Colophon
Plain HTML, one stylesheet, and the product loop drawn in a single line.
- Stack
- HTML and one stylesheet. No framework, no build step
- Type
- Inter Tight, Instrument Serif and Space Mono. Self-hosted, nothing else
- Hosting
- Cloudflare Pages, deployed on push
- Design debt
- The first design owed C40’s grid. This one owes Arounda’s port concept
This site was designed and built in conversation with Claude, who also drew the product loop on the homepage. The words describe real work and real products, and the opinions are all Venkatesh’s.
The rules the site is built under: no framework, no build step, no third-party requests, and text you can read at arm’s length. The current look is the fourth design system this site has worn. A flat ink grid on paper, a dark glass canvas and an earthy line-art phase all live on in the git history, and there is a field note about what that churn cost. Every one of them was measured against the same accessibility numbers before shipping.
Ask Me Anything About It.
Every choice on this site has a reason, and most of them are written down. Happy to talk through any of it.
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