About
A collection of personal projects and a photography portfolio.
What this site is
This site is a curated home for personal work: photography series, gear notes, and a small music archive.
It is intentionally minimal and built for speed, clarity, and longevity.
How it is built
It runs on a lightweight Python WSGI server that renders simple HTML templates and serves static files.
Photo previews and EXIF metadata are generated on startup, and music catalogs are built from a local library.
This project was built with a little help from ChatGPT Codex.
Technology & architecture
Pure HTML, CSS, and JavaScript with a small Python codebase. No frameworks, no databases, no trackers.
Everything is stored locally and configured from a single JSON file.
Changelog
| Date | Change |
|---|---|
| 2026-05-20 | Private gallery: click a date to collapse or expand that day |
| 2026-05-20 | For Sale items in gear list now link to the contact page |
| 2026-05-20 | Gallery lightbox: swipe to navigate on mobile |
| 2026-05-20 | Gallery lightbox now works on public galleries with prev/next navigation |
| 2026-05-20 | Fixed last restarted stat not updating on stats page |
| 2026-05-20 | Navigation dropdowns show page hints on hover |
| 2026-05-19 | Camera and lens in gallery image cards now link to the gear page |
| 2026-05-19 | Fixed scroll position when navigating from hero image to gear page |
| 2026-05-19 | Improved photo date detection from EXIF metadata |
| 2026-05-19 | Contact page now shows interactive 3D business card |
| 2026-05-19 | Added custom 404 page |
| 2026-05-19 | Additional hardening |
| 2026-05-19 | Added changelog to About page |
| 2026-05-19 | Hero page camera and lens now link to gear page |
| 2026-05-18 | Private gallery previews now download as JPEG |
| 2026-05-18 | Private gallery lightbox shows filename |
| 2026-05-15 | Improved startup logging with timing and progress |
| 2026-05-15 | Private gallery photos no longer appear on the gear page |
| 2026-05-15 | Hero image always fits the viewport without clipping the footer |
| 2026-05-12 | Added password-protected private gallery with timeline view |
| 2026-05-12 | Added support for HEIC images |
| 2026-05-11 | Front page now shows a daily rotating hero image |
| 2026-05-08 | Added gear table with expandable detail rows |
| 2026-05-08 | Added photo library pipeline with automatic WebP previews |
| 2026-05-08 | Added contact form |
| 2026-03-14 | Initial release |