The library

Working notes,thinking in the open.

A running log of what I am building and figuring out — design, engineering, and the seams between them. Rough by design; polished ideas go on the portfolio.

Jul 2026

Building this site in the open.

Why the portfolio and the library are separate builds, and what a static-first architecture buys a personal site: no server, no cold starts, nothing to page you at 3am.

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Jun 2026

Motion as explanation, not decoration.

A working note on animation that teaches the interface instead of dressing it up.

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May 2026

Design tokens that survive a codebase.

What held up after two years of a token-driven system in production — and what quietly rotted.

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