diff --git a/app/page.tsx b/app/page.tsx
index 8d3e52f..7ce1545 100644
--- a/app/page.tsx
+++ b/app/page.tsx
@@ -2,13 +2,11 @@ import React from 'react'
 import {Card} from '@/components/ui/Card'
 import {Views} from '@/components/ui/Views'
 import {Resume} from '@/components/ui/Resume'
-import {SocialLink} from '@/components/ui/SocialLink'
-import {Container} from '@/components/common/Container'
-import {GitHubIcon, LinkedInIcon} from '@/components/icons/SocialIcons'
 import {getAllArticles} from '@/lib/getAllArticles'
 import {formatDate} from '@/lib/formatDate'
 import type {Article} from '@/types'
 import {metadata as _metadata} from '@/lib/generateMetadata'
+import {SimpleLayout} from "@/components/layouts/SimpleLayout";
 
 const meta = {
     title: 'Ryan Freeman - Full-stack software engineer based in Dublin, Ireland.',
@@ -66,47 +64,25 @@ export default async function Home() {
         .map(component => component)
 
     return (
-        <>
-            <Container className="mt-9">
-                <div className="max-w-2xl">
-                    <h1 className="text-4xl font-bold tracking-tight text-zinc-800 sm:text-5xl bg-clip-text dark:text-transparent bg-gradient-to-r from-pink-500 via-red-500 to-yellow-500">
-                        {meta.heading}
-                    </h1>
-                    <p className="mt-6 text-base text-zinc-600 dark:text-zinc-400">
-                        {meta.description}
-                    </p>
-                    <div className="mt-6 flex gap-6">
-                        <SocialLink
-                            href="https://github.com/r-freeman"
-                            ariaLabel="Follow on GitHub"
-                            icon={GitHubIcon}
+        <SimpleLayout heading={meta.heading}
+                      description={meta.description}
+                      gradient="bg-gradient-to-r from-pink-500 to-violet-500">
+            <div className="mx-auto grid max-w-xl grid-cols-1 gap-y-20 lg:max-w-none lg:grid-cols-2">
+                <div className="flex flex-col gap-16 mt-6">
+                    {articles.map(({slug, title, description, date}) => (
+                        <Article
+                            key={slug}
+                            title={title}
+                            description={description}
+                            slug={slug}
+                            date={date}
                         />
-                        <SocialLink
-                            href="https://linkedin.com/in/r-freeman/"
-                            ariaLabel="Follow on LinkedIn"
-                            icon={LinkedInIcon}
-                        />
-                    </div>
+                    ))}
                 </div>
-            </Container>
-            <Container className="mt-24 md:mt-28">
-                <div className="mx-auto grid max-w-xl grid-cols-1 gap-y-20 lg:max-w-none lg:grid-cols-2">
-                    <div className="flex flex-col gap-16 mt-6">
-                        {articles.map(({slug, title, description, date}) => (
-                            <Article
-                                key={slug}
-                                title={title}
-                                description={description}
-                                slug={slug}
-                                date={date}
-                            />
-                        ))}
-                    </div>
-                    <div className="space-y-10 lg:pl-16 xl:pl-24">
-                        <Resume/>
-                    </div>
+                <div className="space-y-10 lg:pl-16 xl:pl-24">
+                    <Resume/>
                 </div>
-            </Container>
-        </>
+            </div>
+        </SimpleLayout>
     )
 }
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diff --git a/app/providers.tsx b/app/providers.tsx
index 96ffbb1..305b54c 100644
--- a/app/providers.tsx
+++ b/app/providers.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ export function Providers({children}: {
 }) {
 
     return (
-        <ThemeProvider attribute="class" disableTransitionOnChange>
+        <ThemeProvider attribute="class" disableTransitionOnChange defaultTheme="dark">
             {children}
         </ThemeProvider>
     )
diff --git a/components/common/Header.tsx b/components/common/Header.tsx
index 5b8f1c4..891053a 100644
--- a/components/common/Header.tsx
+++ b/components/common/Header.tsx
@@ -1,192 +1,19 @@
 'use client'
 
