="/blog/">blog</a>.
-      </p>
-      <p>
-        Please feel free to <a href="mailto:alex@pearwin.com?subject=Hello"
-          >contact me</a
-        > if you have any questions!
+        Please <a href="mailto:alex@pearwin.com?subject=Hello">email me</a> with comments or questions; I enjoy talking.
+        You can also contact me on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex--pearwin/">LinkedIn</a> and browse code on <a href="https://github.com/alexpearce/">GitHub</a>.
       </p>
     </main>
   </body>