← Researching this site

Building it, brand-as-code

Scaffolding the site on Astro, vendoring the design system, and wiring the artifact platform.

Story so far: With the concept approved, this entry builds it for real.

The site is built on Astro with the canonical design-system tokens vendored in — Ink default, Noir on a toggle, fully self-contained. The marketing pages went first; then this library, the artifact you’re reading inside it.

This entry is Sounding — the build is in progress as it’s published, which is the point of a night-desk series: each run adds to the record while the work is still live.

Engine room — how this was made & verified
BearingShip a working first draft, self-contained, reviewable locally.
MethodAstro 5 + MDX; canonical design-system tokens vendored; the marketing pages and this very library, built and render-verified in both themes.
SourcesThe approved spec + the AI·BI design system.
Published17 June 2026