Now

Recap

• February was the suckless revision. 10.6k lines deleted. 10 routes consolidated into one. TUI page built. The codebase is lean now.

Focus

• 103 commits. The most productive month since inception.
• News page now renders MDX body content inside bento cards, following the TIL pattern.
• Knowledge graph expanded with TIL, scripts, prompts nodes. Tuned force simulation for cluster separation.
• Prompt library launched with sexy URL routing, full-text search, syncPrompts indexer.
• Slashpages registered: appearances, elsewhere, pfp, wish, orders.
• Security hardening: security.txt, .well-known, plaintext routes, expanded robots.txt.
• CDN image paths migrated from images/ to photos/.

Projects

• krisyotam.com -- News MDX rendering, knowledge graph overhaul, prompt library, slashpages, security.txt, CDN migration, /now permalink support, weather widget, dev-flags system, 404 improvements, tag page width fixes, dynamicParams fix for production stability.

Watching

• Hackers (1995)
• Host (2020)
• Megan Is Missing (2011)

Reading

• Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen

Avoiding

• News consumption
• Building features without shipping them
• Environments that do not encourage deep work

Recap

• January was 47 commits. Analytics migration, command menu overhaul, Claude Code adoption. The site has real tracking and navigation now.

Focus

• The suckless revision. Deleted 82 archive files, 40 unused UI components, 23 unused dependencies. Stripped the site down to what it needs.
• Consolidated 10 content routes into a single dynamic [type] route. 103 files deleted, ~10.6k lines removed.
• Unified the type system from 592 lines and 14 duplicate interfaces down to 177 lines.
• Built the TUI page. Plan 9 inspired indie web homepage.

Projects

• krisyotam.com -- Suckless revision (phases 1-4), single dynamic content route, unified type system, TUI page, directory component, sequences sexy URLs, contact page overhaul (PGP, Fediverse, IndieWeb), content submodule unification.

Watching

• Opus (2025)

Avoiding

• News
• Adding features before removing dead code
• Complexity that does not serve the reader

Recap

• December was the refactor. Content routes reorganized, Supabase comments, archive routes, timestamps. Biggest single update of the year. 15 commits.

Focus

• 47 commits. Heaviest month yet.
• Migrated analytics from SQLite to Neon Postgres, then back to SQLite. View tracking on all content pages.
• Overhauled the command menu, changelog filter UI, stats bars for tracking pages.
• Started using Claude Code seriously for infrastructure work.

Projects

• krisyotam.com -- View tracking system (SQLite analytics), unified stats bars for film/anime/manga/games, command menu with sections, changelog overhaul, git commit script with headless mode, GitHub OAuth, verse API endpoint, Docker build fixes.

Avoiding

• News consumption
• Reactive work
• Tools and dependencies that do not earn their weight

Recap

• November was 19 commits. 404 page, blogroll, doc routing, S3, Docker. The site has real infrastructure now.

Focus

• Major refactor month. Reorganized all content routes, cleaned the codebase.
• Added comments via Supabase. Built the archive and doc routes for large file storage.
• Introduced timestamps component for contextual dating of statements.
• Biggest update of the year: fixed uses page, functional changelog, URL rewrites.

Projects

• krisyotam.com -- Content route reorganization, Supabase comments, archive and doc routes, timestamp component, changelog split (infra vs content), Interesting People pagination, Docker and low-memory build params.

Watching

• Blink Twice (2024)

Avoiding

• News
• Holiday obligations that drain focus
• Premature feature additions before core is stable

Recap

• October was the genesis. First commit on the 24th. Portfolio template, basic structure. Two commits total but the project exists now.

Focus

• Full site build mode. 19 commits this month.
• Built the 404 page, blogroll grid, doc routing, Hetzner S3 integration for file storage.
• Dockerized the site. First deploy pipeline.

Projects

• krisyotam.com -- 404 page with unibody design, blogroll aesthetic grid, doc route replacing old doc.krisyotam.com, S3 file routing via Hetzner, Docker containerization, lexicon fixes.

Watching

• Chainsaw Man: The Movie -- Reze Arc (2025)

Avoiding

• News
• Anything that is not shipping the site
• Scope creep

Recap

• September sealed the decision. Five films, two Demon Slayer viewings. The site build starts now.

Focus

• krisyotam.com is born. First commit October 24th. Portfolio template as a starting point.
• Learning Next.js properly, getting the basic structure in place.
• Film slowing down as site work picks up.

Projects

• krisyotam.com -- Initial scaffolding. Portfolio template, first layout pass.

Watching

• Perfect Blue (1997)
• After the Hunt (2025)
• Bugonia (2025)
• TRON: Ares (2025)

Avoiding

• News consumption
• Distractions from the site build
• Feature creep before the foundation is solid

Recap

• August was the heaviest film month yet. Eight films. Lynch, Tarantino, Mangold. The site plan is solidifying.

