Content Collections
Projects and devlogs are typed Markdown collections validated at build time, so a missing field is a build error, not a broken page in production.
Why the site is a project
A portfolio should demonstrate how someone builds, not just claim it.
So rhygpu.dev is not a static brochure bolted on top of the real work. It is a small system in its own right, with the same values as everything else in the lab: typed structure, inspectable content, and a build you can read end to end. The site documents its own construction the same way it documents Mnemosyne — in the open, in a devlog.
Core Systems
Per-Project Devlog Engine
Every project automatically gets its own devlog homepage. A new entry only needs a project name in its frontmatter to flow into the right journal.
Shared Design System
One set of tokens, one sticky nav, one footer, applied across every page — so the whole site stays coherent instead of drifting page by page.
Static Build
The entire site is prerendered to static files. No server, fast loads, and a deploy that is cheap and hard to break.
Current Status
rhygpu.dev is live and actively evolving.
It started as an imported homepage design and grew into the full lab: project pages, per-project devlogs, a shared design system, and this meta thread. The active work is the same as any project — filling in real screenshots, writing more devlogs, and tightening the parts that still read as placeholder.
What This Demonstrates
Astro / static sites
TypeScript
Content modeling
Design systems
Documentation habits
Shipping in the open
Technical highlights
- Modeled projects and devlogs as typed content collections instead of hardcoded pages.
- Built a per-project devlog engine where every project gets its own journal automatically.
- Unified the whole site on one design system with shared nav, footer, and tokens.
- Ships as a static build — no server, fast to load, cheap to host.
Proof Notes
- The site is open source; the repo is linked in the footer as "Site Source".
- Every project and devlog page is generated from Markdown, not hand-authored HTML.
- This project has its own devlog, documenting how the site itself was built.
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