// REPORTS, PROJECTS, AND RESOURCES FROM THE FRONTIER

Site Architecture Notes

· technical
technical web

A brief overview of how this site is built and the decisions behind it.

Stack

  • Generator: Eleventy (11ty) v3 — fast, zero-config static site generation
  • Hosting: GitHub Pages with GitHub Actions CI/CD
  • Styling: Custom CSS with ANSI color palette, no frameworks
  • Interactivity: Vanilla JavaScript — terminal command bar, client-side search

Design Philosophy

The visual language draws from the .nfo file tradition and BBS-era text art. Everything is rendered in monospace. Box-drawing characters define structure. Color is used sparingly and functionally, pulled from the standard ANSI palette.

Content Workflow

  1. Write a Markdown file in src/reports/
  2. Add frontmatter (title, date, category, tags)
  3. Commit and push — GitHub Actions builds and deploys

No CMS. No build tools beyond npm and Eleventy. The site should be maintainable with a text editor and a terminal.

Search

Client-side search is built from a JSON index generated at build time. No external services, no API calls. The search index contains titles, tags, and content excerpts for all reports.