Focus

• Anime film season. Demon Slayer Infinity Castle twice in one week.
• Horror marathon as October approaches.
• Decided to build the site. Researching frameworks, hosting, design philosophy.

Watching

• The Conjuring: Last Rites (2025)
• Black Swan (2010)
• Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba Infinity Castle (2025) -- twice
• The Long Walk (2025)
• The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025)

Avoiding

• News
• Social media discourse
• Projects that do not serve the long-term vision

Recap

• July was seven films and three manga series. Broadening input across mediums.

Focus

• Heavy film month. Watching everything from Lynch to Marvel.
• Girl, Interrupted again. Fourth viewing.
• Starting to seriously plan the personal site.

Watching

• Six Men Getting Sick (1967)
• Girl, Interrupted (1999) -- rewatch
• My Oxford Year (2025)
• The Fantastic 4: First Steps (2025)
• Pulp Fiction (1994)
• Weapons (2025)
• Honey Don't! (2025)
• Companion (2025)

Avoiding

• News feeds
• Algorithmic content
• Conversations that go nowhere

Recap

• June was quieter. Classic film exploration, infrastructure thinking. No major site progress yet.

Focus

• Frameworks for a meaningful life, continuing to implement
• Increasing quality of input, decreasing quantity
• Finished Squid Game Season 3

Watching

• Squid Game (Season 3) -- finished
• Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)
• Funny Face (1957)
• I Know What You Did Last Summer (2025)
• What Happened, Brittany Murphy? (2021)
• Zoolander (2001)
• Reality Bites (1994)

Reading

• "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, analytical reading
• Aku No Hana (Flowers of Evil) by Shuzo Oshimi, analytical reading
• Koukaku Kidoutai (Ghost in the Shell) by Masamune Shirow, analytical reading

Avoiding

• Excessive news consumption and information overload
• Commitments that do not align with core values
• Reactive work that does not contribute to long-term goals

Recap

• May was film heavy. Girl, Interrupted rewatch number three. Starting to understand what the site needs to be.

Focus

• Exploring classic film. Working through older titles I never got to.
• Thinking about personal infrastructure. What tools do I actually need.

Watching

• Heathers (1989)
• Mermaids (1990)
• F1 (2025)

Avoiding

• News
• Low-quality media consumption
• Overcommitting to things that do not compound

Recap

• April was frameworks. Personal systems, digital minimalism experiments, cold exposure. Site pages still being polished.

Focus

• Watching a lot of film. Rewatched Girl, Interrupted for the third time this year.
• Starting to think seriously about what a personal website should be.
• Reducing screen time to what matters.

Watching

• Girl, Interrupted (1999) -- rewatch
• Thunderbolts* (2025)
• Marguerite's Theorem (2023)
• Bring Her Back (2025)

Avoiding

• News consumption
• Social media beyond 30 minutes a day
• Commitments that do not serve long-term goals
• Reactive busywork

Recap

• March was scaffolding. The Next.js project exists, basic routes are in, layout is taking shape.

Focus

• Finishing basic frameworks for a meaningful life
• Implementing those frameworks
• Increasing quality of input, decreasing quantity

Projects

• Polishing unreleased pages of the site, hoping to finish by June 1st.

Experiments

• Digital minimalism -- limiting social media to 30 minutes per day
• Cold exposure therapy -- daily cold showers and weekly ice baths

Watching

• Girl, Interrupted (1999) -- rewatch
• Sinners (2025)
• Until Dawn (2025)

Reading

• "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen, analytical reading
• "The C++ Programming Language" by Bjarne Stroustrup

Avoiding

• Excessive news consumption and information overload
• Commitments that do not align with core values
• Reactive work that does not contribute to long-term goals
• Environments and relationships that drain rather than energize

Recap

• February was research and sketching. Decided on Next.js. Have a rough map of what the site should contain.

Focus

• The Next.js project is started. First scaffolding.
• Setting up the basic route structure, layout, typography.
• Girl, Interrupted for the first time this year.

Watching

• Girl, Interrupted (1999)

Avoiding

• News consumption
• Feature creep before the skeleton is standing
• Overdesigning before there is content to design around

Recap

• Spent January surveying the landscape. Looked at Gwern, Maggie Appleton, Robin Sloan, various indie web sites. The vision is forming.

Focus

• Narrowing down the tech stack. Next.js is the frontrunner.
• Sketching out what sections the site needs. Not features. Sections.
• Thinking about content types, taxonomies, what deserves its own route.

Avoiding

• News
• Premature tooling decisions
• Building before designing

Focus

• Starting to think about what an online presence should look like. Not a portfolio. Not a blog. Something more.
• Researching personal websites, the indie web, digital gardens.
• Exploring frameworks. Looking at what exists before building anything.

Avoiding

• News consumption
• Social media beyond what is useful
• Starting before the vision is clear