Minimalist Personal Blog with Comments & Responsive Design

I’m ready to launch a distraction-free personal blog and need a developer who can turn my vision into a fast, elegant site I can maintain on my own. The platform is flexible—WordPress, Ghost, or any similarly lightweight CMS is fine—as long as it stays simple for me to update without touching code.

Here’s what matters most to me:
• A clean, airy layout with generous white space and crisp, legible typography
• Fully responsive pages that load quickly on phones, tablets, and desktops
• A streamlined post template—headline, featured image, body copy, tags, and an active comment section—so readers can engage right below each article
• Basic top-level navigation: Home, About, Archive, and Contact
• SEO-friendly structure and well-commented, maintainable code

Deliverables I expect:
1. CMS installed and secured on my hosting
2. Custom minimalist theme that matches the aesthetic above
3. Core pages and one sample post set up for reference
4. Short hand-off guide (or quick video) showing how I can add new articles, images, and tags without editing code
5. Admin credentials or export files so I have full control going forward

If this fits your skill set and you have past work that reflects a similar minimalist approach, let’s talk and get this blog live.