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Why subashrajaseelan.com is built in Wikipedia's format.

I built this site in the format you already know how to read.

If you've ever looked someone up online, you've used Wikipedia. Infobox on the right, lead paragraph at the top, sections you can skim or skip. No tutorial needed, no design language to decode. The format is universal because it's the format the internet has silently agreed works.

So when I sat down to build a page that helps a stranger get to know me, I copied the layout that has already won.

Read the longer thinking

Why this and not a "real" personal site

Most personal websites optimize for vibe. Hero images. Scroll animations. "Let me tell you my story." Custom cursors. That's design as performance, and it works against you when the reader's actual question is "who is this person and what have they done?"

The Wikipedia layout strips the vibe and just answers the question. Every section has to earn its place by being a fact, not a pitch. The structure is a forcing function: if a claim doesn't read like something you'd expect on a reference page, it gets cut.

What the format does well

What it doesn't do

There's no funnel. No "book a call" floating button. No newsletter capture. No animated CTA chasing you to the bottom of the page. The site has one job: get you the information you came for and stay out of your way.

If you want to talk after, the email is at the top. That's it.

The short version

The most effective format to read, the format the entire internet already agrees on, applied to one person. It's not a brand. It's a reference page.
Subash Rajaseelan
San Francisco Bay Area · 2026
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