Finishing what I started: this writing section

For a long time this page was a single line of text: 🚧 Under construction. I had installed the MDX libraries, written the helper functions, and then… stopped. The classic developer move — the plumbing was done, but no water ever ran through it.

This week I finally finished it. Posts are plain .mdx files in a folder, named like 2026-07-07-my-post.mdx. The date comes from the filename, the title and summary come from the frontmatter, and next-mdx-remote renders the body inside the App Router with zero client-side JavaScript.

What else got fixed

Once I was in the codebase, the list grew:

• The project cards on the home page used screenshots with four different aspect ratios, so the grid never lined up. They now sit in fixed aspect-video frames with object-cover.
• The site shipped a beautiful variable font — and never loaded it. The @font-face is now wired up through next/font.
• The Tailwind typography plugin was configured in a file that Tailwind v4 doesn't even read. Prose styling silently did nothing.

Why write at all

Mostly to think more clearly. Writing something down forces you to notice the parts you don't actually understand yet. If a post here helps someone else along the way, that's a bonus.

More soon.