building this place
a short note on the architecture and intent behind this site.
this is a new notebook for software, security, and systems work.
the site has two public faces. the main domain is a compact index and portfolio. the blog lives on its own subdomain, with a quieter surface built for reading. both are served by one Next.js application, so typography, metadata, and deployment stay consistent without forcing the two spaces to look identical.
why split the address
the portfolio is a record of finished work. the blog is allowed to be less final. separating them makes that distinction visible before a reader opens a page.
the technical setup is intentionally small. local MDX files hold the posts. a hostname rule maps the blog subdomain to its internal routes. RSS, canonical URLs, and the sitemap are generated from the same post metadata.
what belongs here
expect notes about building software, reading systems closely, and the details that usually disappear between an idea and a working artifact. some entries will be practical. others will document a decision that was harder than it looked.
the goal is not volume. it is a useful record of how the work changes.