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this site

2026-06-10T00:00:00+00:00

This website. A Zola static site, reproducible through a Nix flake, deployed to Cloudflare Pages from Codeberg. Math is prerendered with KaTeX, code highlighting follows the theme toggle, and the only client JavaScript is a theme switch and a small constellation canvas.</p>

See the colophon</a> for the full rundown.</p>

The shape of small tools

2026-06-08T00:00:00+00:00

A placeholder post with enough structure to exercise the table of contents, themed code blocks, and prerendered math.</p>

Why small tools</a></h2>

Good tools do one thing. The cost of a tool is not its size but its surface area — the number of ways it can surprise you. Inline math like O(n \log n)</span> should sit naturally in a sentence.</p>

A little code</a></h2>

fn</span> main</span>(</span>)</span> {</span></span>
    let</span> xs</span> =</span> vec!</span>[</span>3</span>,</span> 1</span>,</span> 2</span>]</span>;</span></span>
    let</span> mut</span> sorted</span> =</span> xs</span>.</span>clone</span>(</span>)</span>;</span></span>
    sorted</span>.</span>sort</span>(</span>)</span>;</span></span>
    println!</span>(</span>"</span>{</span>sorted:?</span>}</span>"</span>)</span>;</span></span>
}</span></span></code></pre>A little math</a></h2>
The quadratic formula, rendered to static HTML at build time:</p>
x = \frac{-b \pm \sqrt{b^2 - 4ac}}{2a} \quad\text{where}\quad a_i \neq b_j</div>Closing</a></h2>








  
    
    
    
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That’s the whole post. Three headings, one code block, one inline and one
display equation.</p>

The Dawn of Everything

2026-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

In progress — a sweeping, argumentative rethink of what we assume about early human societies. Slow going in the best way.</p>

Hello, world

2026-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

This is a placeholder post — proof that markdown, templates, and the feed all work end to end.</p>

A heading</a></h2>

Some prose with a link</a> and a little inline code</code>.</p>

fn</span> main</span>(</span>)</span> {</span></span>
    println!</span>(</span>"</span>hello, world</span>"</span>)</span>;</span></span>
}</span></span></code></pre>
A second paragraph so there’s something for the table of contents to chew on
once that lands in the next milestone.</p>



Dune
2026-05-20T00:00:00+00:00
Still the benchmark. The ecology holds up forty years on, and the politics read
sharper every reread. Worth it for the appendices alone.</p>


Project Hail Mary
2026-04-02T00:00:00+00:00
Breezy hard-SF. The engineering-puzzle pacing is fun and the unlikely friendship
at its center carries the back half.</p>


gitaid
2026-03-10T00:00:00+00:00
A small CLI that wraps the handful of git operations I reach for most — interactive
fixups, safe force-pushes, and quick branch cleanup — behind commands I can actually
remember.</p>
Why</a></h2>
The porcelain is powerful but the muscle memory is brutal. gitaid</code> trades a few
flags for verbs.</p>


spectral
2026-02-18T00:00:00+00:00
A terminal spectrum analyzer that taps the system audio and draws a responsive
FFT in the cells you already have open. No window, no GPU, just bars.</p>


saw
2026-01-12T00:00:00+00:00
saw</code> reads JSON logs on stdin and lets you filter, project, and pretty-print
fields without remembering jq</code> incantations. Built for tailing a noisy service
and seeing only what matters.</p>

mmc

this site

The shape of small tools

Closing</a></h2> </picture> A placeholder image — swap me for something real.</figcaption> </figure> That’s the whole post. Three headings, one code block, one inline and one display equation.</p>

The Dawn of Everything

Hello, world

Dune

Project Hail Mary

gitaid

Why</a></h2> The porcelain is powerful but the muscle memory is brutal. gitaid</code> trades a few flags for verbs.</p>

spectral

saw

Closing</a></h2>
</picture>
A placeholder image — swap me for something real.</figcaption> </figure>
That’s the whole post. Three headings, one code block, one inline and one display equation.</p>

Why</a></h2>
The porcelain is powerful but the muscle memory is brutal. `gitaid</code> trades a few flags for verbs.</p>`