[CM30]

Depends what you want to make. A personal site is just that; personal. No one can really say you're wrong to build it a certain way or say it shouldn't be too simple/fancy.

If I had to give any advice though, it'd be to think about what you want your personal site to do or demonstrate. Do you want to list your blog posts/articles/essays? Then maybe consider something a bit simpler in terms of design, with a focus on readability and loading times. Are you a designer/artist who wants to show off their skills? Then you'll probably want a fancier looking site with pictures/videos/demos of your work front and centre, like a portfolio.

And if you're a programmer/software engineer who wants to demonstrate that, go all out with the fancy tech and use your HTML/CSS/JavaScript skills to make something flashy. Remember seeing a developer portfolio/personal site posted here before which played out like a 2D platformer level, which was quite interesting.

Either way, it's your site, and the target audience/purpose of said site matters.