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Purpose

This site is a personal technical field manual — a quiet index of work, writing, and experiments by Abdul Basit Khan. It favors clarity over spectacle.

Design

Still Index — editorial dark typography with a subtle CRT-era atmosphere, kept quiet so the content stays readable.

Typography: Newsreader (editorial) and IBM Plex Mono (interface).
Color: charcoal canvas, warm ivory text, teal for interaction accents.
Texture: faint grain and scan lines, felt more than seen.

Technology

Next.js 15 App Router, React 19, TypeScript
Tailwind CSS v4
Static export for Cloudflare Pages
Local Markdown content, build-time parsing
CSS transitions and View Transitions API (progressive enhancement)

Accessibility

Semantic HTML, skip link, visible focus states
Keyboard navigation with arrow-key enhancement on the home index
Mobile index dialog with focus trapping and Escape support
prefers-reduced-motion: reduce removes nonessential animation
WCAG AA contrast for all meaningful text

Credits

Design influences: Lynn Fisher, Steph Ango, and Mitchell Hashimoto.

Version history

v.1.0.0 (2026-07-14) — Still Index redesign. Editorial dark field-manual interface replacing the Dark Premium portfolio.