#site

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    #projects/site is a tag dedicated to the mechanical work done on this website. In general, this site is grown up in two places:

    1. The writing and note-taking portions of this vault are managed with Obsidian, a fantastic notes app; and
    2. The site — which takes the notes and publishes them — utilizes a version of the Quartz framework with heavy TypeScript modifications for things like widgets and easier graph customizations.

    My goal is to grow out the site itself to better fit the style and content I’m aiming for, in order to build it into a better system for recording my thoughts and making the bearable ones publicly available. As I work more on Quartz, as well as mechanical customizations to Obsidian, any related notes will be published here.

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    • Privacy Policy

      — When it comes to collecting data, there's a fine line between making a good site and making an invasive product. To make this site more useful, I want to collect enough data to improve, but never enough to undermine anybody's privacy. (3 min read)

    • Quick Fix: Tone Down Obsidian List/Header Padding

      — Annoyed by Obsidian Live Preview over-padding headers and aggressively indenting? Some snippets to help keep your notes from jumping around, so you can focus on actually writing them. (3 min read)

    • Widget System Reference

      — Lite reference documentation of the Quartz MDX widget system (2 min read)

    • Quartz Widgets: Graphs, Galore!

      — I killed 4 of my blogs trying to implement MDX support. Will this one be next? Using MDX with Quartz to create interactive graphs, diagrams, and demos — clear as day. (9 min read)

    • AI Policy

      — I may not have any control about how AI affects me, but I can at least make a policy for how I use it. (3 min read)

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    • Kickoff: Season of Systems

      — I'm learning to live with the systems that stole my beloved em-dash. A season dedicated to negotiating how to live with the agentic models that have turned my career upside-down. (8 min read)

    • Review: Season of Rhythm

      — Looking back at my year-long attempt to build up long-lasting habits. A retrospective on routines, remote work transitions, and learning the art of slow-and-steady. (7 min read)

    • GPTinglish: Unnatural Language Processing

      — The only market crashing is the market for sanitized language. Stay human. Embrace typos. (7 min read)

    • Caveat Lector: Reader Beware

      — I'm embracing being wrong on the internet in an effort to learn in public. A disclaimer on digital gardening, dead pixels, and the fear of terminal online-ness. (3 min read)

    • Breaking Ground on Digital Gardening

      — Why I stopped hoarding 60%-done drafts and started publishing messy thoughts instead. Embracing digital gardening, from-chaos-to-cultivated, and a healthy dose of imperfection. (3 min read)

    • Kickoff: Season of Rhythm

      — "Fight or flight" is a rough way to treat white-collar life. My Season of Rhythm is dedicated to transitioning from constant sprints to slow-and-steady. (3 min read)

    • Hello, Blog! (Posts by a dummy, for other dummies)

      — The obligatory "Hello!" post to suss out what this site will be. Python examples as unnecessary as the post itself. (1 min read)