-import {useEffect, useRef} from 'react'
-import {usePathname} from 'next/navigation'
 import {Container} from './Container'
 import {ThemeButton} from '@/components/ui/ThemeButton'
 import {DesktopNavigation, MobileNavigation} from '@/components/ui/Navigation'
-import {Avatar, AvatarContainer} from '@/components/ui/Avatar'
-
-function clamp(num: number, a: number, b: number) {
-    let min = Math.min(a, b)
-    let max = Math.max(a, b)
-    return Math.min(Math.max(num, min), max)
-}
 
 export function Header() {
-    const pathname = usePathname()
-    const isHomePage = pathname === '/'
-
-    const headerRef = useRef<HTMLDivElement>(null)
-    const avatarRef = useRef<HTMLImageElement>(null)
-    const isInitial = useRef(true)
-
-    const headerPosition: Object = {
-        position: 'var(--header-position)'
-    }
-    const headerInnerPosition: Object = {
-        position: 'var(--header-inner-position)'
-    }
-
-    useEffect(() => {
-        let downDelay = avatarRef.current?.offsetTop ?? 0
-        let upDelay = 64
-
-        function setProperty(property: string, value: string) {
-            document.documentElement.style.setProperty(property, value.toString())
-        }
-
-        function removeProperty(property: string) {
-            document.documentElement.style.removeProperty(property)
-        }
-
-        function updateHeaderStyles() {
-            const headerBoundingRect = headerRef.current?.getBoundingClientRect()
-            let top = headerBoundingRect?.top!
-            let height = headerBoundingRect?.height!
-
-            let scrollY = clamp(
-                window.scrollY,
-                0,
-                document.body.scrollHeight - window.innerHeight
-            )
-
-            if (isInitial.current) {
-                setProperty('--header-position', 'sticky')
-            }
-
-            setProperty('--content-offset', `${downDelay}px`)
-
-            if (isInitial.current || scrollY < downDelay) {
-                setProperty('--header-height', `${downDelay + height}px`)
-                setProperty('--header-mb', `${-downDelay}px`)
-            } else if (top + height < -upDelay) {
-                let offset = Math.max(height, scrollY - upDelay)
-                setProperty('--header-height', `${offset}px`)
-                setProperty('--header-mb', `${height - offset}px`)
-            } else if (top === 0) {
-                setProperty('--header-height', `${scrollY + height}px`)
-                setProperty('--header-mb', `${-scrollY}px`)
-            }
-
-            if (top === 0 && scrollY > 0 && scrollY >= downDelay) {
-                setProperty('--header-inner-position', 'fixed')
-                removeProperty('--header-top')
-                removeProperty('--avatar-top')
-            } else {
-                removeProperty('--header-inner-position')
-                setProperty('--header-top', '0px')
-                setProperty('--avatar-top', '0px')
-            }
-        }
-
-        function updateAvatarStyles() {
-            if (!isHomePage) {
-                return
-            }
-
-            let fromScale = 1
-            let toScale = 36 / 64
-            let fromX = 0
-            let toX = 2 / 16
-
-            let scrollY = downDelay - window.scrollY
-
-            let scale = (scrollY * (fromScale - toScale)) / downDelay + toScale
-            scale = clamp(scale, fromScale, toScale)
-
-            let x = (scrollY * (fromX - toX)) / downDelay + toX
-            x = clamp(x, fromX, toX)
-
-            setProperty(
-                '--avatar-image-transform',
-                `translate3d(${x}rem, 0, 0) scale(${scale})`
-            )
-
-            let borderScale = 1 / (toScale / scale)
-            let borderX = (-toX + x) * borderScale
-            let borderTransform = `translate3d(${borderX}rem, 0, 0) scale(${borderScale})`
-
-            setProperty('--avatar-border-transform', borderTransform)
-            setProperty('--avatar-border-opacity', (scale === toScale ? 1 : 0).toString())
-        }
-
-        function updateStyles() {
-            updateHeaderStyles()
-            updateAvatarStyles()
-            isInitial.current = false
-        }
-
-        updateStyles()
-
-        const opts: AddEventListenerOptions & EventListenerOptions = {passive: true}
-
-        if (isHomePage) {
-            window.addEventListener('scroll', updateStyles, opts)
-            window.addEventListener('resize', updateStyles)
-        }
-
-        return () => {
-            window.removeEventListener('scroll', updateStyles, opts)
-            window.removeEventListener('resize', updateStyles)
-        }
-    }, [isHomePage])
-
     return (
         <>
             <header
