λ Samuel W. Getaneh
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building this page like a pit wall.

im very into f1. (yeah, we figured, not like the entire site didnt give it away)

i wanted this site to feel like an f1 timing screen without being a costume. some features i loved:

  1. the navbar is a track. a straight timing line, sector nodes that light up as you scroll, and a lap clock you can pause and restart (whoever reads through the site fastest will be named World Champion)
  2. purple means personal best. the tier system borrows F1’s timing colors: purple for signature work, green for solid, amber for side quests.
  3. content is the only volatile data. the entire content of the site is stored in markdown files. the site works as a rendering engine; no room for error.

that last principle is why adding a blog was easy: it’s just another folder of markdown the engine knows how to render. get ready for a lot of blogs.

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