Bringing a personal site to a custom domain
Publishing a portfolio is a small technical task with an outsized practical effect: it turns a link in a message into a place that feels stable, personal, and easy to remember.
The setup
The site is hosted as a static deployment on Netlify, with aimanaizuddin.com registered and managed through Cloudflare. After the DNS record was added, the custom domain was connected to the Netlify site and HTTPS was enforced at the edge.
What I was checking for
- the root domain loads the portfolio over HTTPS;
- the browser shows a valid certificate;
- plain HTTP redirects to the secure URL; and
- the site continues to work after a new static deploy.
Why write this down?
The visible result is just a URL, but getting there is a useful reminder that good shipping includes the unglamorous parts: DNS, certificates, redirects, and a quick verification after release. This is the kind of practical work I want this Build Log to keep visible.