-                className="pointer-events-none relative z-50 flex flex-col"
-                style={{
-                    height: 'var(--header-height)',
-                    marginBottom: 'var(--header-mb)',
-                }}
-            >
-                {isHomePage && (
-                    <>
-                        <div
-                            ref={avatarRef}
-                            className="order-last mt-[calc(theme(spacing.16)-theme(spacing.3))]"
-                        />
-                        <Container
-                            className="top-0 order-last -mb-3 pt-3"
-                            style={{position: 'var(--header-position)'}}
-                        >
-                            <div className="top-[var(--avatar-top,theme(spacing.3))] w-full"
-                                 style={headerInnerPosition}>
-                                <div className="relative">
-                                    <AvatarContainer
-                                        className="absolute left-0 top-3 origin-left transition-opacity"
-                                        style={{
-                                            opacity: 'var(--avatar-border-opacity, 0)',
-                                            transform: 'var(--avatar-border-transform)',
-                                        }}
-                                    />
-                                    <Avatar
-                                        large
-                                        className="block h-16 w-16 origin-left"
-                                        style={{transform: 'var(--avatar-image-transform)'}}
-                                    />
-                                </div>
-                            </div>
-                        </Container>
-                    </>
-                )}
+                className="pointer-events-none relative z-50 flex flex-col">
                 <div
-                    ref={headerRef}
-                    className="top-0 z-10 h-16 pt-6"
-                    style={headerPosition}
-                >
-                    <Container
-                        className="top-[var(--header-top,theme(spacing.6))] w-full"
-                        style={{position: 'var(--header-inner-position)'}}
-                    >
+                    className="top-0 z-10 h-16 pt-6">
+                    <Container>
                         <div className="relative flex gap-4">
                             <div className="flex flex-1">
-                                {!isHomePage && (
-                                    <AvatarContainer>
-                                        <Avatar/>
-                                    </AvatarContainer>
-                                )}
                             </div>
                             <div className="flex flex-1 justify-end md:justify-center">
                                 <MobileNavigation className="pointer-events-auto md:hidden"/>
@@ -201,7 +28,6 @@ export function Header() {
                     </Container>
                 </div>
             </header>
-            {isHomePage && <div style={{height: 'var(--content-offset)'}}/>}
         </>
     )
 }
diff --git a/components/ui/Avatar.tsx b/components/ui/Avatar.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index cec7945..0000000
--- a/components/ui/Avatar.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import {Props} from '@/types'
-import clsx from 'clsx'
-import Link from 'next/link'
-import Image from 'next/image'
-import me from '/public/images/me.jpg'
-
-export function AvatarContainer({className, ...props}: { style?: Object } & Props) {
-    return (
-        <div
-            className={clsx(
-                className,
-                'h-10 w-10 rounded-full bg-white/90 p-0.5 shadow-lg shadow-zinc-800/5 ring-1 ring-zinc-900/5 backdrop-blur dark:bg-zinc-800/90 dark:ring-white/10'
-            )}
-            {...props}
-        />
-    )
-}
-
-export function Avatar({large = false, className, ...props}: { large?: boolean, style?: Object } & Props) {
-    return (
-        <Link
-            href="/"
-            aria-label="Home"
-            className={clsx(className, 'pointer-events-auto')}
-            {...props}
-        >
-            <Image
-                src={me}
-                alt=""
-                sizes={large ? '4rem' : '2.25rem'}
-                className={clsx(
-                    'rounded-full bg-zinc-100 object-cover dark:bg-zinc-800',
-                    large ? 'h-16 w-16' : 'h-9 w-9'
-                )}
-                placeholder="blur"
-            />
-        </Link>
-    )
-}
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