Colophon

Light mode only, no dark theme, no toggle

Warm paper reads as editorial confidence; dark mode reads as dev-tool default, and a toggle is a decision pushed onto the visitor

• Developers skimming at night may find it bright
• If tastes shift, every screenshot of the site dates it

not yet evaluated, this one is still open

Present the career as a reasoning graph, not a timeline or an About page

Showing decisions and the assumptions they rested on proves more than narrating roles. Structure is the argument

• Could read as a gimmick if the records aren't genuinely load-bearing
• Graphs are harder to skim than lists

A founder or hiring manager mentions the site unprompted

not yet evaluated, this one is still open

2.5D depth instead of full 3D navigation

Orbit controls fight usability. Depth should be felt, not steered

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Kept the alive, dimensional feel at zero navigation cost; reduced-motion and mobile visitors get a timeline instead

Case studies are structured decision records, not case-study prose

The record format (assumption, confidence, risks, success criteria, outcome) makes claims falsifiable, which is exactly what a claims-document portfolio can't do

• Structure could feel cold without editorial prose around it

not yet evaluated, this one is still open

Build the site with Claude Code, and say so

For AI-builder audiences, how you build is itself a credential. Hiding the tooling would be hiding evidence

• Some readers still discount AI-assisted work

not yet evaluated, this one is still open

Serif prose with monospace record labels

The tension between editorial warmth and systematic structure is the brand: journalism roots on the surface, reasoning layer underneath

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not yet evaluated, this one is still open

All content is schema-validated data; the UI is a pure renderer

Adding a project must never require touching UI code. A portfolio that's expensive to update is a portfolio that rots

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A new project ships end-to-end by editing only the content directory

not yet evaluated, this one is still open

Make the graph the hero: 60% graph, 40% temporal panel that narrates whatever you click

If the graph is genuinely the site's argument, hiding it below a text hero undercuts the claim; visitors explore before they read

• A canvas as the first paint is riskier than text for slow connections
• Visitors who don't click see less narrative

Node clicks per session beat scroll-past rate; the fallback stack keeps mobile bounce unchanged

not yet evaluated, this one is still open

The agent view is dark, the one exception to light-mode-only

The light-only rule exists for human readers; a machine-readable console signals its different audience best by breaking the palette deliberately

• An exception weakens the original rule's clarity
• Two palettes to keep coherent instead of one

not yet evaluated, this one is still open

Removed search entirely. Filters and the map replace it

On a graph of ~20 nodes, search adds a text-input detour to things the eye can already find; grouping chips and hover connections do the same job with less interface

• Visitors trained to expect a search box may briefly look for one

not yet evaluated, this one is still open

No About page

The reasoning graph answers 'who is this person' better than a bio paragraph could, and the absence forces the graph to carry that weight

• Visitors who expect a conventional About may look for it

not yet evaluated, this one is still open